My browser just got updated to FireFox Quantum (Hah, sure thing Mozilla) and let me say for the record that the tabs are UGLY AS f###. Firstly the default was black backgrounds which completely contrasts with the rest of the interface, thankfully easy changed back to light with the tools -> add-on -> themes -> enable light option. Phew! But the tabs themselves are square and ugly with a highlighted color at the top of the current tab - making the entire row look uneven due to lack of uniformity. And the tabs are (naturally) flat, uninspired and completely square. Why are UI designers abandoning rounded edges and pleasing-on-the-eye themes? Has no one seen Star Trek TNG? The LCARS interface is NOT SQUARE! The interface is rounded and one of the most beautiful ever designed (albeit not entirely practical layout, but that's a different matter..).

I blame you Microsoft. You and your square buttons. I still say Windows 7 is the best O/S Microsoft ever put out. I think you'll find that is an absolute fact, and in todays world of 2017, we aren't interested in experts - I think it, therefore it is. A FACT! Booooo


Edit: This release on github enables curves, albeit a little hard on the eye still: https://github.com/wilfredwee/photon-australis

Nooooo Must stop browser from updating.. and FireFox was my goto

I've gotten used to it now - but it's still pretty ugly to look at. My guess would be that it's designed to blend in with Windows 10's flat panels, whereas I'm still using Win7 Aero with rounded edges. So the browser window is rounded with transparency, whereas the browser now has square flat tabs..

I think you'll find you're just getting old.

Welcome to the club!

You mean becoming more conservative and less open to change? Never More grumbling? Definitely.

I still think the boxy UI is less attractive though, no matter what generation you are.

Architects have taken over FireFox and brand management believe the next version should be called FireFox Chroniton

Speaking of changes. When Microsoft released Office 2007 the GUI changed and fucked me up big time - Office 2003 GUI. I used to be a pro at Office including Access, I'm so noob now

Ok, so I built a time machine and consulted my 15 year old self - apparently it has nothing to do with my age, it's just my mind is more attuned to function over form. I AM more of a programmer than I am an artist, which is why I prefer the older Windows UI.. or any kind of UI that once had function and now just looks like it's designed for a child.

Interfaces today are NOT user intuitive! I would have thought the terms simple, function and efficient are in the repertoire of any UI/UX developer/designer, but sadly they are not