Re: Firefox 4 dumbing down?

David McRitchie wrote:
> "The Real Bev" ...
>> Chris Barnes wrote:
>>> I despise the thing...    [bookmarks toolbar]
>>
>> So did I.  Then I took off the default crap and put stuff on it that 
>> *I* wanted and now I like it.  I suppose I could just move that stuff 
>> to the top of my bookmarks page, but I already have stuff there that I 
>> want.
> 
> Well yes, there is absolutely nothing that I want on the supplied toolbar.
> and therefore on that basis it would  be right to get rid of it.    But 
> with
> my stuff on it, that is entirely another matter.   I have almost only 
> folders
> on the toolbar, and that makes it very simple to get to the bookmark that
> I want to get to.  To give you a quick look at what my bookmarks toolbar
> looks like see.    (about 2/3 height of original, and about half size on 
> width)
>    Bookmarks Toolbar Blue/Folders, Red/Bookmarks | userstyles.org
>    http://userstyles.org/styles/9091
> 
> I found the  Firefox 4 mock-ups,     Firefox 4.0 theme mockups - Mozilla 
> Links
>    http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/firefox-4-0-theme-mockups/
> I'd seen them before,  there is nothing there
> to say that they got rid of the bookmarks toolbar,  you always had 
> ability  to take
> it out of view.   The interesting thing is that they dumped the title 
> bar,  I like the
> title bar but would like control over it,  like exactly 1/2 the height 
> would be nice,
> so I still have all wording and controls.   Without the title bar my 
> arrangement, I think,
> uses about the same space and I have 4 toolbars  .   Can't tell for 
> sure, but  I think that
> their mockup is reduced in size.    Examples of mine.  If you move the 
> cursor over them
> and see a plus sign click on the image to see it full size.
>   http://userstyles.org/styles/9349
>   http://userstyles.org/styles/13115
> Although the pictures don't show it,  I do remove the  down arrow from the
> unified  back/forward button similar to the Firefox  4 mockup.
>  #back-forward-dropmarker{display:none!important} /* use Right-click to 
> view dropdown */
> 
> 
They also got rid of the menu bar.  How do you change any settings 
without a menu bar?  How do you switch themes, or change settings for 
extensions?  I also depend on the menu bar to access bookmarks.