Re: Firefox 4 dumbing down?

Ron Hunter wrote:
> BJ 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?
>>
>> Do the devs look at this NG?  While I wouldn't classify the responses 
>> here as a "groundswell", they do indeed reflect that some experienced 
>> users think that FF is going down the wrong path.
>>
>> While I wouldn't put myself in the category of "experienced user", 
>> though I do know my way around an OS (Windows and Ubuntu) and 
>> browsers, I do in fact agree with all the comments that have been made 
>> here.
>>
>> Is there a way we can communicate these concerns to the devs (not that 
>> they would listen, but at least if FF goes south, we can say "I told 
>> you so")
>>
>> BJ
>>
> They don't listen, and AFAIK, don't care.

So who do these guys (gals?) listen to?  And who do the ones they listen 
to listen to . . . and on up the chain?  Somewhere along the line 
there's got to be some user input, or is it just an individual at the 
top or some "committee", that channels users through esp?

BJ

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