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(Unverified)Dec 18th 2008 9:59PM
The "All Tabs" function, which used to be a nice, clean, drop-down list has been replaced by a gawdy "thumbnail" page.
And the "Add Tab" button, which used to be a toolbar button you could customize the location of, has been put in a fixed position in a far less useful place than either MSIE or Opera uses.
Now, not only are these two incredibly stupid decisions from a user-centered design perspective, but they also removed the ability to revert to the "old" behaviour in about:config.
I love the community, but the developers making the UI decisions are ignorant boneheads.
pohatu771Dec 18th 2008 11:41PM
When I click on the "All Tabs" button, which I'm assuming is the button to the right with a tab and arrow, it shows me a list - not a page of thumbnails.
As for stability, I've never had any issue with Firefox 3. It always works fine for me.
(Unverified)Dec 18th 2008 11:41PM
Both of the functions I mentioned are part of the Minefield v3.2 alpha/trunk. And they blow. I mention them because they will eventually be unleashed to the people who are on FF3 and keep current on updates.
I can't comment on stability because I run the nightly builds and they crash frequently--but that's expected.
I like the AwesomeBar, but I don't understand why they felt the bookmarking/places system needed to use a SQL database. The original flat file approach is actually more efficient for something like this (unless you're talking about thousands of bookmarks to manage).
I am not a Microsoft fan by any means, but if MSIE was more efficient at handling a lot of browser tabs being open at once, I'd dump FF in a heartbeat. It was a great browser that forced Microsoft to get off their duffs, but the current Mozilla team doesn't have a clue about user-centered design. It seems like they are completely resistant to implementing a feature the same way it's been done in another browser, even if it's the best approach. The "New Tab" function is a perfect example--Opera and MSIE have it down right, and I didn't even mind the "old" FF behaviour where it was a customizable toolbar button.
pohatu771Dec 18th 2008 11:55PM
I assume the "new tab" feature you're talking about is clicking in the tab bar to open a new one... you can do that, but it's a double-click.
I never noticed the difference, because I generally use Cmd+T.