Re: Firefox 4 dumbing down?

JM wrote:
> EE wrote:
>> I have been looking at the wiki.mozilla.org page at the proposed new 
>> interfaces for Firefox 4.  I depend on the menu bar a lot, and would not 
>> like that to be removed.  I also use the bookmarks toolbar buttons, and 
>> would not like to see those reduced to one button.  On the toolbar, the 
>> reload button is not there any more.  I use that quite a bit also.  What 
>> is the point of gutting the interface like that anyway?
>> Must the developers treat people like kindergarten kids who cannot 
>> understand anything that is a bit more complex?
> 
> I don't even like the pictures I've seen of firefox 3.7, much less of 4. 
> I use the bookmarks toolbar every time I open firefox. The menu bar is 
> definitely something that they should leave alone. I don't want the stop 
> and reload buttons combined either. Firefox 4 looks like a combination 
> of Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox 3.5. I can deal with some of the 
> changes in 3.5, such as the new firefox icon and the absence of a close 
> button when there's only one tab-but they are taking things too far with 
> 4. If it stays that way, 3.5 might be my last major update.

I still want a distinctive 'look and feel' that says FIREFOX, rather 
than a 'me too' copy of IE or Chrome, or whatever.
While I strongly agree with attempts to maximize the usable screen space 
for the website, or application, some things MUST remain, and the 
bookmarks toolbar, for me, is indispensable.  If it goes, I go.