I see the latest Firefox (which appears to have installed itself without giving me the option it usually does) has moved a whole bunch of buttons to different places.

Why?

You get so used to a function and then it changes or moves for no apparent reason.

I'm so used to back clicking in the top left corner, either just the one page or getting the list so I can go right back to the right page on one go. Never had to think about it as it was just there. Now I keep doing it automatically and getting some other box up that I really don't see the point of.

The function is still available to me, it's just in a different place.

I still find that I accidentally close tabs because of the changes they made a couple of years ago!

Honestly, what's the point? New functions don't have to mean everything else changes.

A new keyboard comes out with a euro symbol or a new function button. Do they change the whole bloody layout of the letters so it's not qwerty anymore? Of course they bloody don't.

Is there a browser that doesn't just change such things for no good reason?

I use Chrome, it's great. Any changes have been minor but in all the time I've been using it, I have not particularly noticed any major changes. The biggest one I can think of is they changed the style, but not the location, of the "new tab" feature. I also love how well Chrome integrates with my gmail account... I use Chrome on my work computer, on my phone, on my tablet, and on my laptop at home. It's great because I can see what pages I have open on any machine. I often will look up a recipe at work, and then will leave it open. When I get home, I'll grab the tablet, look at what pages I have open on my work computer, and load the recipe from there. Saves having to email myself the page, or to remember to write it down or otherwise google-fu to find the recipe again. And the history is shared, so even if I do close it, I can just dive into the history and find it there. Super convenient.

Plus Google Now now works with desktop which makes me super happy as I use it a lot for updates etc.

The extensions are also great, and the browser is also not hard on the processor and just, well, works. I switched from Firefox to Chrome about 6 years ago and have never looked back.

Its a pet peeve of mine when things like websites and browsers change for no apparent reason, and usually not for the better.

I use chrome, not sure if they change much, but I never notice any changes anyhow, so I guess if they are changing things, its not noticeable.

I used to use firefox before chrome, and I do like chrome better, although I do every so often come across a website that wont work with it, but its pretty rare.

You sound like my mum.

Mosaic

i noticed the changes in firefox too...it looks a lot cleaner, but its annoyed me where they've put the menu button now (it's replaced where the bookmarks button was)

now my bookmarks button has shifted across one space and it's not possible to switch them around...although Firefox is opensource software i believe, so you could edit the code to move whatever you wished?

Ditto!
I'm a big Chrome fan too, even to the point of having a Chromebook.
Not quite sure about Google Now though, does it provide anything new?

You can customise firefox and drop and drag any of the shortcuts anywhere on the toolbar.

Click the 3 bars on the far right of the toolbar and click 'customise' - you can also move standard stuff around on the toolbar.

See attached.



(You can get a list of where you have visited by right clicking on the back button)

I too like Chrome, and AFAIK its functionality has never changed

Chrome users do however need to be aware of the relative lack of security on its saved password list. Thats one thing I would change on it.

chrome://settings/passwords

Apparently a Gmail redesign is about to be foisted on us too

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...oogle-plus-now

The one reservation I have with Chrome/Google is there seems to be an intense desire to subvert the Gmail accounts into Google+ social network. Who said they would "do no evil"?

I like it. I use it mainly to check traffic in the morning - it's learned that when I drive to work I leave home, drop my husband off at the train station, and then continue to work, which involves a bit of back-tracking, but through my phone it's learned that that's my route, so it's convenient to do a quick traffic check.

Second, I use it for sports. I just have all my teams in it, and all the scores are all in one spot. I never have to search for them, just open it, scores are there, updated in real time. Very happy.

Also convenient for quick checks of things like weather. When I'm travelling it also gives me the current exchange rate, weather where I am, tourist spots nearby, etc.

It's good for me!

If you don't have a password on Windows then yeah, this isn't great, but then again, you have Windows with no password at all anyway. If you have a password, then it prompts you for it before it shows any passwords.

(And if you're trying to access your password on a network computer at work, your password doesn't work at all! Not sure which password it's asking me for, but my Windows one doesn't work at work! Works fine at home.)

Oh Christ... ick ick ick. I don't mind G+, but I'd prefer Gmail not to change much... :S

it was actually the 3 bars button i was meaning! I want it over on the far right, but it only lets you customise the rest of the row...the three bars menu stays where it is!

wow that Hi tech?
I'd go for Lynx !!!

I think the pictures help a bit... otherwise its telnet and ssh all the way

Yeah, I had a play with that. But the back/forward buttons are part of the address bit.

I don't mind buttons being in different places since I so rarely use most things I have to look for them anyway.

My adblocker icon is at the top now instead of at the bottom. But the only time I touch it is when I want to watch ITV and I have to disable (on ITV only) to do so. No problem at all.

But the back button being in the corner meant I didn't have to pay attention, just scoot over there and click. Tabs, bookmarks and back click is probably about 99.99999999% of what I do and I'm still finding I go to the corner.