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Firefox biggest annoyance: The download window. I feel like I've taken a time machine to the 90's every time it pops up. Chrome's download bar on the other hand is quite neat and it doesn't distract your workflow.
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/download-statusb... and it works just like Chrome.
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Why drag Firefox into this discussion? Firefox has options for customizing everything, and when it doesn't there's always extensions. That's one of it's best features. If you don't like "taking a time machine" Firefox's download window can be disabled using "Show the Downloads window when downloading a file" option.
It's completely fair to judge Firefox on its default design decisions.
If Firefox had a download bar, you would be able to download or write an extension to make it auto-hide, because Firefox's interface is entirely XUL and is relatively trivially extensible. With Chrome, you can star an issue and hope someone will listen to you, but you're probably going to be ignored.
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> I just wish project leads/managers would listen a bit more to the community rather than arrogantly dictating "It will be done this way, deal with it". You say that looking at single side of the coin. On the other side, the story is different. The devs receives several feature tweaks every single day. One can give detailed responses for only so much longer. There will be one time when you just cant write a satisfyin…
>There will be one time when you just cant write a satisfying response because it is not your main job. I've got to disagree here. There's always time to remain gracious and professional. If you can't bother to keep those two qualities when dealing with your users, you should probably find a new line of work.
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>There will be one time when you just cant write a satisfying response because it is not your main job. I've got to disagree here. There's always time to remain gracious and professional. If you can't bother to keep those two qualities when dealing with your users, you should probably find a new line of work.
If I was the developer of the browser with the most rapidly growing market share, I would definitely be looking for a new line of work. Wait, what?
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You could just drag the images right to your desktop.
You're right, and sometimes I do do that. But most times I'd rather have it end up in my Downloads folder. Also, on my mac laptop, I'd have to drag, exposé-show-desktop, drop, exit-exposé... :)
Firefox biggest annoyance: The download window. I feel like I've taken a time machine to the 90's every time it pops up. Chrome's download bar on the other hand is quite neat and it doesn't distract your workflow.
Have you seen the replacement UI? https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:DownloadsPanel-Downloading.png For reasons unknown to me, it's been delayed for ages. So long that even Safari has copied and deployed it before Firefox did.
Firefox biggest annoyance: The download window. I feel like I've taken a time machine to the 90's every time it pops up. Chrome's download bar on the other hand is quite neat and it doesn't distract your workflow.
Have you seen the replacement UI? https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:DownloadsPanel-Downloading.png For reasons unknown to me, it's been delayed for ages. So long that even Safari has copied and deployed it before Firefox did.
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Have you seen the replacement UI? https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:DownloadsPanel-Downloading.png For reasons unknown to me, it's been delayed for ages. So long that even Safari has copied and deployed it before Firefox did.
That's the UI used in Safari 6. It's pretty terrible, in my opinion; it hides too much information in a single button. It's roughly equivalent to Chrome's download bar, except with less information.
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It's completely fair to judge Firefox on its default design decisions.
It's fair to judge Firefox's design decisions. It's not completely fair to compare Firefox's default design decisions with Chrome/Safari/IE's design decisions, which are more than just defaults. If Firefox had a download bar, you would be able to download or write an extension to make it auto-hide, because Firefox's interface is entirely XUL and is relatively trivially extensible. With Chrome, you can star an issue a…
What do you mean by "more than just defaults"?
I personally bless this design everyday at least twice a day. This usually happens when I download a file from one web-service and then switch tab to send that file as an email attachment or upload it to another service (google drive, drop box, etc.) Having the file box at the bottom let me easily drag that file onto the other tab and get it done. Yet, by all means, there should be a checkbox available for those who…