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FatawanOct 1st 2010 3:03PM
"You can never let your data dictate design"
That is a really idiotic comment. Take Google Chrome. They got rid of the favorites bar (default), put tabs on top, etc, because it made sense. If most people dont use a certain feature, why keep adding it? Make the browser different according to what people use.
Its that same logic that makes firefox keep pointless things like the extra search bar. Its just extra clutter and it makes no sense at all. Its seems to me the browsers that have thought about the data have been far more innovative then firefox lately.
(Unverified)Oct 1st 2010 3:05PM
Hehe, are you really saying that 'hiding the favourites bar' is equal to 'innovation'? :)
Chrome has a very nice interface, but that doesn't mean it's particularly innovative.
2late2dieOct 1st 2010 3:24PM
You kinda undermine your point there. Yeah, they removed the favorites bar because the "data said" nobody was using it.
But they didn't move the tabs on top because the "data said" people used tabs on top, because I don't think there were even tabs on top at that point, certainly not in the big browsers. As you say, they did that because it makes sense, which is exactly what Mozilla is doing with Panorama.
In the words on Stephen Colbert, "Did I just totally nail you?!" ;)
FatawanOct 1st 2010 3:48PM
@ 2late2die:
But tabs on top is data oriented. In fact you can even watch some of the videos the firefox team made as reasons to put tabs on top. People use tabs a lot, so you need to put them in a place where they make sense with the other controls, where they are easy to select, etc. This is data oriented.
Panorama on the other hand is not. Its a feature that is made for less then 10% of the users. Its made by some power users, for power users. The data says that the overwhelming majority of people will never use this, yet firefox is focusing on this as a big feature.
As a person that doesnt use many tabs, why would I want firefox focusing on something like that?
(Unverified)Oct 6th 2010 6:40PM
It's silly to accuse Mozilla of not looking at use data. They collect and analyze mountains of data and that data is very influential on design decisions. Check out https://testpilot.mozillalabs.com/testcases/
Aza's point was you can't let data get in the way of designing a good interface, designing for the future, and being innovative.