1 wk. ago • 98%

I have made the first actual change in my lightly fork, what do you guys think?

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I think this is a big accessibility issue. Please let tabs be tabs. This design seems too similar to Firefox's new design where it's hard to tell which tab is active (specially if you have only two open). I feel like tabs should be attached to the viewport/content otherwise they look like buttons where my intuition is to click on an active to tab to activate it

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- I personally prefer this look. Reminds me of a task bar.
  
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- in what way is this an accessability issue, it just seems to be a minor visual stylization change?
  
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  Consider having just two of them. The one which is active actually seems like a button that demands attention. It's basic design stuff. Tabs denote choices between active viewports, it should be unambiguous always which one is active. These hovering tabs are more like buttons which intuitively ask to be clicked
  
  https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
  
  Try looking at the comparison screenshots in this repo. Or look up some images of firefox australis. You'll see how tabs are actually behaving like tabs and are denoting clearly which one is active by linking itself naturally to the viewport
  
  Edit: https://github.com/Glitchcode2447/Firefox-Australis-Theme
  
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No hating on you, but floating tabs really don't sit well with me, to the point I use CSS to revert them to regular tabs in Firefox lol

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- It seems like most people don't like it, especially on reddit, where they even seem to hate it.
  
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It's like floating tabs in Firefox, which I still hate to the bone.

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Why isn't this aligned?

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- Because the programming language I actually know is python, in c++ I'm currently barely above the „hello world”-level. It also annoys me, but at the moment I haven't yet figured a way out to align it properly, as soon as I do, I'll promise that I will align it
  
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I like the before more. I would also like the color of the active tab to be the same as the area’s backgroud it’s connected to, like in Linux Mint’s default theme.

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Looks great 👍

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- Thanks!
  
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I still can't use it :( It compiles now, but when trying to set it all I get is this:

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- What distro do you have?
  
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  Gentoo
  
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- Lightly half works for me on Plasma 6 following instructions on the qt6 version on GitHub. The window decorations and Lightly-related aspects of the plasma theme work, but I can't apply the application style.
  
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  What os do you use?
  
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Love it, you should probably rename your fork to something like lighter or idk bulb?

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- I was thinking about „darkly”, or something like „nightly”, but I like your „bulb” idea, it's funny
  
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Looks amazing! But the tab could be connected to the page, I agree

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yeah floating tabs are nice

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- Thanks!
  
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I like new options. I'd suggest you change the name, though. I still have the regular lightly and I want to use this alongside it.

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- Could call the fork "nightly" lol
  
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  I was thinking about „darkly”, but that's a great one too
  
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  I just suggested "Slightly". >:)
  
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- I'll try renaming it, but it probably is a long process, until that, please help me choose a name
  
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  Slightly? Lol
  
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I like it!

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- Thanks!
  
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