Feedback from users and press have been overwhelmingly positive to date. There is a small but very vocal group of people who don?t like the change (comments have historically been a poor sample set, people don?t tend to praise in the same proportion as those who are complaining).
As for why can?t we just add a pref, well, that is best explained as a cost/benefit case. Adding the old behaviour as a supported option means implementing a new and separate codepath, and maintaining testing and maintenance coverage for two distinct operating modes. That is anything but a low cost option, and only makes sense if we believe that users will be unable to adapt to what we believe is a better behaviour.
Because as the last blurb from the e-mail states, WE BELIEVE IT IS A BETTER BEHAVIOUR.? My translation of what Mozilla has said is, We don't like or listen to negative feedback, It's to expensive to add, People complain too much and most impressive is, We will tell you what you like, we know better and I thought Microsoft was an Elitist company
Originally posted by: 1921Photoelectric
I don't like the new address bar and would like to see the option of turning it off, IE 6,7 and the Beta of 8 have this option. But in a e-mail from Mozilla it dose not seem like it's going to happen.
Feedback from users and press have been overwhelmingly positive to date. There is a small but very vocal group of people who don?t like the change (comments have historically been a poor sample set, people don?t tend to praise in the same proportion as those who are complaining).As for why can?t we just add a pref, well, that is best explained as a cost/benefit case. Adding the old behaviour as a supported option means implementing a new and separate codepath, and maintaining testing and maintenance coverage for two distinct operating modes. That is anything but a low cost option, and only makes sense if we believe that users will be unable to adapt to what we believe is a better behaviour.Because as the last blurb from the e-mail states, WE BELIEVE IT IS A BETTER BEHAVIOUR.? My translation of what Mozilla has said is, We don't like or listen to negative feedback, It's to expensive to add, People complain too much and most impressive is, We will tell you what you like, we know better and I thought Microsoft was an Elitist company
The way I read that is more people like it than don't, and coding a preference adds too much to the development. In any case, the final product should conform to their vision of how it should work. As a consumer you either agree and use it, or disagree and use a different product. Alternatively you can recode Firefox so it works exactly as you want it to.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Is there any way to delete items from the address bar?
I've highlighted each entry and pressed Delete or Shift+Delete. No go. Using the Ctrl+Shift+Del window also doesn't do it.
Originally posted by: rxblitzrx
What's new in RC2? Can you just install RC2 over RC1, cleanly?
I said I tried that already. You even quoted me saying I tried it.Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Is there any way to delete items from the address bar?
I've highlighted each entry and pressed Delete or Shift+Delete. No go. Using the Ctrl+Shift+Del window also doesn't do it.
If I drop the address bar down, highlight an item and press Delete (the one next to Insert), the highlighted item is deleted.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I said I tried that already. You even quoted me saying I tried it.
It gets rid of them for only as long as the drop-down menu is there.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I think I'm gunning for the #1 spot on their automatic crash-reporting server.:laugh:
Can't they just send R2 out to interface with it directly?Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I think I'm gunning for the #1 spot on their automatic crash-reporting server.:laugh:
LOL, you should box up your machine and send it to Mozilla so they can poke and prod it like Ewoks.
Originally posted by: intogamer
Firefox Beta 3 Release Candidate 3 is just out