Take the opportunity of the Nova redesign 🚀 to introduce a "corner rounding" feature!

[BelFox]

I learned that the Firefox team is working on a UI refresh, called Nova.
https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-nova-leak/

Personally, I like it. Nova looks fresh and interesting!
But Nova also introduces way more rounded interface elements (address bar, input fields, tabs, shortcuts ...). Some users simply hate rounded elements, especially rounded tabs. Others love them.

Team "rectangular" 🟪

• https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/hate-the-rounded-corners-inside-firefox-disabled-them-in-... 
• https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/do-not-like-the-rounded-corners-at-all/m-p/117874

Team "round" 🟢

• https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/border-radius/idi-p/87004
• https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/rounded-corners-ui-like-microsoft-edge/idi-p/44488

So why not introduce a feature to decide for the roundness of the interface elements yourself? The default can be rounded, but users that don't like this are able to change just one setting to make the design more rectangular. And yes, this could probably be changed using a custom CSS stylesheet (userchrome.css), but not every user has the technical skills to make these changes. 

Vivaldi already has this setting. You can decide which border radius should be applied to buttons, frames, tabs and other elements.

Dear Firefox team, what scenario do you like the most?

1. Nova is launched, but people 😮 keep nagging 😩about the rounded tabs and buttons while it actually is a really nice UX redesign?
2. Nova is launched, people love it 🧡 and other users tell each other ➡️ "hey, if you don't like rounded tabs, just change is one setting that was introduced with Nova!". After the much beloved "AI kill switch", this new setting once again provide choice to Firefox users and puts Firefox on par with Vivaldi in this respect. 

I've added a screenshot of the "corner rounding" setting in Vivaldi. Seems like a fairly simple addition to Firefox settings and an opportunity to make the launch of Nova even better 🚀!

BelFox 🦊
Non-stop & proud Firefox user since 2006

[Marian]

You get prople feedback here already. Why need a microphone to share a feedback.

[lachlan-md]

Heavily agree. So much so, that I finally made an account to put my 2 cents in. I also think this would just be a cool thing to advertise if you're trying to be trendy, Mozilla.

[hackel]

@Jon No Linux testing/feedback?

[celmir]

what I see is a brand new effort to modernize the look; old UI hasn't honestly gone anywhere, it's free software guys. I mean yes of course it'd be much cleaner (and I'm almost certain this feature would be inevitable not to show up in the future) if you could decide how you want your browser to look; but the fact is, an open-source free software once had some UI and now has a modern(-ish)er one and I see nothing bad in it.

I don't love it, but it's definitely a promising improvement to me.

[Jon]

@BelFox and others in this thread...

I just wanted to jump in with a quick update/invitation - Project Nova is now available in Firefox Nightly, and we'd love for you all to try it out and let us know what you think. 

The team actually just kicked off a new discussion with more info on the project, feel free to join us there:

Take Project Nova for a spin in Nightly! 

Thanks everyone! 

[mcnew]

@Jon 
Why is the active page title in a rounded tab that just floats in mid-air in the tab strip and has such a heavy accent?
Why is the tab grouping in such a weirdly shaped element?
Why is the entire UI built on floating, detached elements that really break up the interface and waste space?
Why does compact mode in Nova take up just as much space as normal mode in the current design?
Why do you need everything to be rounded?
Why does every element have to get bigger? Just look at what you've already done to the navigation bar on Android; compare its height in FF vs Chromium browsers.
Why does the new settings page require more clicks, while everything has gotten even larger in size?

[Marian]

At this point it's much worse than Chrome.