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Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

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Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#11

The "on-top" looks much better and includes a home button. But yeah does look a bit like Chrome. Having said that, Chrome was designed by people from Firefox right? So there would be similar influences.

I would miss the page 'title' -- my tabs are always too small to see more than the first letter or two. An optional title band under the URL bar, adjacent to the page content itself, would more than make up for the loss.

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#12

Combo stop/refresh/go??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

The Stop Button, Reload Button, and Indeterminate Progress Spinner all represent exactly the same thing -- whether the page is loading shit. You only need one, with a lag between stop and reload to avoid accidental fail.

They also finally put the progress bar in the address bar, another Safari innovation.

I've used TinyMenu + StopReload + Fission, along with shoving the few UI elements I want into the "File" toolbar to get this UI in FF for years.

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#13
post #10

Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox Am I the only one who likes my tabs on the bottom, meaning under the content, above the status bar? Much less mouse travel when switching apps and then switching tabs.. (I'm trying to use the mouse less and rely just on the keyboard, but its tough)

Personally I like them down the right side. Makes better use of a widescreen monitor, since most pages are still vertical in nature. Also can see way more tabs at once. If you want to see what I mean:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#14
post #10

Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox Am I the only one who likes my tabs on the bottom, meaning under the content, above the status bar? Much less mouse travel when switching apps and then switching tabs.. (I'm trying to use the mouse less and rely just on the keyboard, but its tough)

Personally I like them down the right side. Makes better use of a widescreen monitor, since most pages are still vertical in nature. Also can see way more tabs at once. If you want to see what I mean: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045

I could see how that would be nice, though at work no widescreens and at home I usually dual monitor it with the laptop.

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#16
Give the option for both. If that confuses or scares users too much, have one as the default and the other as an add-on that users who really want it will have to download.

As of right now, ff users have to settle for the tabs-on-bottom style unless they want to settle for a combination of 5 add-ons, which - i'll assume - significantly increases memory usage.

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#17
post #12

Combo stop/refresh/go??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! The Stop Button, Reload Button, and Indeterminate Progress Spinner all represent exactly the same thing -- whether the page is loading shit. You only need one, with a lag between stop and reload to avoid accidental fail. They also finally put the progress bar in the address bar, another Safari innovation. I've used TinyMenu + StopReload + Fission, along with shoving the few UI elements I want in…

At least give me the option to customize the toolbar so I can put the buttons wherever I want.

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#18
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! The Stop Button, Reload Button, and Indeterminate Progress Spinner all represent exactly the same thing -- whether the page is loading shit. You only need one, with a lag between stop and reload to avoid accidental fail. They also finally put the progress bar in the address bar, another Safari innovation. I've used TinyMenu + StopReload + Fission, along with shoving the few UI elements I want in…

At least give me the option to customize the toolbar so I can put the buttons wherever I want.

Sure. You install the "Stylish" extension and then you use CSS to customize to your heart's content. This IS Firefox. I have all the chrome hidden when inactive.

Re: Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

#19
post #10

Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox Am I the only one who likes my tabs on the bottom, meaning under the content, above the status bar? Much less mouse travel when switching apps and then switching tabs.. (I'm trying to use the mouse less and rely just on the keyboard, but its tough)

Personally I like them down the right side. Makes better use of a widescreen monitor, since most pages are still vertical in nature. Also can see way more tabs at once. If you want to see what I mean: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045

I personally go with Tree Style Tabs, since it lets you group related tabs. Otherwise I agree with you totally; I don't think I could stand going back to across-the-top tabs.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890

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