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The future Firefox UI

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Re: The future Firefox UI

#11

I can't believe nobody's complaining about the missing dedicated search box. I thought that was everyone's big beef with Chrome. Then again, I haven't used Firefox in quite some time so maybe they've already dropped it.

Dramatic decisions are often criticized until people accept it and adapt.

I remember reading about how consumers wouldn't be able to adapt to a touch screen phone that didn't have a keyboard option.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#12

I can't believe nobody's complaining about the missing dedicated search box. I thought that was everyone's big beef with Chrome. Then again, I haven't used Firefox in quite some time so maybe they've already dropped it.

No, the search box is still there, and I'm pretty sure the solution to that won't be what Chrome does. I remember hearing something about the address bar becoming a little modal.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#15
post #3

Very nice, if they actually manage to pull this look off it would probably make it the best looking browser. My only concern is that they wont and that it will still look like crap in linux.

Personally, I think all these weird modern UIs look like crap, and the relatively standard Firefox UI on Linux is quite nice.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#16

Strongly reminiscent of Chrome, and I don't think that's a bad thing. Chrome's UI was one of the primary reasons I switched from Firefox.

And for me the Chrome UI is the primary reason I can't stand Chrome and stay with FF.

Whatever they do to the default layout in FF doesn't bother me, just keep giving me the option to put it back the way I like it. So far, so good... other than needing a plug-in now to get a bottom status bar.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#17
Why has Firefox been so slow to slim down its UI? The back button is still way too big and the button colors not subtle enough. A browser should disappear into the background to some extent. It's just a window into the interwebs after all.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#18
post #3

Very nice, if they actually manage to pull this look off it would probably make it the best looking browser. My only concern is that they wont and that it will still look like crap in linux.

Personally, I think all these weird modern UIs look like crap, and the relatively standard Firefox UI on Linux is quite nice.

I don't know, that floating button in the top left bugs me in linux. It makes sense in windows because it just blends in with the tabs next to it, but in linux it's on its own line with the tabs showing up below it. The wasted space annoys me to the point that this is one of the main reasons why I do not use Firefox anymore.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#19
I wonder whether this latest proposed redesign will finally have Firefox behaving like, y'know, a native OS X app, or whether it'll be just as shallow as all previous efforts.

Re: The future Firefox UI

#20
post #16

Strongly reminiscent of Chrome, and I don't think that's a bad thing. Chrome's UI was one of the primary reasons I switched from Firefox.

And for me the Chrome UI is the primary reason I can't stand Chrome and stay with FF. Whatever they do to the default layout in FF doesn't bother me, just keep giving me the option to put it back the way I like it. So far, so good... other than needing a plug-in now to get a bottom status bar.

What do you use the bottom statusbar for?
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