And the fighting and sacrifice was needed to bring us to this end point of hideous Chrome Clones, minimalist and fugly to the max.
When I've got the internets, I was by FireFox side since major versions (2.x.x) and I liked that add-on features. And then FF 4 happened - it was the first ring.
I've been dodging all attempts to update it from 3.6.10, but as key features and add-ons being ceased to work over time, I had to update it at late teen version. I actually got over it as replacement add-on showed up and managed to customize it as was. And then FF 29 happened, spawning "Australis" which had that painfully familiar metallic shine.
The cure was developed early - the "Classic Theme Restorer" was a power tool that removed the metallic shine and allowed even more customization options than it was before. Yes, I am a fan of bottom panel. But then FF 57 happened - a "Quantum" that had absolutely same same standarts as our metallic acquaintance - looks, performace and add-on engine.
I was wondering "Did I accidentally downloaded Chrome? - Nope it says Firefox". After wiping out legacy add-ons for good, getting very rigid "borderless" facade and message from Mozilla "we don't care" - I'm done. But refuge was rather close - the WaterFox. Basically x64 fork of main line, it preserved remnants of what it was at beginning - the choice of whatever way you want to use the browser.
So there's always a choice must be - if not within browser but among browsers.
