Re: FF 5. 0 and user interface

On 20/08/2011 12:36 AM, 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


Sorry, that was three weeks ago, can't specify. Basically, she looked at 
it, and said "What's happened to my Firefox?" Just the look of it was 
unfamiliar, and that was enough. FWIW, I've also fixed the Win7 look and 
feel to make it as much like XP as possible. Same reason.

In short: maintain the look and feel, and you can add as many new 
features, gimmicks, and tweaks as you like. Don't change the default 
theme too much: it's amazing how much comfort familiar colours provide.

HTH,
Wolf K.