Firefox to Get a New Interface in Second Half of 2012

And it looks just like Chrome.

The look sucks.

If I wanted Chrome, I'd download it. Let's call this FIRECHROME!

I think it's cool they're adding a new Chrome-Migration feature.

What I wasn't expecting was that Mozilla was ACTUALLY IMPORTING CHROME ITSELF into it's Firefox Browser.

lol

Come on guys! DO something DIFFERENT.

Ditto that, if i wanted it to loolk like chrome id go use chrome. I dont like chrome....

Sooo... even les space for tabs? That sux....

No, no, NO. Again? I HATE Chrome look! The current Firefox look with menu enabled and tabs at the bottom is THE BEST. They better leave an option to customize the new Fox back to that normal look.

If this happens, please find and kill me! I'm almost serious about it.

Agreed with the above. This is way too much like Chrome. As a Chrome fanatic, I like the style, since the minimalist features are what drew me when Chrome was first released. Since its release, other browsers have taken a large number of features of Chrome and incorporated them into the interface...but variety is the spice of life! If I want to explore a new browser, I expect something different from the one I am already using!

That said, I really like the little download manager in the upper right. (Says "↓ 10s") I wonder if that is part of the browser or an extension? Chromes manager could use a little work!

What the fuck is this shit?

If i wanted crap i would isntall something that isnt firefox, give me back my original firefox look.

i was going to add something about how much this sucks and how if i wanted chrome i'd get it, and all that jazz... but it looks from the comments that everyone already on board. praise jesus.

I like my search bar and address bar to be separate. I'll keep using an older version if I can't choose the older look myself. I've turned on the menu bar and tabs on bottom on my current version of Firefox.

At the risk of getting an answer: Why? Why waste space with 2 things when one can do both equally as well? I like that all 3 browsers are moving that direction

While I like the new look perhaps better than Chrome, I have to say; hiding the favorites menu until you open a new tab is the BEST space saver ever! Why eat up tab space, or eat into page space when you can simply make it go away when you don't need it? Other than that one critique I think I am in love, and if this is the direction they are moving then I may move back to FF from chrome... But it will take some convincing as I really enjoy using chrome.

Guess I'll be going back to opera.

Don't worry, a plugin to revert to the older look will probably be released day 1 of this new FireChrome appearance being pushed out.

where's the firefox gal ? i want my firefox gal back, i don't like this firechrome

Well Chromium "is" open source...

It feels like every second day firefox gets an update.

I swear to god, when did everyone decide that menu bars were so awful? I'd rather have everything in an easy-to-find, sensible location than having to search for a damn hidden button. I really don't care that much about losing one centimeter of vertical screen space.

Another interface change that I'll have to change back to look the old way like I already do for the current interface. And if I can't change it anymore, I might start looking at other browsers. Some of these changes just seem stupid to me and more likely to drive users away instead of winning users over from other browsers.

Totally agree. Why is it so wrong having a Menu bar? I know exactly where everything is. I don't have to hover over something and have some menu shoot out of no where.

I would love if it looked exactly like chrome. Chrome started crashing and tearing on me but I hate firefox's look, I think it's fat compared to chrome's sleekness.

You can always have "Classic Compact" skin and "Classic Compact Options" addon.

Why do companies constantly change the look of these things? I find nothing wrong with even the original look.

the only thing that I like is that will be somekind of add-on to bring the old (now current) interface.

What are you guys talking about? Chrome's tabs and menu work perfectly fine. I guess it's a matter of taste, heh. As for new Firefox, it certainly does look similar to Chrome. I remember the last time I used Firefox it was version 3. When the hell did it reach version 17!?

Firefox is looking more and more like Chrome...if this continues I'll have to check in Task Manager to see if it is really Firefox I'm running and not Chrome. What's the point of copying Chrome? Lots of features that Mozilla is going to be implementing into Firefox came from Chrome, and some of these features are pretty controversial like the Silent Update. Call me old fashioned, but I like to know and upgrade stuff myself and I don't trust "automagic" updates from any company.

I don't know if the marketers of Firefox (if there are any?) know that advertising an ambiguous product is so much harder and less satisfying than advertising an "out of the box" exciting product. I remember when Firefox 1.0 came out, it was exciting, new, different...Firefox 10? Meh, pretty much the same thing that everyone else is doing...the only thing keeping me on Firefox are the excellent Addons like NoScript (if that addon ever lands on Chrome I might not stay too long on a "Chrome-copy" and will go for the real thing instead).

I like firefox the way it is, with an addon (foobar) that makes the address and search bars into an omnibar. I'm fine with them putting that into the new version, but I imagine some people might want the ability to revert back to the old one. Also, it would be nice if they gave options to revert back to the old look if people want it. I like the current 'firefox' menu, and there's no reason to change it. (and of course, some people might want to use the traditional file menus) Putting a downloads indicator in the toolbar isn't a bad idea, but I kinda feel that belongs at the bottom of the browser, like the little popup you get when mousing over a link. I feel that this looks a bit too much like Chrome.

Why You Did This To Me Mozila !

And version 17 I bet will still just be able to use 1 core of a CPU to render all the tabs. Ugh

It seems Mozilla is doing what they've always done: look at features that work, and then integrate them into Firefox. Currently, the Chrome interface seems to work well, so they're porting it in - however, that's the default. Contrary to other browsers, at least Firefox allows you to change your interface - and while I, personally, enjoy opening a dozen tabs at once, many people I know don't go past 2 or 3 - as such, the major UI feature I appreciate is the ability to have the tabs on a menu bar with other stuff. And, if Mozilla is consistent, if you've set up your interface differently from default, the update won't break it. As for silent updates, they'll be enabled by default but making them manual again is a checkbox away.