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What fundamental new is for new UI comparing with 3.6? I use Firefox for some way, only for firebug mostly. I think its just evolution of person, now I use what

by lfx 15y ago

What fundamental new is for new UI comparing with 3.6? I use Firefox for some way, only for firebug mostly. I think its just evolution of person, now I use what is most serves my needs.

codecaine 15y ago
what bothers me most is that they made the whole top part (including title, menu bar etc if you choose to enable it) transparent. I personally just find that horrible. Screenshot: http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/0/Z/c/-/-/firefox-5-show-menu-bar-1.png http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/0/Z/c/-/-/firefox-5-show-menu-... Here is a screenshot comparing FF 3.5 to 4: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_firefox4.jpg http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_firefox... (3.5 is right)
- gcp 15y ago
  Arguably, having the menu visible is not the default setup, is it? The default fold-out "Firefox" menu simply doesn't have that issue and is not transparent. I agree it's a problem in Thunderbird, which has a menu by default. I think that if you try to tweak Firefox 4+ to look like 3.6 you're going to run into suboptimalities. It evolved. I think that if you get used to the changes, they're actually changes for the better (new menu giving more vertical room, tabs-on-top, etc).
  - sp332 15y ago
    If you tap the Alt key, the regular old menu comes up. It's transparent.
- jamesgeck0 15y ago
  Enable the menu bar and disable tags on top. Then install a plain persona like this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/white-glossy-look/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/white-glossy-... It's not exactly like 3.5, but it's not transparent anymore.
  - codecaine 15y ago
    I did that and installed a couple of extensions that add old functionality and Firefox now crashes pretty much randomly
sp332 15y ago
Tab Groups are cool, but I don't think anyone uses them. If you're on Windows 7 it hides the menu bar for more vertical space. It has support for lightweight extensions (called "JetPacks" internally) which don't require a restart to install or uninstall. There's no statusbar, like Chrome, URLs pop up when you hover over a hyperlink. The main advantage over Chrome is that it doesn't freeze up when it's loading a new tab.
- trickjarrett 15y ago
  I use Tab Groups mainly for task related stuff, as well as using a tab group to allow for a read later style of interface. But no, it's not a major thing for me, I've used Chrome for the past few months and not missed Tab groups.
- iam 15y ago
  Tab groups would've been much better if they showed all the tabs across all windows (like Expose on Mac does for windows). Unfortunately it's just a gimmick in its current implementation.
- keeperofdakeys 15y ago
  Firefox also hides the menubar on linux, although it can also be disabled. It is also posiblse to enable an 'extension bar', which takes the place of the status bar for extension icons.

by lfx 15y ago

What fundamental new is for new UI comparing with 3.6? I use Firefox for some way, only for firebug mostly. I think its just evolution of person, now I use what is most serves my needs.

codecaine 15y ago

what bothers me most is that they made the whole top part (including title, menu bar etc if you choose to enable it) transparent. I personally just find that horrible. Screenshot: http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/0/Z/c/-/-/firefox-5-show-menu-bar-1.png http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/0/Z/c/-/-/firefox-5-show-menu-... Here is a screenshot comparing FF 3.5 to 4: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_firefox4.jpg http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_firefox... (3.5 is right)

gcp 15y ago
Arguably, having the menu visible is not the default setup, is it? The default fold-out "Firefox" menu simply doesn't have that issue and is not transparent. I agree it's a problem in Thunderbird, which has a menu by default. I think that if you try to tweak Firefox 4+ to look like 3.6 you're going to run into suboptimalities. It evolved. I think that if you get used to the changes, they're actually changes for the better (new menu giving more vertical room, tabs-on-top, etc).
- sp332 15y ago
  If you tap the Alt key, the regular old menu comes up. It's transparent.
jamesgeck0 15y ago
Enable the menu bar and disable tags on top. Then install a plain persona like this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/white-glossy-look/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/white-glossy-... It's not exactly like 3.5, but it's not transparent anymore.
- codecaine 15y ago
  I did that and installed a couple of extensions that add old functionality and Firefox now crashes pretty much randomly

sp332 15y ago

Tab Groups are cool, but I don't think anyone uses them. If you're on Windows 7 it hides the menu bar for more vertical space. It has support for lightweight extensions (called "JetPacks" internally) which don't require a restart to install or uninstall. There's no statusbar, like Chrome, URLs pop up when you hover over a hyperlink. The main advantage over Chrome is that it doesn't freeze up when it's loading a new tab.

trickjarrett 15y ago
I use Tab Groups mainly for task related stuff, as well as using a tab group to allow for a read later style of interface. But no, it's not a major thing for me, I've used Chrome for the past few months and not missed Tab groups.
iam 15y ago
Tab groups would've been much better if they showed all the tabs across all windows (like Expose on Mac does for windows). Unfortunately it's just a gimmick in its current implementation.
keeperofdakeys 15y ago
Firefox also hides the menubar on linux, although it can also be disabled. It is also posiblse to enable an 'extension bar', which takes the place of the status bar for extension icons.