Re: Firefox 4 dumbing down?

"Jack Gillis" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.wishlist
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"JM" <nospam@nospam> wrote in message 
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> 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.

I agree about removing the Bookmarks Toolbar.  I use it every time I load 
Firefox.  PLEASE DON'T ELIMINATE IT.  (Yes, I know I shouted!)
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