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Re: Firefox 29

#12

Post by pjmlp »

Already using it.

I am impressed with the updated supported on the developer tools, although Chrome DevTools still wins in tooling.

Re: Firefox 29

#13

Post by exodust »

What's this about the status bar / add-on bar gone?

The main reason why I use Status-4-Evar is because when I hover over a link I don't want that link to pop-over the page content, which is what Chrome did first, then Firefox copied like sheep. It's distracting, like a tiny little pop-over in the corner of your eye.

I like having URLs show in a status bar separate to the main web window. It's out of the way, and I just like having my web browser framed by an interface. Is that so wrong?

What's so bad about a status bar? Why is there this idea that everyone wants the full screen web?

First Mozilla forces their CEO to resign, now they're being the soup nazi over the status bar which has been with browsers since day one of web browsers. You call that progress? I call it chopping down an old tree that nobody wanted chopped down.

Re: Firefox 29

#16

Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

Touche wrote: post #14
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #11

Oh hey, I up- MY EYES! This new UI!... it's certainly a change.

Just a note that you can restore the look if you prefer the square tabs: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemer...

Oh, the new theme isn't bad. Just a bit of a shock as I was in another window and suddenly noticed FF's UI overhaul.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by cookiecaper »

mahouse wrote: post #5
berkut wrote: post #4

Odd - I'm using Firefox 24, and I get "Congrats! You’re using the latest version of Firefox" printed.

Is that on Linux? You only get what your distro gives to you.

Depends on the distro. Firefox reports that I'm behind on ArchLinux with Firefox 28. I don't know if that's a thing that Mozilla has worked out with some big vendors or if they've just patched it to always pretend to be healthy.

I've never been a big fan of distro meddling, which is a reason I've been an Arch loyalist for workstation Linux since 2007.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

exodust wrote: post #13

What's this about the status bar / add-on bar gone? The main reason why I use Status-4-Evar is because when I hover over a link I don't want that link to pop-over the page content, which is what Chrome did first, then Firefox copied like sheep. It's distracting, like a tiny little pop-over in the corner of your eye. I like having URLs show in a status bar separate to the main web window. It's out of the way, and I ju…

They're cutting down on unnecessary chrome. I can't say I have a problem with it; less chrome means more room for page content. A bit like why Apple added fullscreen apps.
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