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Mobile tab ui too blocky no room to view tabs

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Sean5x
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Using a 5.1 inch screen that when held horizontally only has 1 tab preview viewed at a time when the tab list is in use. There is too much unused space in the tab list. Is there a way to change the mobile ui to revert to the old updates ui? That one did not have this problem with at least 3-4 tab previews being visible at one time. The image I uploaded is an example of how much space is taken up by the blocky design and only 1 tab is visible here.

Using a 5.1 inch screen that when held horizontally only has 1 tab preview viewed at a time when the tab list is in use. There is too much unused space in the tab list. Is there a way to change the mobile ui to revert to the old updates ui? That one did not have this problem with at least 3-4 tab previews being visible at one time. The image I uploaded is an example of how much space is taken up by the blocky design and only 1 tab is visible here.
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Paul
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Hi

In the Tabs menu (from the tab drawer or Settings), I recommend that change the Tab view to Grid.

i hope that this helps.

Sean5x
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Seburo said
Hi In the Tabs menu (from the tab drawer or Settings), I recommend that change the Tab view to Grid. i hope that this helps.

Hi Thanks for the reply. I have tried what you suggested and sadly it is actually worse than the list view. Grid view allows 3 tabs to be viewable but the blocky design cuts off the bottom half of the tabs. I've uploaded a photo to show what this looks like.

Paul
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Hi

Please appreciate that we are developing Firefox for Android to be "best fit" across many different Android devices. As such we offer options that will help you to view tabs in the tab drawer, but these same options have to work across different devices with different screen sizes.

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Seburo said
Hi Please appreciate that we are developing Firefox for Android to be "best fit" across many different Android devices. As such we offer options that will help you to view tabs in the tab drawer, but these same options have to work across different devices with different screen sizes.

Hello again Is that a convoluted way of saying that there is no way to revert to the update that actually allowed me to view multiple tabs? I know you can't really do anything about it but I am disappointed that Mozilla did not test this update. Thanks for your time but it seems I'll have to move browsers until a new update comes.

Paul
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No, not at all. It is just with there being so many variations of Android device, it is not always going to be possible to meet everyones requirements.