Whenever you have a stable product that works well someone always starts to tinker with it. Sometimes the tinkering works and small improvements are made. Other times the tinkering is less successful.
Here is an example of the latter.
When Firefox updates to a new version the changes I first notice are the visual ones. Aesthetics are important to me so I will craft everything on the screen to look pleasing to my eye as much as each piece of software allows.
Firefox has a navigation toolbar that shows home and refresh buttons plus left/right arrows. There is a checkbox option to display the icons on the toolbar in regular size or as small icons. I go with small because they are still legible and it gives the browser a somewhat tidier look. In version 7 of Firefox both sets of icons look the same, save for the slight size difference. The just-released version 8 changes this.
On the one hand the spiffy-looking default icons:
And the new horrible-looking small icons:
These are ugly as all get-out and look like someone’s first attempt at making icons in MS Paint.
I’m hoping this is a bug. If not I shall shake my fist in impotent rage.