Yet after Lion, Mountain Lion, and in a few month the new Mac OS, they still haven't implemented the native scrollbar and bounce scrolling... Mozilla is doing a lot of stuff, but I don't see any focus.
Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
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Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#32Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…
> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is. EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example…
vertical tabs is one of the main reasons I still use FF as my primary browser.
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#33sooo we move the main menu around in completely NON-obvious places every year, just to piss off long time users.
I feel like a problem with UI designers is that once they made something they feel like they have to change it else they're useless. So they change stuff for the sake of it or something.
Real changes in australis: - tabs around more round. - main menu move from far left to far right, slightly lower, and has a new icon
arbitrary much? Save 3px?
I can tell you, all the non-techies will be lost (there's no point even arguing tat), and many of the techies will be pissed (you can argue on that, but im pretty sure it'll be a large amount)
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#34Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…
I love firefox and use it daily on all platforms. What bothers me a bit (just a bit) about the design is that only on linux the menu bar row sticks out [1], while on Windows or Mac they were able to collapse it or hide it quite well. I suppose this is due to the GUI implementation constraints on the platform, but it is still very noticable when I switch from my mac to ubuntu. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/qDUuOXH.png
Right-click on your Home button and uncheck the "Menu bar" :)
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#35Submission not "easy" to see the new UI changes
Detailed mockups broken for me, or perhaps I fail at grok-ing it. Here's what I found easier:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/0c/Australis-i02-Tabs.jpg
And menus:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Desktop/Panel_Menu#Stage_2...
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#36Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…
> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is. EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example…
Indeed, I find vimperator's interface exceedingly minimal.[1]
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#37Yet after Lion, Mountain Lion, and in a few month the new Mac OS, they still haven't implemented the native scrollbar and bounce scrolling... Mozilla is doing a lot of stuff, but I don't see any focus.
They have implemented native scrollbars in Nightly, it must just not be in the release channel yet, so it will be out soon.
It's crazy that you would say Mozilla doesn't have any focus because of a few petty features. C'mon now.
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#38It looks beautiful in Windows and OSX. It looks less awful than the current theme in Linux, thanks to the menu button (which usually occupies the position of the leftmost tab in Linux and isn't even orange) being moved to the same location as where Chrome has it. But there still seems to be a lot of wasted space in the titlebar of the Linux theme. I remember reading that this is because certain opendesktop UI guideli…
To be honest, I really don't care about the UI on Linux so much as the terrible lag. For whatever reason, Mozilla just can't get its shit together when it comes to fixing lag on Linux. For this reason alone, I continue to use Chrome, even though I'd love to move back to Firefox and get all the customizability that it's known for.
Can you try "resetting Firefox"? You can go to about:support in your browser and click on the Reset Firefox button. This will fix most, if not all, lag issues you are experiencing.
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#39Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…
> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is. EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example…
> Firefox UI is as busy as you make it
For almost all Firefox users, the UI is as busy as Mozilla makes it.
Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul
#40sooo we move the main menu around in completely NON-obvious places every year, just to piss off long time users. I feel like a problem with UI designers is that once they made something they feel like they have to change it else they're useless. So they change stuff for the sake of it or something. Real changes in australis: - tabs around more round. - main menu move from far left to far right, slightly lower, and ha…
> I feel like a problem with UI designers is that once they made something they feel like they have to change it else they're useless.
It could just as well be the growth team, experimenting with different designs to see if retention of new users picks up.