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The greatest thing about Firefox (or Firefox 1.5 at least) is how incredibly simple it is. The gradients, colors, and glossiness of everything in Firefox 2 just creates visual overload. My head can't take it. | |||
"The visual appearance of an application is directly related to its acceptance by users." (http://wiki.mozilla.org/FX2_Visual_Update#Background) | |||
AIM Triton - Fancy as hell as far as GUI is concerned, and everyone (everyone I know, at least) hates it. I uninstalled AIM Triton almost immediately after I installed it. Just looking at it made my head feel like it was going to explode. AIM 5.9 is simple. It does what it needs to do without an over the top GUI. | |||
Firefox's GUI should be neat and clean looking, but people's minds can only take so much. | |||
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Many people like the simplicity of IE7 - that's the way it should be. More people would use Firefox if it were simplified. Take out the stuff that's not needed... | Many people like the simplicity of IE7 - that's the way it should be. More people would use Firefox if it were simplified. Take out the stuff that's not needed... | ||
* Do not integrate ANYTHING that should be an extension. Instead of integrating, provide more good APIs (XPCOM components + JS wrappers) for the extensions. | * Do not integrate ANYTHING that should be an extension. Instead of integrating, provide more good APIs (XPCOM components + JS wrappers) for the extensions. | ||
* Note that all successful endeavors are simple (ie. Google, Windows, IE) | * Note that all successful endeavors are simple (ie. Google, Windows, IE) | ||
* Note that Firefox won't remain even as simple as it is now, if all the suggested features are going to be implemented! | * Note that Firefox won't remain even as simple as it is now, if all the suggested features are going to be implemented! | ||