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Firefox 4 still uses GDI on Windows XP for font rendering. I'm surprised, because the majority of the complaints came from its switch to DirectWrite on Vista an

Firefox 4 still uses GDI on Windows XP for font rendering. I'm surprised, because the majority of the complaints came from its switch to DirectWrite on Vista and 7; DirectWrite still has display issues, though they're Microsoft's problem, not Mozilla's. Also, try right-clicking the back icon, rather than holding down the mouse button. And using the toolbar's Customize system to move Refresh and Stop and Home wherever you want them.

Silhouette 16y ago
> Firefox 4 still uses GDI on Windows XP for font rendering. It also now uses an OSS library, HarfBuzz, to position the glyphs. The kerning problem is well documented, e.g., see here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2158847 http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=21588... > Also, try right-clicking the back icon, rather than holding down the mouse button. Sure, you can get the list either way, but why change from the widespread convention of having a down-arrow for a drop-down list as earlier versions did? The newer version is less discoverable, and making that sort of change without a good reason is just poor usability, pure and simple. > And using the toolbar's Customize system to move Refresh and Stop and Home wherever you want them. I hadn't even realised Firefox 4 still had such a Customize option until you mentioned it. To activate it, I have to navigate my mouse cursor to a region about 3-4px wide (on my 1920x1200 screen) between some of the areas on the bar, and right-click, even if the mouse cursor has already changed to the left-right arrow in some of those places. Once again, this is just poor usability (as is moving the buttons around in the first place when upgrading from an existing Firefox 3 installation that had them in a different place where they could still go).

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Firefox 4 still uses GDI on Windows XP for font rendering. I'm surprised, because the majority of the complaints came from its switch to DirectWrite on Vista an

by capnrefsmmat 16y ago

Silhouette 16y ago
> Firefox 4 still uses GDI on Windows XP for font rendering. It also now uses an OSS library, HarfBuzz, to position the glyphs. The kerning problem is well documented, e.g., see here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2158847 http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=21588... > Also, try right-clicking the back icon, rather than holding down the mouse button. Sure, you can get the list either way, but why change from the widespread convention of having a down-arrow for a drop-down list as earlier versions did? The newer version is less discoverable, and making that sort of change without a good reason is just poor usability, pure and simple. > And using the toolbar's Customize system to move Refresh and Stop and Home wherever you want them. I hadn't even realised Firefox 4 still had such a Customize option until you mentioned it. To activate it, I have to navigate my mouse cursor to a region about 3-4px wide (on my 1920x1200 screen) between some of the areas on the bar, and right-click, even if the mouse cursor has already changed to the left-right arrow in some of those places. Once again, this is just poor usability (as is moving the buttons around in the first place when upgrading from an existing Firefox 3 installation that had them in a different place where they could still go).