Moonchild, the lead developer of the Pale Moon browser writes:
"Dear Web Developer(s),
While, as a software developer ourselves, we understand very well that new features are exciting to use and integrate into your work, we ask that you please consider not adopting Google WebComponents in your designs. This is especially important if you are a web developer creating frameworks for websites to use.
With Google WebComponents here we mean the use of CustomElements and Shadow DOM, especially when used in combination, and in dynamically created document structures (e.g. using module loading/unloading and/or slotted elements).Why is this important?
For several reasons, but primarily because it completely goes against the traditional structure of the web being an open and accessible place that isn't inherently locked down to opaque structures or a single client. WebComponents used "in full" (i.e. dynamically) inherently creates complex web page structures that cannot be saved, archived or even displayed outside of the designated targeted browsers (primarily Google Chrome).
One could even say that this is setting the web up for becoming fully content-controlled."
https://about.google/: "Our mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"
Useful to... whom?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by shrewdsheep on Saturday March 21 2020, @03:15PM (2 children)
Many years back, I felt similarly. I tried to retain my UI as much as I could, be it firefox, KDE or other applications. I spend spent hours to search the internet or dig into configurations myself. That is all gone by now. I feel having matured and being set free. First, I evaluate whether I can still achieve what I need after a UI change. If not, I look for a workaround. If that is not there, I go somewhere else, but I do not complain any more (for many things I have actually gone back to the command line).
Firefox for me looks pretty much the same, it used to look. There are the annoying tabs int window title but I can ignore that. Otherwise I have vertical tabs and good privacy protection. If vertical tabs were gone, I could live with a menu for the tabs. If that would not be available, I would go somewhere else.
Nowadays, I perceive bickering about the UI as rather childish. Yes, there are stupid changes, but admit to yourself that you have a strong personal bias against change (we all have, for good reasons). Once you can make that step much of the pain is gone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @10:49PM (1 child)
Have you attempted to manage your cookies lately?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by shrewdsheep on Sunday March 22 2020, @10:23AM
Privacy is very important to me, however, again, I have given up on sophistication. Firefox allows to delete cookies and site data when closed which is good enough for me. I do close firefox once a day on average.