Feedback on Firefox Android Menu Redesign

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I appreciate the ongoing efforts to enhance the Firefox experience on Android. However, I have some feedback regarding the new menu redesign and tab overview (Firefox Nightly Android 143.0a1) that I believe could improve usability and overall user satisfaction.

Menu
- Animation Concerns: The animation when opening the menu feels excessive and could be streamlined for a more efficient user experience. For my personal experience I don't like animation, as they take too much time.
- Screen Space Usage: The new menu occupies too much screen space, which detracts from the browsing experience. A more compact design would be beneficial.
- Button Placement: The back, forward, share, and refresh buttons are less accessible in their current positions. I suggest relocating them to the bottom of the screen for easier access. I use the address bar at the bottom and the 3 buttons were located at the bottom before.
- Button order: Additionally, maintaining the order of these buttons is crucial, with the refresh button ideally positioned on the right.
- Side-by-Side Layout: I appreciate that history, bookmarks, downloads, and passwords are now displayed side by side rather than stacked. This change saves space and enhances usability.
- Desktop Version Button: The option to switch to the desktop version should be represented as a button rather than text for better visibility and accessibility.
- More Section: Currently, accessing functions in the hidden "more" section requires an additional click. I would prefer the option to swipe to the top to open this section, as was possible before.

Tab Overview Design
- Screen Coverage: The tab overview currently blocks the entire screen. A collapsible design similar to previous versions would be more user-friendly. Additionally, allowing users to swipe down to close the tab overview or click on the blurred website in the background would enhance navigation.
- Tab Order and Icons: I recommend changing the order of regular and private tabs, placing regular tabs to the left and private tabs in the middle. Using icons instead of text for regular, private, and synced tabs would improve clarity and usability. Implementing a swipe gesture to switch (to left and right) between regular and private tabs could further enhance the experience.
- Swipe Distance: The current swipe distance required to close an open tab in list view is excessive. Reducing this distance would make closing tabs more intuitive and efficient.
- Private mode icon missing: On new tabs there was a private mode icon in the top left corner, which allows to quickly enable and disable the private mode for the current tab.

Thank you for considering my feedback. I believe these adjustments could significantly enhance the user experience of the new menu on Android. I look forward to seeing how the product evolves and hope my suggestions contribute positively to future updates.

[sjde_v7]

+1 The new UI is especially hard for one handed users. Everything requires 2 clicks now and most of them are at different heights. Opening menu is at the top while new tab and bookmarks are at the bottom. 

It requires uncesssary phone positioning just to click them compared to old UI.

Removing the option to revert back to the old UI and forcing the new UI is a new type of petty from Firefox. I find no reason whatsoever why they would remove it other than being petty

[Samg381]

The new UI, especially the three dot menu, is really, really, really bad. So bad, in fact, that I immediately went to APK mirror to revert to a previous version without the horrible bloated redesign.