Feedback about the new UI for the firefox extension

[IcedRooibos]

Code Contribution Proposal

Hi,

First - thanks for the great tool, I love using bitwarden to manage my passwords.

The new UI does two things that I don't like - most important is:

The copy username, copy password, and copy TOTP button used to be accessible without an additional click into a copy submenu before - I think that was way more efficient.

Another is that now there is a dedicated fill button which is fine but why remove the functionality where clicking on the entry also autofills it?

Thank you for the great tool and just passing my thoughts along!

[SiJiL82]

Agreed - the new UI seems to just be "more clicks to do stuff that was accessible before"

Like the old UI had your saved cards under possible logins, that's now been replaced with "All items" which is just not useful, and to get the old card list back I have to click into the filter instead (every time).

Similarly filling in a saved identity used to just be scroll down and click, now it requires using the filters instead.

[delmain]

The Card thing for me is a big one. It is a massive loss to functionality that cards are not shown by default now. Even if it was changed to only show them when there is a card number field detected or something like that, it'd be fine, but making it 3+ clicks when it used to be 1 is far worse.

[Gater73]

I find it very annoying too, a single button already exposed would be better. a trade-of im willing to make for productivity

[Dark-Thoughts]

Why do I now need to pop the window out to access the Generator and all the other functions that were at the bottom? The pop out window also has some issues with DPI / zoom scaling and does not fit into the set window size.

[infogulch]

Note, there is an option under Settings > Appearance to bring back the buttons:

Personally, the new vault UI is so much faster than the old version that it would be worth a lot of annoyances even without the setting.

And I like the Fill button; I found it confusing that the default behavior for clicking the identity entry would change (fill vs open card) depending on whether it's shown in the list because you searched for it or because it matches the current domain. My only gripe is that the click target for the Fill button is a bit small.

[y15un]

honestly, the existence of this option (while still better than nothing) seems like treating the symptom rather than the cause, which is the design itself.
i want an option to remove that 'fill' button and to revert the default action of clicking on the card itself, from editing that item to autofilling the form; just like what the old UI did.

[SiJiL82]

honestly, the existence of this option (while still better than nothing) seems like treating the symptom rather than the cause itself, which is the design itself.
i want an option to remove that 'fill' button and revert the default action of clicking on the card itself, from editing that item to autofilling the form, just like what the old UI did.

Agreed, editing is something you'll do maybe once or twice, so making it the default action for clicking the item seems like a bad decision.

[infogulch]

I think the new UX is better. The behavior of clicking an item was inconsistent: sometimes it would fill and sometimes it would open the card, depending on the state of the rest of the UI. Now it's consistent: clicking the item always opens the card, clicking Fill (if available) always fills.

I've used Bitwarden for a long time, so admittedly it has been a bit of a learning curve for me. But I've also onboarded new (non-technical) users to bitwarden multiple times and this has been a consistent point of confusion for them. The new design will be a net benefit after existing users get used to it.

[gunvirranu]

Agree that clicking the relatively small "Fill" button is quite annoying. That's probably my single most used interaction with the extension and the increased friction, while small, adds up.

[gfra54]

What is a bit confusing is that if you click on the card because you think it will fill, ok it does not fill and you go to the details card. But on this details card, there does not seem to be a fill button anywhere, so everytime I miss click on the card, I need to go back and click the Fill button.

Another thing is that in some languages, the word "Fill" is replaced with a word that is way larger and it takes quite some room on the card, so I can't see the full name of my credentials.

[Geschan]

Note, there is an option under Settings > Appearance to bring back the buttons:

I feel this should be enabled by default. Hiding the most used buttons (at least in my case) behind additional clicks, just to get a nicer UI is not good for a tool that should focus more on ease of use and productivity.

UX > UI

[gfra54]

yes, and another problem it adds is that you don't see at a glance if you have a TOTP set up for a given account. I was totally lost in my 2FA before reactivating the buttons :

[gunvirranu]

Not sure if this is intentional or a bug, but have experienced longer than usual persistence. i.e. will go back to browser after hours and click on extension, and it'll be on the "View Login" page from some interaction with some website many hours ago. I feel the more intuitive behaviour would be to timeout to the main Vault after some time.

Don't have exact steps to repro just yet, but posting in case anyone else experienced this :)