Comments on: Firefox 3 – Return of the Beta 3 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/ Firefox tips, extensions, links and help! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:50:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Friendly_GUI http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/#comment-13509 Friendly_GUI Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:46:22 +0000 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/#comment-13509 Firefox 3 Beta 3 Fact: "Bug 404109 – move the Home button to the Bookmarks toolbar, and reset toolbars for Firefox 3". Firefox users everywhere are panicking because the latest beta 3 uprooted the "Home" button and banished it to the bookmark toolbar. Moving it back via customizing is definitely not easy. Why? The Home button is not in the default toolbar customizing pallete! That right, you have to view the bookmark toolbar, then customize, then drag the home button back to the main toolbar!!! So far, the users expectation: - of "Home" button on the main toolbar - NOT THERE! - of "Home" button in customize pallete - NOT THERE! - of Firefox design to work for the users - NOT THERE! It is very concerning to read comment like this by Alex Faaborg (the Firefox User Experience Designer) in Firefox Bug 417152 “I agree that not all users are going to quickly adapt to this relocation, but if it really bothers them they do have access to a customization palette.” Aren't we suppose to design Firefox to work for the users and NOT forcing the users to work for Firefox. If this wasn't enough, theme developers now also have to suffer because Bug 404109 make changes to the toolbar id(s)... FF2 themes won't be compatible with FF3 themes. Firefox 3 Beta 3 Fact: “Bug 404109 – move the Home button to the Bookmarks toolbar, and reset toolbars for Firefox 3″.

Firefox users everywhere are panicking because the latest beta 3 uprooted the “Home” button and banished it to the bookmark toolbar. Moving it back via customizing is definitely not easy. Why? The Home button is not in the default toolbar customizing pallete! That right, you have to view the bookmark toolbar, then customize, then drag the home button back to the main toolbar!!!

So far, the users expectation:

- of “Home” button on the main toolbar – NOT THERE!
- of “Home” button in customize pallete – NOT THERE!
- of Firefox design to work for the users – NOT THERE!

It is very concerning to read comment like this by Alex Faaborg (the Firefox User Experience Designer) in Firefox Bug 417152 “I agree that not
all users are going to quickly adapt to this relocation, but if it really
bothers them they do have access to a customization palette.”

Aren’t we suppose to design Firefox to work for the users and NOT forcing the users to work for Firefox.

If this wasn’t enough, theme developers now also have to suffer because Bug 404109 make changes to the toolbar id(s)… FF2 themes won’t be compatible with FF3 themes.

]]> By: Mark http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/#comment-13506 Mark Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:47:55 +0000 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/#comment-13506 I'm excited and ready! I’m excited and ready!

]]> By: MapperMC http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/#comment-13504 MapperMC Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:46:40 +0000 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/02/13/firefox-3-return-of-the-beta-3/#comment-13504 Totally understandable pie chart. Lots of people are tempted but others don't want to mess up what is already working for them. Put me in the second category. Totally understandable pie chart. Lots of people are tempted but others don’t want to mess up what is already working for them. Put me in the second category.

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