I use it all the time and have for years. Just seems like a weird feature to lock behind about.config and say it’s not supported while they still support things like Pocket.

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    It is essentially just extra maintenance of a feature in Firefox that (statistically) not many people use

    As such, it’s marked as “unsupported” to make clear that if any issues arise, Mozilla won’t help you with those issues.

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      Not many people use it because it is hidden away and not default.

      Firefox in compact mode is about as compact as Chromium, so no issue here.

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          True, a lot of things are too inaccessible so that people even think they dont exist. Like the task manager or profiles.

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          it used to be visible as an option in ‘customize toolbar’. it was deprecated and deemed ‘unsupported’ way back around v89, but at least they kept it available as a ‘hidden’ setting.

          i use it on every pc i have firefox installed on (which is, well, all of them that aren’t ‘terminal only’).

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            Yeah, I remember it being there too. I really can’t stand the default UI of any browser, everything is just so… big and bright. I use dark theme and compact mode where possible.

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        It’s hidden away behind a flag now because it hasn’t been actively used for years on end.

        Not the other way around.

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          Hm, yes but active usage doesnt mean it was not used?

          I never thought of doing that and for sure didnt see that button in the bottom left.

          Thats like removing profiles because nobody used them, while they are hidden away behind an about:. The solution is add a button, see if it is used and then decide.

          Especially as the compact mode saves a lot of screen space and is likely no maintenance effort at all.

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            yes but active usage doesnt mean it was not used?

            If their criteria was “at least 1 person uses it at all, sometimes” then it would not have been removed 🤔

            likely no maintenance effort at all.

            The maintenance comes less from the code and more from making sure that every single menu added or changed in any way continues to behave correctly in three different sizes with themes and everything.

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              Firefox extremely reduced theming.

              And as I said, nobody knows this exists because it is not promoted well, and now even hidden.