Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 23rd Sep 2009 22:31 UTC
We've already talked about the proposed interface changes for Firefox 3.7 (and 4.0) which are coming to the Windows platform. However, those were anything-goes sketches, and now it seems as if the team has more or less settled on what Firefox 3.7 will look like on Windows. I'll reserve final judgement until I have used it, but my first thought was: who littered all these different widgets all over the place?
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I have to agree that it seems that the GUI people have gotten frustrated with being ignored and are trying to assert their importance by trashing usable interfaces.
I for one read/write English that is based on 26 characters and find menus preferable to stupid icons that are can never remember what they are for.
Glass sucks especially if you have any sight problems. The 20 somethings need to ask their parents what they can use. Subtle color changes and glass may be great for you, hip, cool, trending young people. I'm not interested in trend ... here today, gone tomorrow. I need to do work and I agree that the Browser should not get in my way!!! I want as much real-estate for my web content as possible.
So, what this means is that there will be lots of people who refuse to "upgrade" because the hate the new interface. Is that what Firefox wants? Does this remind you of the number of people who have XP and run "classic" desk top and menu bar. Why is that? Because they hate the trendy stuff littering the desktop.
If you are a graphic artist, and want to add flashy trendy stuff, get out of the browser business and go build content ... most of us will ignore yur site!!