Oh it's not so bad.
I like the tab pinning and grouping. Makes it easier as I generally have at least 10-15 tabs open (26 right now).
The changes to the tool bar on the bottom is nice too, though I'm missing the "xx minutes remaining" for downloads. Anyone knows how to get it back? :D
But the removal of the refresh button has been hard to cope with. I always find myself clicking on the home button :D
I've always been a fan of minimalistic UI and I think FireFox 4 is perfect. The same functionality is there, but with about 15% more screen space. I actually think reverting back to 3.6 would cause me to become frustrated at the pointless gray border bars now.
Imo, FF should be a bit more bulky with more buttons and chrome should be minimalistic with less buttons. Both should be really customisable, but taking this step makes chrome and FF look exactly the same. Which is bad.
1. Auto-fill in Address bar ( This is one of the things that makes browsing and jumping from different windows without bookmarking or tabbing to hell really fast imo )
2. Google search from the address bar ( Very useful if you look up random stuff compulsively )
3. New Tab page( Has most visited pages laid out with preview thumbnails, bookmark organized across the top and recently closed along the bottom ).
I have to say though that all the add-ons for FireFox really made me wish that it had the above features, because i'd switch back in an instant if it did.
^^ I totally agree with you, except for that I would still stick with chrome because it is WAY faster. It takes me less than a second to open chrome, and like 15 to open firefox. That doesn't seem like a lot, but believe me, instant is much better than 15 when it comes to opening the internet...
1. Auto-fill in Address bar ( This is one of the things that makes browsing and jumping from different windows without bookmarking or tabbing to hell really fast imo )
2. Google search from the address bar ( Very useful if you look up random stuff compulsively )
3. New Tab page( Has most visited pages laid out with preview thumbnails, bookmark organized across the top and recently closed along the bottom ).
I have to say though that all the add-ons for FireFox really made me wish that it had the above features, because i'd switch back in an instant if it did.
I don't understand option 3. But both option 1 and 2 are standard in FF for as long as I can remember ? :s
I'll get it if it runs faster or consumes less RAM, otherwise I don't see a point. You can already modify the screen space with the previous version in any way you wish.
1. Auto-fill in Address bar ( This is one of the things that makes browsing and jumping from different windows without bookmarking or tabbing to hell really fast imo )
2. Google search from the address bar ( Very useful if you look up random stuff compulsively )
3. New Tab page( Has most visited pages laid out with preview thumbnails, bookmark organized across the top and recently closed along the bottom ).
I have to say though that all the add-ons for FireFox really made me wish that it had the above features, because i'd switch back in an instant if it did.
discuss please
It's hideous. Everyone is trying to make thing simpler when it was perfectly fine to start with. Now it looks barebones which is ugly.
@Keyeszx: Go
It looks like Chrome, which makes me sad. :( I don't like Chrome.
Never used Chrome, always stuck with firefox as it was easy and looked appealing to the eyes compared to this.
Anyone else has bold font on some pages like for example wikipedia?
It's really hideous. I've changed the look to 3.0 like.
firefox is still awesome O.o
Im still getting used to button placement.Only problem is that some plugin or something it crashing and i cant close tabs after that...
Oh it's not so bad.
I like the tab pinning and grouping. Makes it easier as I generally have at least 10-15 tabs open (26 right now).
The changes to the tool bar on the bottom is nice too, though I'm missing the "xx minutes remaining" for downloads. Anyone knows how to get it back? :D
But the removal of the refresh button has been hard to cope with. I always find myself clicking on the home button :D
I've always been a fan of minimalistic UI and I think FireFox 4 is perfect. The same functionality is there, but with about 15% more screen space. I actually think reverting back to 3.6 would cause me to become frustrated at the pointless gray border bars now.
I guess you know F5 refreshes the page, but the refresh button itself is to the right of your search bar. Looks like an "undo" arrow.
Imo, FF should be a bit more bulky with more buttons and chrome should be minimalistic with less buttons. Both should be really customisable, but taking this step makes chrome and FF look exactly the same. Which is bad.
Google chrome ftw! I like it better than FF. Its faster, imho.
I got used to the new FF already, :x.
Did it change ? I hardly noticed really. All I see is even more epicness on the interwebz. And I been using F5 since '99 lol. Try F11 sometime too.
I really like it, but it's not that much of a huge change either.. Like Sixen says, you addept too it rather quickly :)
I'm use to it after a day of using. Just had to change a few things.
Interestingly... I use Ctr. R.....
I use Chrome over FireFox for 3 reasons:
1. Auto-fill in Address bar ( This is one of the things that makes browsing and jumping from different windows without bookmarking or tabbing to hell really fast imo )
2. Google search from the address bar ( Very useful if you look up random stuff compulsively )
3. New Tab page( Has most visited pages laid out with preview thumbnails, bookmark organized across the top and recently closed along the bottom ).
I have to say though that all the add-ons for FireFox really made me wish that it had the above features, because i'd switch back in an instant if it did.
^^ I totally agree with you, except for that I would still stick with chrome because it is WAY faster. It takes me less than a second to open chrome, and like 15 to open firefox. That doesn't seem like a lot, but believe me, instant is much better than 15 when it comes to opening the internet...
Great to be back and part of the community again!
I don't understand option 3. But both option 1 and 2 are standard in FF for as long as I can remember ? :s
I'll get it if it runs faster or consumes less RAM, otherwise I don't see a point. You can already modify the screen space with the previous version in any way you wish.
I use Firefox over Chrome for one reason;
NoScript
(Correct me if there's a Chrome version)