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The worst part about Firefox 29 was the hamburger button. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

  Aw fuck! Et tu, Firefox?
...was all I could think. As I explored further, my worst fears came true: they had destroyed Firefox's extremely versatile and fully customizable toolbar, and re-architected it as a woefully inadequate and fully customizable hamburger.
  </first-world-problems>
P.S. The fact that a floating unicorn appears, when you elect to have an empty hamburger, is little consolation.
P.S. The fact that a floating unicorn appears, when you elect to have an empty hamburger, is little consolation.

Haha! I had no idea. I just tested this and had a good laugh. I also didn't know this three-line glyph was called the "hamburger menu."

Since I have never used the new Firefox hamburger menu, I think I'll leave it with the unicorn.

The toolbar is still fully customizable, they haven't taken that out.

I agree that the hamburger menu is garbage, though. I guess they felt pressured to move to one since so many other browsers (mobile & desktop) have one so users expect it?

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