Re: Firefox 4 dumbing down?

Ron Hunter wrote:
> 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.
I definitely agree that firefox shouldn't copy other browsers and have 
its own look/feel. As for maximizing the usable screen space, I think 
3.5 does a good job of that and I personally wouldn't try to change 
anything. And yes, I don't want the bookmarks toolbar to go either.
It is very useful.