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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and has nothing to do with functionality I suppose.

If I had my browser set up like that, there would be no room left for the web page. I’m running a laptop with a 15” screen at 1920x1080 pixel resolution.

Browser customization is strictly via addons/extensions and the creators of them create for purposes they desire. I’ve never found one I like for tab management so I use multiple browsers. I hate using a Mozilla product but firefox is the only browser that allows scrolling horizontally and prevents tabs from becoming so small there’s no text visible. Other browsers just keep shrinking them down so small they’re useless. I also run Waterfox and it’s my preferred browser because they’re kind of anti-Mozilla - pro-privacy. https://www.waterfox.net/

Yes, Mobile First is the current design preference for all things web because phone usage has surpassed PC. Some desktop programs are even taking on the look of an app. That’s progress for ya.

Yes, Mobile First is the current design preference for all things web because phone usage has surpassed PC. Some desktop programs are even taking on the look of an app. That’s progress for ya.

And that was behind the idea of Windows 8 UI, and we know how that worked out. Very few companies are capable of force feeding us the stuff we OUGHT to have rather than the stuff we want. Steve Jobs was a man who could do that better than almost all (Jony Ive by himself is just a jerk).

When all movement seems to put things in the "Cloud" that don't get any inherent benefit from being in the "Cloud" other than letting the mothership keep tabs on you, it is not progress. You obviously agreed because your setup smells like one that was meticulously pieced together to work the way you want to work.

Even if people use phones "more" that doesn't mean that it is a net gain to program for phones "first". Real work (not playing videos or finding a location on a map) often benefit from a big screen and a real keyboard, and programs and UIs should be based on net convenience, or even by having multiple interfaces. Heck you can even tell when I post from a phone because of the unavoidable typos.MacOS is not iOS, even though they both use ARM. Beats the crap out of Microsoft's forcing two billion Windows users to adapt to yet another new interface designed for a failed mobile interface that is used by nobody except NFL employees.

I miss personal computing.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and has nothing to do with functionality I suppose."\

Actually it has to do with functionality since FF ESR enables more. The ability of change the color of a tab is a enhanced helpful function. I want a utility truck browser vs. a sports car as my main one. With Chrome you cannot even right click on a tab and copy the URL unless you are one that open tab.

"If I had my browser set up like that, there would be no room left for the web page. I’m running a laptop with a 15” screen at 1920x1080 pixel resolution."

Indeed, thus I should have said that I was using a 23" screen.

"I also run Waterfox "

"Mobile First is the current design preference for all things web because phone usage has surpassed PC."

True, and while mobile devices certainly have their unique capabilities, I could not do 5% of what I have used a Desktop for, esp. with my stiff arthritic fingers. But again, thank God we have such, though if the whole world lived simpler that would better.