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Re: Firefox 29

#21

Post by reidrac » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:40 PM UTC

Gamepad API enabled! Cool! I used that API with Chrome, shame the browser prefix... my old games* won't work with Firefox without changing the source code :(

* eg http://www.usebox.net/jjm/alien-gamma/play.html

Re: Firefox 29

#22

Post by 3rd3 » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:41 PM UTC

plorkyeran wrote: post #8

Narretz wrote: post #6

the only question: will tree style tabs work as before?

Yes, it was updated shortly after the redesign hit Nightly.

I can confirm that it works too. They even improved the performance with many tabs open. It's absolutely awesome, what a great day! :)

Re: Firefox 29

#23

Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:41 PM UTC

ape4 wrote: post #9

could be handy

will mean I won't write broken apps in Firefox using that control and then open them in Chrome and notice they don't work, which has happened to me more than once now.

Re: Firefox 29

#24

Post by Geee » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:42 PM UTC

They still haven't get rid of the checking updates for add-ons dialog. Damn I hate that.

Re: Firefox 29

#25

Post by truncate » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:42 PM UTC

First look. Like the new access menu. I was hoping that they would make history and bookmarks in new tabs instead of windows.

Re: Firefox 29

#26

Post by WizzleKake » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:43 PM UTC

The incessant rearrangement of the UI is why I switched to Chrome. Each time they change the interface, it is unclear to me what the benefit is to the user.

I was fine with Firefox when it looked like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mozilla_Firefox_3.5.png

Re: Firefox 29

#27

Post by sawrubh » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:45 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #12

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

Any particular feature you would like, that is missing?

Re: Firefox 29

#28

Post by potch » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:46 PM UTC

Narretz wrote: post #6

the only question: will tree style tabs work as before?

Yes, we made extra sure this add-on got updated. Lots of TST users at Mozilla :)

Re: Firefox 29

#29

Post by sidcool » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:46 PM UTC

Some of the UI ideas are borrowed from Chrome. I like the UI.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:47 PM UTC

WizzleKake wrote: post #26

The incessant rearrangement of the UI is why I switched to Chrome. Each time they change the interface, it is unclear to me what the benefit is to the user. I was fine with Firefox when it looked like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mozilla_Firefox_3.5.png

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