Comment by coldpie

> almost all of them were alienated and confused by the decisions that the browser made and continues to make.

I don't think so. I've never been alienated by it. It's a browser. It does browser things. It's fine.

What decisions have confused and alienated you? People in this thread are screaming bloody murder because of a couple pixels on tab bar and a low-contrast gradient. This isn't a rational reaction to a minor graphical tweak, it's bonkers hysterics.

It turns out it's really tough to compete with one of the largest companies in the world when they are very highly motivated to capture as many users as they can (unlike Microsoft around the turn of the millennium). I think there are things Firefox could do to recapture the audience[1], but I also don't think turning the tabs into pills or whatever justifies the kind of language being used in this thread.

[1] I think implementing new popup blocking would generate some real positive conversation: https://www.smokingonabike.com/2025/12/31/web-browsers-have-...