Re: Firefox 4 dumbing down?
"Jack Gillis" <[email protected]>
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"JM" <nospam@nospam> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > 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!)