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Letโ€™s Shape the Future of Firefox Mobile โ€” Together! ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

apandya
Employee
Employee

๏ธHello Firefox Community!

We've been listening closely to your feedback here on Connect, and we understand that the recent updates to the toolbar and menu on Firefox for Mobile (iOS & Android) have sparked discussions about wanting easy access to the features you use the most. Your experience with our app is our top priority, and together, we want to make it truly fit your needs.

The new menu and toolbar experience is just the beginning! We envision it as a first step toward giving you more control, and customization is our next priority. Weโ€™re excited to make these features more flexible, so you can better tailor your experience.

Hereโ€™s how you can help shape the future:
Tell us what you need! Share your thoughts on what works best for you:

  • What features would you love to access faster right from the toolbar on Firefox mobile? How would faster access to these features help you? Examples are helpful to hear!
  • How would you like to customize the toolbar and menu on Firefox mobile? How would these customizations help you in the browser? Again, examples help us make the most of your feedback!

While we may not be able to tackle every request, weโ€™re committed to building an experience that makes as many of you as possible feel right at home in Firefox for mobile. Your insights are essential to making that happen, and we canโ€™t wait to hear your ideas!

Letโ€™s build something amazing together!

โ€” Firefox Mobile Team

4 REPLIES 4

Future
Making moves

Glad the team started focusing more on mobile too.

The new toolbar has only one fuctionality that is useful for me that is the new tab(+). So the " + " button is added to the current toolbar we get better functionality without loosing any screen space.

Also having an abilty to choose from different options, like choosing bookmark button in the place of home button or any other would be a great addition too.

Yugidavin
Making moves

Hi, I would like to share some suggestions on how the menu might look better.

1. Change the menu to a card shape.
Similar to how you design tabs. The reason for this is that I don't think a floating window, like a context menu, aligns with the design language of mobile devices. Since mobile screens are vertically oriented, interaction elements are more commonly placed at the top, middle, or bottom of the screen rather than in asymmetrical positions.

In Firefox for PC, or at least the Linux version I use, the 'context menu' design works well because the floating card design appears directly beneath the button we press with the cursor. A good example is the download menu in the PC version, which Iโ€™ve attached below.

My consideration for adopting this design is that many mobile applications, such as Discord and Obsidian, use it effectively. It makes the interface intuitive and less distracting.

2. Customize the old design with adjustments.
Another option is to refine the existing design with minor changes. For instance, the context menu-like cards could stack above the pressed button (or below if the address bar is at the top). The reason is that, in the current version, pressing the menu button causes the floating window to cover the button and the address bar, almost like placing a piece of paper directly under our fingertip.

This behavior is only useful when operating with one hand and navigating options by swiping, similar to selecting accented letters on a mobile keyboard.

I suggest this layout works better for menus with fewer options. To enhance the visuals, a background color could be added to indicate that the button is being pressed.


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Skywind
Making moves

1. Bring the UI customizability on PC Firefox (customizable toolbar buttons and homepage) to mobile platform.

2. Dedicated UI layout for large-screen devices like foldable phones and tablets. The UI we now have on tablets is just a stretched version of that on mobile phones, which wastes so much horizontal space. Adding a tab strip is a good start, but I'd like to see more improvements. To be honest, I don't even think there would be a problem if the UI layout on PC is applied on tablets.

Moreover, if you make any changes to the UI design, please don't make them fixed; instead, make them optional/reversible, so that users who like or dislike them can all get what they want.

Erwan
Making moves

A "about:config" in order to be able to have access to all the possibilities.

A maximum of customization.