Talk:Firefox/4.0 Linux Theme Mockups

Progressbar and Icons

Wouldn't it be better to use the pie chart throbber instead of the progressbar? Also, aren't there a little too many icons? That could be distracting while browsing. Sure one could condition theirself to ignore them, but that situation is avoidable. The focus should be more on browsing and less on the browser for the user.--— Edson Ayllon ^[twitter] 19:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Combo Stop/Reload/Go Button at Right End of Address Bar

This is one annoying Internet Explorer feature that I would not like to have permanently set in for Firefox. It is rare that I ever use the extraneous Go button when typing in the address bar, since it is just more efficient to hit the Enter key and let the page download during the interval it takes to move my hand back to the mouse, which means that the Refresh button is more important and should not be moved to some location it does not belong (away from the other primary navigation buttons: Back, Forward) just so that the less useful Go button gets to be at the end of the address bar.--Gnraetaet 08:21, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Theming should be chooseable by user

It would be better to let the user choose if he wants a other layout especially in the case of this tabs-on-top crap. Some people work the whole day with the browser and if the UI changes there will be a break in the daily routines of working. For some people the "stop-loading" button is essential. I hope the whole tab-on-top story get an overthinking maybe in favour of a more flexible theming system which allows a user to set his favourite layout of the browser window . 1 November 2009

Thinking over

Maybe it would be a good idea to think over thinking over.

Some users happily use a menu-bar-hiding addon, others like s single custumizable menue entry, some are missing horizontal lines between bars, some would miss vertical rulers separating groups of buttons, some would be glad to chose if/where a "reload" and/or "stop" button appears, some would really want to keep their chosen favorite theme unchanged, some beleive "Tabs-to-Top" being the worst idea ever, some would be very unhappy without a status bar, etc.

Therefore IMHO it would be a wonderfull idea to import all the fine new changes as options for a more customizable Firefox that lets you choose where to have which bar, which style of seperators, buttons and colours, etc.

Less wonderfull would be that famous "take it or leave it" mentality already to be found on other widely-spread browsers - for some users Firefox would stop being an alternative then.