Re: FF 5. 0 and user interface

On 8/19/2011 11:36 PM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
> Greywolf wrote:
>> Data point on "usability":
>>
>> We got a new laptop for my wife a couple of weeks ago, installed the
>> "latest version" of FF (= 5.0), and the first thing I had to do was
>> revert the GUI to look as much like FF 3.x as possible. O'wise my wife
>> flatly refused to use it. Luckily someone had figured out how to do this
>> and posted the instructions in m.s.firefox.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Wolf K.
>
> GreyWolf K, can you tell us which particular features were uncomfortable
> or difficult for her to locate or use in the latest version of Firefox?
> Do you know what she thinks of the features that you didn't revert to
> 3.x-like location, behavior, or appearance?
>
> I think some details might make the data point more useful.
>
> - A

The first outcry:
Where's my bookmarks toolbar?
second:
Where's the menubar?
third:
What's that orange thing at the top?
fourth:
Why are the labels so hard to read (Win7 Aero)?

 From the point of view of a user of 3.6, FF4 was a vast change, and WAY 
too sudden for many users.  I think we are still seeing evidence of this 
shocked feeling when users get so excited over disappearance of the 
version information in About:.