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by ivanfon 2308 days ago
> The address/search bar is much much inferior...

I agree. It's also very minor, but one feature I miss from the old Firefox is being able to scroll the address horizontally. Now you have to tap on it, which opens the keyboard.

- Extensions are not supported...

Edit: maybe I misread the article. Do they mean that they're going to replace the old Firefox with Preview in it's current state? It would definitely be horrible if they pushed a downgrade that removes extension support (even if they plan to add more support later).

AFAIK they're adding the extensions API used by all extensions, but they're going incrementally by trying to support APIs used by popular extensions first. They even said they plan to add more extensions soon. Ideally, once the extension API is solid they'll allow you to install from the addon store (like old Firefox). It would be awful if they only allowed you to install they're recommended extensions.

> The thumbnails are removed from the tab list...

That was a nice feature. The icon beside tab names is pretty big, maybe they could add an option to make it even bigger and show a tab thumbnail.

> Popups each time you close a tab use up unnecessary screen space...

Agreed, although I like being able to undo if I accidentally close one. I much prefer the way the old Firefox did it (basically the same thing, but a slimmer banner touching the bottom of the screen). Hopefully they improve this somehow.

> The address bar is now at the bottom...

As someone with a large phone I appreciate this, but if you don't like it you can change it back to the top in settings.