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🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.

64 mentions on Hacker News by 42 people: 10 stories, 54 comments · first 2021-06-01 · latest 2026-09-29

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  1. the ui fix still works, nice https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by xoac · 2026-09-29 · in The new Firefox design is here
  2. Lepton ( https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix ) to the rescue. I really hope they, or someone else, will allow us to tweak the interface and come back to what we need on our productivity oriented devices, aka computers. I've been…
    comment by 10729287 · 2026-03-06 · in Firefox Nova – our first look at the browser's big redesign
  3. …they keep breaking it. That's the difference between user-centric and not user-centric. [0]: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by mzajc · 2026-02-24 · in Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements
  4. …look like buttons for no conceivable purpose but fashion? I use this to bring the normal tabs back: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by sudahtigabulan · 2025-03-16 · in A look at Firefox forks
  5. …around restoring the Firefox interface and usability, exemplified by the brilliant Lepton project https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/releases . My perception just watching the evolution of Firefox from the outside, is that it used…
    comment by mrandish · 2025-03-10 · in uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
  6. …to Waterfox. You can view all the UI changes not available in Firefox but available in Waterfox at https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Options . * "Classic" about:config available at about:cfg and "classic" password list at…
    comment by MrAlex94 · 2025-02-28 · in Waterfox: Fast and Private Web Browser
  7. …can just use librewolf stock and it doesn't apply any changes to the standard Firefix UI. [0] https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by DaSHacka · 2025-02-28 · in Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox
  8. …the new design but fixes poor UI decisions. It even has a one liner install/update script !: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by cassepipe · 2025-02-23 · in In Defense of Text Labels
  9. …to spend a lot of resources to recompile it. https://github.com/SebastianSimon/firefox-omni-tweaks https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by pabs3 · 2025-02-09 · in Retaking the web browser, one small step at a time
  10. On Firefox it apparently disappeared in 2011 https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%...
    comment by cassepipe · 2024-10-08 · in Jazz – Apps with Distributed State
  11. …that Firefox latest redesign was quite bad. This project fixes it and it's easy to install : https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by cassepipe · 2024-08-09 · in Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
  12. …on Firefox despite the weird UI design choices... which can easily be fixed with that script : https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by cassepipe · 2024-05-30 · in What We're Working on in Firefox
  13. …UserChrome scripts just to maintain minimal usability. (...and thank the heavens for Lepton ( https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix ), a regularly maintained, well-curated, all-in-one collection of essential Firefox fixes (which can…
    comment by mrandish · 2024-05-30 · in What We're Working on in Firefox
  14. …circa 2011 [1]. I went to Vivaldi. It has tons of customization options, like classic Opera. [1]: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%...
    comment by cbarrick · 2024-04-17 · in Firefox Proton UI userChrome.css fixes. (2021)
  15. …wrote covering Firefox UI changes over time (you can find it under the wiki pages of the repo) - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%... Mozilla has made significant UI changes every 3-4 years, with the last one…
    comment by aquova · 2024-04-16 · in Firefox Proton UI userChrome.css fixes. (2021)
  16. I use Firefox with the excellent https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix I discovered on HN. I wish that Mozilla didn't bungle the UI for no reason, but here we are.
    comment by Ygg2 · 2024-02-28 · in Why I use Firefox
  17. …and colors. I also think that well-coordinated color icons are good for readability and usability. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%... However, it is difficult to apply it universally to support a variety of…
    comment by black7375 · 2024-02-19 · in How to make a better default Firefox UI
  18. …the fact that it was this popular is also proof that the existing UI was inconvenient. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Installatio...
    comment by black7375 · 2024-02-19 · in How to make a better default Firefox UI
  19. …that might explain how we improved it and made it popular. This article is part of a series. - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/%5BArticle%...
    comment by black7375 · 2024-02-19 · in How to make a better default Firefox UI
  20. …all the insane things FF's run-amuck designers keep doing to fuck up its interface. Essential: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix . On top of that I have my own extensive fixes, adaptations and personalizations in UserChrome.css…
    comment by mrandish · 2024-01-22 · in The Downward Spiral of Technology
  21. If you use my theme and set a few things, it looks pretty good. - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Show-Off-Yo...
    comment by black7375 · 2023-09-26 · in Firefox 118
  22. …out Firefox-UI-Fix [1]. I use it everywhere I use Firefox, and it makes the browser usable. [1] - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by AndroidKitKat · 2023-08-22 · in Switching from Chrome to Firefox
  23. …browsers, it would be nice for Mozilla to stop breaking things for sake of breaking things. [1]: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by AndroidKitKat · 2023-07-18 · in Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer
  24. I use Sidebery, with some modifications from https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Options
    comment by akaij · 2023-07-18 · in Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer
  25. …desktop environment, though I have been trapped in Thunderbird for more than a decade now. [1] https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/
    comment by jraph · 2023-02-09 · in The Future of Thunderbird
  26. …just paste it into your User profile folder and the custom CSS and user.js fixes the ugly UI. 1. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by KevinGlass · 2023-01-13 · in Firefox lost ~16M users since last year
  27. Firefox's design is more custom than you think. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Show-Off-Yo... https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/pull/511
    comment by black7375 · 2022-12-14 · in Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy
  28. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix Now you don't have to abandon Firefox because of their dumb UI decisions anymore.
    comment by Dwedit · 2022-10-27 · in Ad blocking is under attack (2017)
  29. …and uploaded. By default, you can get improved UI / UX, and you can easily make many UI customs. - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Installatio... - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Tutorial -…
    comment by black7375 · 2022-09-04 · in Lepton – Settings Framework for Various Firefox UI Custom
  30. Here's what I've been using to get the older design, while also keeping some new niceties. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by RealStickman_ · 2022-03-28 · in Firefox UI/UX History
  31. That's why I made a theme. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by black7375 · 2022-03-28 · in Firefox UI/UX History
  32. I'd highly recommend using Firefox-UI-Fix (aka Lepton): https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix It is a userchrome hack rather than an extension though, so I guess its time is limited.
    comment by losingom · 2022-03-13 · in My essential Firefox fixes in 2022
  33. Install Lepton, it fixes all the issues with the UI. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by sharps1 · 2022-01-24 · in Mozilla Rally
  34. annoyingly, it breaks the Lepton UI fix: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by davidgerard · 2022-01-14 · in Firefox 96
  35. …location. This broke some of my customization scripts and other people's scripts I'm using such as https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix I would really, really, like if both Flatpaks and Snaps could keep the usual program's config…
    comment by arboghast · 2022-01-07 · in The Future of Snapcraft
  36. …I wish there was a no-bullshit fork of Firefox with no Pocket, no Suggestions and Photon UI. [0] https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by iakov · 2021-10-08 · in Lots to See in Firefox 93
  37. If you think your new Firefox's vertical spacing is way too large, here is the fix. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix Source: firefox 91 - how do you fix this ridiculously large vertical spacing (esp for bookmarks?)…
    comment by jenhsun · 2021-09-08 · in Firefox 92
  38. …days trying to eliminate proton ui to no avail. This is what finally worked (manual installation): https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix#installation-gui...
    comment by strict9 · 2021-09-07 · in Firefox 92
  39. I have been using Lepton with great joy: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix Pulling it from github is a shell script in Linux or a powershell script in Windows; manual installation is a long-winded pain in the backside.
    comment by davidgerard · 2021-08-17 · in How to undo Proton UI in Firefox 91 and onwards
  40. …resources, including how to get tabs on bottom for those of us that like our world topsy-turvy: - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix - a good base including different light/dark themes. See Tips for code to put tabs on bottom -…
    comment by trog · 2021-08-15 · in Firefox 91 – Revert back to old tab style
  41. I just put Lepton into place and my tabs are back and everything is nice again. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by davidgerard · 2021-08-13 · in Firefox 91
  42. Probably not, your best bet is to shore up the damage with userChrome.css https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix is a really good set of styles to make proton usable (borders, icons, less padding, etc).
    comment by worble · 2021-08-10 · in Firefox 91
  43. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix fixes most of the frustrating bits of Proton you describe. It's arguably not the same as a sensible out-of-the box design, but far better than sticking to old versions just because of the UI.
    comment by semiotic1 · 2021-07-31 · in Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
  44. loving 'Firefox-UI-Fix' which fixes all the density changes introduced as well https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/
    comment by phit_ · 2021-07-13 · in Firefox 90
  45. Lepton - Firefox-UI-Fix is available here: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
    comment by amai · 2021-06-07 · in Firefox 89 Tab Appearance
  46. …impacted me yet, but there's a large userChrome.css file that reverts the worst of the changes at: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/ It's well commented enough that you should be able to cherry-pick individual fixes.
    comment by mrob · 2021-06-04 · in Firefox 89 Tab Appearance
  47. I'm using the Lepton fix. That might work for you:- https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/tree/photon-styl...
    comment by herjazz · 2021-06-02 · in Firefox Release 89.0
  48. …used a combination of parts of https://github.com/ShatteredIcicle/firefox-ui-regression-men... and https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix to make these changes.
    comment by rhdunn · 2021-06-01 · in Firefox Release 89.0
  49. …of the favicon and sound icon is displayed) I've improved all of these things. - Padding & Icon: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix#padding-comparis... - Tab Indicators: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Screenshots.…
    comment by black7375 · 2021-06-01 · in Firefox Release 89.0
  50. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Tips#system... You need userChrome.css custom. -moz-accent-color: Accent Color -moz-accent-color-foreground: Accent Color with text color
    comment by black7375 · 2021-06-01 · in Firefox Release 89.0