Very unhappy with latest version
lsi...@consolidated.net
comfortable with were things were at and how to do things, the
programmers see fit to earn their keep by rearranging everything. I
see nothing new that impresses me, just a whole new learning curve -
is that your idea of customer retention?
1. The tabs moved to the position above toolbars - makes more sense
visually to be in the old position below the toolbar
2. Why take away the link "organize bookmarks"? My programming
teachers taught me the less drill-down, the easier on users. Your
programmers didn't go to the same school?
3. Why was the "home" icon moved from the far left to the far right?
Just to confuse users?
4. where do I organize my add-ons and configure them? I can't even
find a list
Much more, but I quit...
Time to move on - Google Chrome maybe
JohnQPublic
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> FireFox is beginning to remind me of Microsoft. Just as I got
> comfortable with were things were at and how to do things, the
> programmers see fit to earn their keep by rearranging everything. I
> see nothing new that impresses me, just a whole new learning curve -
> is that your idea of customer retention?
I presume you are referring to Firefox 4 or 5. I agree. It's a real shocker,
breaking with the excellent traditions built up previously through the 3.6
series.
> 1. The tabs moved to the position above toolbars - makes more sense
> visually to be in the old position below the toolbar
That can be fixed. There's a new option to select/deselect: Tabs on Top
> 2. Why take away the link "organize bookmarks"? My programming
> teachers taught me the less drill-down, the easier on users. Your
> programmers didn't go to the same school?
I agree. The Firefox bookmark system is klunky, for that and other reasons.
I would redesign it considerably.
> 3. Why was the "home" icon moved from the far left to the far right?
> Just to confuse users?
Maybe the programmer wore glasses and the left lens was dirty that day. :)
Actually you can rightclick a toolbar to customize and drag/drop the control
icons pretty much anywhere.
> 4. where do I organize my add-ons and configure them? I can't even
> find a list
If you have the Menu Bar active/visible: Tools > Add-ons.
If you only have the Firefox button showing at top left of browser screen:
Add-ons is in the dropdown list.
> Much more, but I quit...
> Time to move on - Google Chrome maybe
As you wish, but I find Chrome much less customizable. Apparently they don't
even have a bookmarks control icon. I also categorically reject their
automatic updates, which can't be changed to manual.
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J.Q.P.
(XP Home SP3, FF3.6.18 default browser, FF5.0_portable with FF3+ theme,
Chrome11_portable, Opera11_portable, Iron11_portable, Maxthon3_portable,
Seamonkey2_portable, IE6, Outlook Express default mail/news)
Ken Springer
> Time to move on - Google Chrome maybe
How about Opera? It was always the fastest for me. I stopped using it
some time back as a lot of pages did not render correctly, but maybe
that's been fixed.
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Ken
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 5.0
Thunderbird 3.1.11
LibreOffice 3.3.2