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Firefox 4 update moves link previews to awesome bar
Clearly, the status bar's days are numbered. Even Internet Explorer 9 has removed the bottom-dwelling bar in favor of inline tooltips.
Now, in the latest updates to Firefox 4, Mozilla's browser has moved status bar link previews to the right-hand side of the Awesome Bar. Hover a link, and the destination URL appears in soft, gray text. Sure, it looks OK when you're currently viewing a page with a nice, short URL -- but what about on something like an Amazon product page? Take the jump to see!
Now, in the latest updates to Firefox 4, Mozilla's browser has moved status bar link previews to the right-hand side of the Awesome Bar. Hover a link, and the destination URL appears in soft, gray text. Sure, it looks OK when you're currently viewing a page with a nice, short URL -- but what about on something like an Amazon product page? Take the jump to see!
Mozilla's implementation still looks good, laying the link preview atop the page's URL. On longer links, Firefox does replace the "overflow" with an elipsis, but the domain name is always displayed -- which is helpful in keeping users from entering their username and password on fakebook.com instead of facebook.com.
Thanks again, Yansky!
Thanks again, Yansky!
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Subscribe to commentsZorqueSep 17th 2010 9:50AM
Wow, yet another interface decision I hate. I'm hoping this can be disabled in about:config.
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 1:52PM
I think you need to give new ideas a chance tbh... test it for a month, then decide.
Daniel BloisSep 17th 2010 10:08AM
Why would you hate that? it gives you the same feature while taking up less room? Are you afraid of change?
ishidaSep 17th 2010 10:27AM
I like the look of it, it's a lot better than having to spend a few seconds trying to read the link on the status bar if you have a persona selected that is light in color. Having it in the address bar/awesome bar is so much better.
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 1:49PM
Yes I agree looks to be a clever idea, it is after all just another addy... so this _is_ the best place to display it.
Nice!
BugMeNotSep 17th 2010 10:47AM
No, it's runner-ups trolling season, don't you know? Nokia is shitty, Firefox is shitty, Diaspora is shitty, etc.
ishidaSep 17th 2010 10:56AM
That's your opinion, and you are more than welcome to it. I disagree with you wholeheartedly. I love the way Firefox is going.
sandroSep 17th 2010 11:45AM
nokia and firefox are shitty indeed xD
ronmosesSep 17th 2010 10:56AM
So with no status bar, where will all my add-ons that currently reside in the status bar reside? I'm thinking ForecastFox primarily.
I've got a real bad feeling about this upgrade. Nothing I've seen so far as given me the impression they're changing things for any reason but to change them.
DamianSep 17th 2010 11:21AM
There's going to be some kind of "add-on" bar. There's a lot of different concepts for this that have been floating around. Not sure on which one they are actually going for though.
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 1:47PM
Yeah a lot of old folk are anti-change ;-)
ronmosesSep 17th 2010 1:49PM
I'm not anti-change, I'm just anti-pointless-change. I am kind of old, though. :-)
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 1:56PM
Last I heard they were thinking of adding things to the bookmark toolbar...
And TBH given the alternative being old isn't the end of the world... ;-)
ronmosesSep 17th 2010 1:59PM
Well that figures... I don't use the Bookmarks toolbar!
I'm really not too worried about it. When the new version is released, I'll upgrade and see how it goes. If I can live with it, great. If I can't... hey, there are other browsers.
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 2:06PM
>Well that figures... I don't use the Bookmarks toolbar!
OMG go and try BOOX it implements rss with Livebookmarks, should be a built-in.
BringoSep 17th 2010 12:17PM
I like it a lot I remove the status bar and the menu bar and install fission addon, now I don't have to.
Though I'm worried that firefox will drop many features like the New/Home tabs, plus the addons tab is not getting finished.
I was also hoping they would make options to open History,Bookmarks, Downloads inside a tab/sidebar/window like chrome and opera.
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 2:02PM
Yeah I use "Hide Caption Titlebar Plus" and fission.
Thought I would try the new look with 3.6 first and get used to it... hmmm if someone can create this status bar behaviour in a 3.6 extension that would be cool :-)
dXm99Sep 17th 2010 12:18PM
I knew it! I should make patent!!! I use Opera and for a last few years my status field is next to address bar.
HylicSep 17th 2010 12:33PM
Do you mean on top of the address bar? or alongside it? if alongside it did you need to manually edit the config files?
SilverWaveSep 17th 2010 1:45PM
Possibly but no one uses Opera...
Maybe because of the ridiculous EULA?
Hint they own your First Born Child, if you accept it.