Well, not positively, but there was a time when it didn't block you from zipping up a little snippet of code and sending it to someone or saving it a draft when your in a hurry.
So far the possibility of JavaScript attacks looks the biggest concern for the normal users. (Assuming that you don't install any software from fishy sources, of course).
And cloud service and virtualization service providers are under the biggest threat.
Labels of background tabs became very transparent. This makes them completely unreadable, as my desktop background is quite dark. So, these tab labels are written with black letters on a dark blue background. So freaking good usability! /s
1) by default tabs are now white on a white background, with the active tab only being a slightly darker grey.
2) Everything is much more crammed together (tabs and bookmarks toolbar especially) which makes sense on a small laptop monitor, but on my desktop is just annoying.
3) Dialog boxes to confirm closing of multiple tabs have white text on grey background. (?!)
4) Folder icons in bookmarks toolbar now have this retro black and grey design.
5) Tabs are at the top of the window with no gap, even when not maximized, making window dragging more difficult.
In many ways it feels like a throwback to much older designs.
What OS are you on? The default style on Windows takes your system title bar color (or a dark blue if you don't have Windows set to show the system accent color on title bars); the default style on OSX uses a dark translucent background. Both use light gray tabs and a light gray toolbar background.
If you've migrated from a previous version of Firefox and customized the browser at all, you may not be getting the default settings, though-- right-click the toolbar or Bookmarks Bar, and take a look through the options at the bottom of the page. Themes will give you an option between the default, light, and dark themes (it sounds like you're stuck on the light one); density adjusts spacing in the toolbar area. And you can check "Drag Space" to add space above the tab bar for dragging, or check "Title Bar" to turn the system title bar back on.
It appears something about my existing profile was incompatible with the new version, causing a number of these strange issues. I didn't have a UserChrome.css, nor was I using a custom theme, so I don't know what it could have been, but creating a new profile at least dealt with the strange colour issues.
And thank you for that drag space tip. Definitely part of what I was looking for. I just assumed it toggled the ability to drag whitespace around while customizing!
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
> lightweight client machine.... The universal client (web browser) is all most users need.
That was quite funny. Of all heavy-weight professional applications I currently use, the modern web browser is the very worst resource hog (even when running rather simple web-apps). Even VS2017 can't beat it.
The browser is finally starting to deliver as the universal interface, and with it, the resource hogging. Seems odd when laptops are maxed out on RAM for running the browser.
But when people start mentioning in alienware gaming laptop reviews (the laptops with GTX1080, the non-mobile version, and 64G of RAM) that it still doesn't run 80 tabs smoothly ... it might be time to rethink some of the software architecture of browsers.
Ha, I have to admit I saw one of those GTX1080 laptops and it made me wonder if it would help enough with handling an unreasonable number of browser tabs.
And make it dysfunctional, because it's too busy serving itself.