Chrome's stupid new rounded look - You mean it's pretty? Or you mean it's Ugly?

I love dark themes, but with custom themes I always worry they sneaked in some kind of code. There isnt a good set of checkup for things in the Chrome store.

 

Yeah, definitely something to be wary of. There are lots of places to hide web cooties.

Speaking of themes, I really like the aesthetic of the new HWBOT. Looks very nice, even though it's not dark. Very tasteful colors and not the "Modern UI" look that is so damned tacky. https://hwbot.org/user/mr._fox/

 

I am actually an UX/Webdesigner so interfaces are my thing. No interface is the best for all people. BUt it would be nice if more interfaces had a "fluid" styling so you could adjust stuff like buttons, corner radiuses etc. But thats a huge undertaking.

 

I just absolutely loathe the icky new "modern" everything. Not only that the tacky bright white and cornflower blue Windows 8/10 theme has made it into web design, things have never been more disgusting and inefficient in terms of usability. The abuse of white and pastels is bad enough, but the way everything is spread out with tons of wasted screen space, extra scrolling... pop-out side menus, etc. Extremely inefficient crap designed to accommodate the lowest common denominators with fat finger navigation (smartphone and tablet users using touch input) instead of real computers. That cancer has even ruined our SharePoint sites at work.

 

I guess there is no way to get rid of the new rounded corners in Chrome 72? I can't find anything when I search for UI Layout for the browser's top chrome

 

Yeah, those stupid Nazi bastards took that tweak away. Apparently, it's not what they wanted for us to have and they only care about what they want... just like Micro$lop and crApple.

 

They know people will continue use Chrome. Hence the way they act. With better options... Chrome, Good Bye! They act exactly as Micro$h4ft.

 

Unfortunately, it sucks but not as bad as all of the other alternatives. So, it's tolerated as the lesser of evils. (My personal opinion.)

I understand some prefer something else, and all of it is individual user preference and subjective.

 

I strongly urge people to use Firefox Quantum, I've already mentioned how the Flags settings will be abandoned sooner or later, hardly a surprise but it was very quick.

A Chrome user here, since it's launch. Moved away after seeing this article long back. And seriously FF Quantum is very good. I use it always and It never lets me down. I mentioned this issue of searching bookmarks like Chrome, I found a solution to that - Fuzzy searching extension. Boom you get your bookmark search engine it's not that fast as it's not inbuilt but it works fantastically well and does the job very good (You'll faint if you see the number of bookmarks I have, More than 3 digits, severely underplayed the number btw)

One dark pattern that I noticed is the screenshot inbuilt tool, has a stupid cloud button for save but it's fixed as of new releases, I didn't get the fix so I applied it myself.
For extensions, Google's wrath is coming in this phase, block the powerful uBlock Origin (Gorhill is the dev) As I again mentioned (Extensions were the next), Google's intentions are right in-front they are emulating Apple, part of this reason is due to the Privacy measure, Where Apple's PR is leading but with a sheep herd and wolf in a sheep's clothing they are openly fleecing. Second reason being dumb people more cash and more services and walled garden BS. If people are worried about Privacy yet use the IoT devices/home automation from retail channels and that Amazon data miner AI Alexa and "smart stuff" instead of self building it's hypocrisy plus lack of knowledge.

These are my recommended extensions for FF Quantum, all are very powerful, thank me later.

Stylus extension works great with themes, Do not use Userstyles extension just use the themes from them ( Dark Google, Dark Wikipedia)
A Session manager - works fantastic and tons of features.
Translate this, alternative for Google one. Unfortunately S3Translator was great looks like the dev did a shady job sadly..
For the download progress bar like Chrome, this extension for displaying a status bar on bottom of the browser does the job extremely well.
Tools for modifying new tab - replace the stock one with this super customizable one (I use this), or use Tabboo
Search your selections, very robust.
Privacy badger if you never heard of it, install it ASAP. And fix the stupid streaming crap IP leaker WebRTC with this extension (this is existent on all browsers) oh and the "uBlock Origin", it has a history so dont use the ublock just and AdBlocker is already in bed with ad market. So it's a must, oh and don't use or bother Ghostery at all. And Facebook container is a featured extension as well.

Other noteworthy mentions - RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite), No coin, Treestyle of bookmarks is great as it's expendable with other extensions.. Violetmonkey does the script job very very well (Very powerful if you realize it's potential, I use a couple of them) and there are a lot more I use, the Firefox Quantum browser is like a little sandbox OS to me, super powerful very reliable, fast and looks amazing and puts everything that you need instead of masking like that Chrome less is more stupidity.

People must not use Chrome now, especially after their BS push of showing less information and that ugly UI and the imbecile statement from MicroSHAFT CEO of using Chromium (Yuck), heck even Edge is much better, forget the utilitarian FireFox.

 

Has Firefox been fixed where it will accurately import all of your saved user names and passwords from Chrome? Last time I tried to use it, I could never get that to work. I found myself constantly have to open Chrome to go find my saved user name and passwords, so it became too redundant and inconvenient to bother with.

 

Never used it sorry, But LassPass is a cross platform cloud alternative which is neat. Or people use KeePass vault which can be managed by you only and locally instead of Cloud PLUS open source and has apps for Android too and extensions. I think it is a superior option but a little bit of time and learning curve..

Also forgot to add, this hover to zoom extension works with videos too, very neat for zooming images instead of clicking them every time.

 

That is what ultimately lead to me staying with Chrome. Those third-party add-ons are terribly inconvenient in comparison, and they do not (or did not used to) integrate seamlessly into the browser and work without user intervention of some sort. And, neither they nor Firefox could import that information from Chrome because it is encrypted (thank goodness). I have like 12+ years of usernames and passwords saved, and there are literally hundreds of them.

 

1) Install Last Pass in your Chrome Browser
2) Clear your c00k!3$
3) visit every bookmark/site you have so that when Chrome logs j00 in automatically using your saved credentials, LastPass will prompt you to add that password to your LastPass
4) Once you have done all this, install Firefox or whatever browser you want and upon the first startup, choose to import your bookmarks from Chrome when it prompts j00
5) Install LastPass in your new browser and login with your LastPass credentials
6) Mission Complete

Optional: Create a Firefox account to have all your bookmarks synced along with your add-ons

 

I guess I will have to reserve a weekend to waste do that. It will take a super long time because there are so many (572 stored user names and passwords). So, the last time I used LastPass is was not seamless. Will it work exactly the same as Chrome's native password manager, with no extra steps, actions, prompts or mouse clicks to populate my user names and passwords? And, I do not have to do anything manually to manage or save them to avoid accidental data loss?

 

It's very simply, once Chrome logs you in to a site with the saved credentials, you will get a popup on the top right from LastPass saying that it detected a site bla bla bla, simply click the Add button and you're done. Next site.... get some popcorn bro to help ease the process...

 

Yeah, definitely want automatic cloud storage for this. It is one of the few things (actually the only thing) I want automatically done in the cloud without any manual steps on my part. So, I use Chrome on my work iPhone and personal Android phones. Will it work seamlessly across all three platforms?

 

OK, well I guess the first step is to try Quantum again and see if I can tolerate it before I go to all of that work for no reason. If it looks and acts the same as Chrome it will be fine. If it looks and acts like the Firefox I tried last time, it won't be fine, LOL. It was a major turn-off when I tried to move away from Chrome a year or so back.

 

On smartphones, nothing beats Chrome. Period. Just try finding a bookmark using Firefox on a smartphone and you'll be like...

that's why I stick to Fr00gl3 for life! the seamless integration!

 

ok lemme be honest with you. Don't waste your time. you will come back running to Chrome eventually despite the crappy new UI.

1) Firefox is full of bloat, you'd have to do at least 10 tweaks in the about:config to get it usable and a lot of UI customizations. Heck, even getting the bookmarks icon on the top right is a feat by itself.

2) I open a lot of tabs at once as part of my daily routine to check for software/driver updates. In Chrome I've never had an issue but if I load all the tabs at once in Firefox, the browser crashes. This has been this way since God knows when and they didn't fix it the last time I checked with Firefox v60. Yes I was using the 64-Bit version of Firefox and you know I have 64GB of RAM so there you have it.

 

OK, now maybe I won't bother. LOL. Ain't nobody got time for that.

So, it's pretty much the same as when I switched to Chrome 12+ years ago. Thanks for saving me the hassle.

Yeah, I hate Google. Who doesn't? I'd love to not have Google anything. But, I have, as you say, come running back to Chrome more than once because I hate the alternatives so much more. As they say, " Life sucks, and then you're dead."

 

another thing I love about the fr00gl3 echosystem is like all my bookmarks are instantly synced with my phone and so are the passwords. I don't wanna complicate my life.

 

Yeah, Chrome does that as well. Bookmarks, passwords, browsing history, maps... literally everything seamless syncs and just works across every platform with zero hassles or manual steps on anything. Once I sign in, then *BOOM* it's done. In a matter of seconds.

Even though I think the new UI blows, that feature set is extremely compelling and I won't switch unless I can find something else with the identical features that doesn't require two days worth of labor to migrate manually. That's actually more of a pain in the ass than doing a clean OS install of Windows, LOL.

What is the difference between Froogle and Google? I've never bothered checking.

I'll say it once more: I hate Google. But, I'm not into the extra effort all of the alternatives require... just not worth the hassle for something that should be brainless and effortless to use. Chrome is the only thing that delivers effortless use that I have found. But, yeah... Google sucks. I despise everything they stand for as a corporate entity from a philosophical standpoint as well. Their socioeconomic, core values and political world views also suck. (I will stop with that to not break any forum rules about political and religious discussion, LOL.)

 

oh it's just a word I remember back in the day. You know, to add to our list of companies that suck. nGreedia, Micr0$h4ft, etc.

Spoiler: What is Fr00gl3?

Google Shopping, formerly Google Product Search, Google Products and Froogle, is a Google service invented by Craig Nevill-Manning which allows users to search for products on online shopping websites and compare prices between different vendors. Wikipedia

 

LOL... OK, bro. You got me on that one, ha ha! I thought maybe it was a browser I had not seen yet.

Edit: Now that you mention it, I do remember that. (Referring to your spoiler.) Now that's definitely a blast from the past.

 

OK, curiosity always makes me look at what people are talking about. The possibility of having something better is always compelling. With all the right intentions and appropriate passion, Brother @Ashtrix reeled me like a fish chasing a shiny lure, LOL. +5 Rep for that, bro.

I watched this video and don't care for how it looks. I would have a difficult time adjusting to it on that basis alone. I has some pretty compelling features, for sure. I am probably part of the problem rather than part of the solution, just like turdbook lovers that spend money on garbage. But, I don't think I am going to pursue it. If Chrome had a skin/theme that made it look like that I would not use it. When it comes to an OS and a software UI of any kind, aesthetics are almost as important as features and functionality to me. I know beauty is in the eye of the behold, and that is just not beautiful to me. It reminds me of Windows 10 too much and that is not a good thing since I do not like much about Windows 10. Although I do not use it because of its overall inferiority, I still like how IE looks better than any of them (after the stupid smiley and Edge icons are removed with WinAero Tweaker).

 

Well depending on the purpose of the interface it can work for a lot of demographics. But I think in your case you have more the mindset of a developer and for developers, tightly packed interfaces tend to work better.

 

Problem solved.

 

Try this theme and tell me what j00 think br0: Modern Flat for G00gl3 Chr0m3

 

Google publishes official Chrome themes collection Ghacks.net | feb 12, 2019


Google published a new themes collection for the company's Google Chrome web browser recently that come directly from the Chrome team.

 

New Chrome Official Themes

 

I dont think I've even seen this new "look". I installed Chrome, then forcibly disabled all the auto updating services.

 

More Stupidity from Google team. Rounded look wasn't enough.

Google removes options to always show www in the Chrome browser's address bar
by Martin Brinkmann on December 13, 2019 in Google Chrome - 50 comments
Google Chrome users who visit the sites www.example.com and example.com will only see example.com listed in the browser's address bar going forward. Google implemented a change in Chrome 76 earlier this year.

Closing Words
I dislike any attempt to "dumb down" a browser especially if there is no reason for doing so or at least an option for advanced users to restore functionality that I consider essential.

Fix...


Make Your Own Google Chrome Extension to Show WWW Again
If you are frustrated that Google Chrome no longer shows the WWW subdomain or http and https in the address bar, you can easily create your own Chrome extension that enables them again.

 

But I have absolutely no idea on how to create a Chrome extension. Did you mean to download an extension?

 

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. They must have some goofy freak fetish against viewing a valid URL in the address bar. It's too bad they don't burn their calories on something that could actually be viewed as being useful.

Anyone notice and get torqued by the totally idiotic new URL shortening crap? I'm getting really fed up with being totally surrounded by incompetent, [insert your favorite derogatory insult or hateful slur] that are self-anointed with power to make super-stupid decisions on my behalf. Their unbridled idiocy makes me want to do things to them that I would deserve to go to prison for. Thankfully, I am confident in my knowledge that they're simply unworthy of the calories it would require to exact the caliber of vengeance they deserve.

Anyhoo... take out the trash with these steps...

1. Type this into your browser address bar: chrome://flags and press enter
2. Find: omnibox-ui-sometimes-elide-to-registrable-domain and omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref-on-interaction
3. Set both to Disabled
4. Click the Relaunch button
5. Stop being mad about how stupid these people are. They simply make the rest of us look smarter than we deserve to look.

@Spartan@HIDevolution

 

I mean they have changed this (a few months ago) without the need for going into chrome://flags. Just right click in the url bar and in the context menu select 'Always Show Full URLs.


Edit. https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-chrome-will-give-you-an-always-show-full-url-setting/

 

I don't know how long they've had this in place, but I made the mistake of allowing my browser to update itself. I accidentally re-enabled the services. I was instantly enraged by this idiotic change.

Changing the flags to disabled removes the menu choice allowing for stupidity to be an option, which is better. What really slays me is the idea that anyone actually believes that the new way offers anything even remotely virtuous, beneficial or useful.

Uh-huh. Lucky for them that forum rules do not allow for an accurate but colorful and unsavory characterization about the merits of what Google thinks is best for everyone, as only obscene and vulgar language would be fitting.

 

The different settings/choices in chrome://flags Experiments can disappear at any time. No guarantee it will be there forever. Remember todays engineers know better than the users they shall serve At least they tried do it correct this time. But for how long will it last?


Edit. With the flag Experiments solution I think you have to re-enable tweaked settings after every Chrome updates. But not if its added in the context menu.

 

Yeah. We are outnumbered by stupid people.

If they make it too hard I will just say to hell with them and take matters into my own hands. I have a very old Chrome setup file from like 2017. I may reinstall that again and delete the Chrome update service using a command line so I never have to be bothered again by their idiocy.

 

Just incorporated the changes in FF which are copying Chrome

In about:config, type browser.urlbar.trimURLs and set it to False.

 

More unpleasant changes from Google... Chrome 88 will prevent Ad blockers from working, but Vivaldi and Brave will resist
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/best-internet-browser-2020-2021.832782/page-5#post-11047866

 

Some engineers should have swapped job. All could see this was an awful and stupid idea from first day. Nice some at Google is able to see it the way as some of us.

Google: trimming URL to domain in Chrome is an unsuccessful experiment winaero.com

Google says the idea of hiding URL portions and query parameters in the Chrome address bar was a bad idea. The company removed the code for this feature from the Chrome code base. As you maybe remember, last year, Google experimented with the URL format displayed in Chrome, with the result that only part of the domain was visible, and the full URL was only visible after clicking on the address bar

 

Firefox did that but I undo-ed that with about:config, but in FF mobile it still trims https/http.
Nice to see good features remaining/brought back.

 

Google Chrome is getting menus with rounded corners to match the style of Windows 11 neowin · 15 hours ago

A recent commit to the Chromium Gerrit indicates that work is underway to implement menus with rounded corners in Google Chrome to match the design language of Windows 11. The code is not yet final.

 

Monkey see, monkey do. If it is tacky enough for Micro$lop then, by golly, it's tacky enough for Google.

 

yep. just like smartphone manufacturers copying apples ugly notch.