The UI has been changed the second time now since 2002 and the last time happened in 2011… We don’t have to turn that into a monster.
The speed advantage compared to the previous version is significant and I simply cannot find any reason for missing the old one. The changes I had to do took about 5 minutes of my life which is negligible.
I am sure Firefox has changed more than that. In fact, I have noticed UI changes with each update however minor. If anything, it shows that Mozilla is still finding an identify for the old fox. Nothing wrong with that.
I keep getting burned by Firefox on Ubuntu. Crashing, freezing, lagging. On multiple computers too. Switched to Chromium about a year ago and haven’t had an issue yet. I’m sure that the new FF is quite good for most, but once bitten twice shy…
I could try that, but at this point all my passwords and bookmarks and addons are totally ported to Chromium, so there’s little impetus to experiment with what’s currently working.
Changes this past half year has broken compatibility with most of the add-on extensions. That would probably be the biggest barrier for people to switch back to Firefox ATM. Currently, I am running on only 3 because the other ones that I used to use aren’t compatible anymore.
Seems to me that the addons are coming along quite quickly. The speed up is very nice indeed and unlike chrome it still works when the computer is under full load. The desktop user interface is very nice. The mobile version is way to bloated and slow to my mind
I prefer the lightning browser on Android.
I have Firefox set to auto-upgrade on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It upgraded to version 57 overnight on Nov 16, 2017.
BTW, the firefox is actually a red panda, not a fox. I was in Nepal in the '70’s and saw one that a farmer had killed with a flintlock rifle after it repeatedly raided his hen house for eggs. Apparently real firefoxes could run a little faster.