The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back.
I've been using the "Aurora" channel, so I've had this feature for a while. It does take some getting used to, since the whole address bar now jumps around when you push the Back button, and then jumps back when you click Forward enough times. On the plus side, the address bar usually has more room now.
Hmm, that sounds annoying. Couldn't they find a more elegant solution than having toolbar elements jump around all the time? I'm not sure if ~30px of extra horizontal space is worth all the jumping around.
When I click a link, it shows the URL without a Forward button. If I click the Back button, the Forward button appears and pushes everything over. When I click Forward, the Forward button is grayed out, but as soon as I move my cursor away, it disappears and again looks like the first.
That would explain it :) A similar effect happens with the Stop and Refresh buttons. If you put them next to each other, they become a single element. And if you put them both at the end of the address bar, they all merge together. But if you move them apart, they are separate buttons.
I've been using the "Aurora" channel, so I've had this feature for a while. It does take some getting used to, since the whole address bar now jumps around when you push the Back button, and then jumps back when you click Forward enough times. On the plus side, the address bar usually has more room now.