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Firefox 29.0
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Blazkowicz
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What I don't like in the Windows / MacOS screenshots is the browser window doesn't have a proper title bar (Ubuntu screenshot has one). But maybe that was already the case
Kids and adult newcomers will never know how good it was to have a title bar on a window, or even regular menus. A very long time ago the Elders devised a specification that would be followed by the Unix applications and Window Managers, and by Windows 2.0 alike. That gave us the almight alt-tab and alt-f4, the menu bar you can access by pressing f10 or alt or alt + some character and a few other things.
It seems like I will still keep my title bar, I wonder where will the preference be for that under Windows.
Waiting for the new version to show up in my "Update Manager".
Kids and adult newcomers will never know how good it was to have a title bar on a window, or even regular menus. A very long time ago the Elders devised a specification that would be followed by the Unix applications and Window Managers, and by Windows 2.0 alike. That gave us the almight alt-tab and alt-f4, the menu bar you can access by pressing f10 or alt or alt + some character and a few other things.
It seems like I will still keep my title bar, I wonder where will the preference be for that under Windows.
Waiting for the new version to show up in my "Update Manager".
Blazkowicz
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Ah, Firefox 29 is quite major as it introduces the "Firefox account" too.
So I'll make one, at last save/sync my bookmarks and profile stuff, and then I'll try the "reset profile" feature for first time (it's hidden who-knows-where in 28 and lower)
Firefox 28 just crashed on me again! it's crashing way too much
, a crash every two/three days is "fine" but not three in a day. I usually blame the whole world wide web but it's too much, I hope to gain resiliency.. maybe I'll have to finally block ads or take whatever steps.
So I'll make one, at last save/sync my bookmarks and profile stuff, and then I'll try the "reset profile" feature for first time (it's hidden who-knows-where in 28 and lower)
Firefox 28 just crashed on me again! it's crashing way too much
, a crash every two/three days is "fine" but not three in a day. I usually blame the whole world wide web but it's too much, I hope to gain resiliency.. maybe I'll have to finally block ads or take whatever steps.Not overly convinced by the aesthetics of the new UI myself. I like to see delineated tabs (or perhaps I'm just used to them?) and it all rather blurs into one across the top of the screen at the moment. I'm sure I'll get used to it but it does all look a bit Chrome-ey at the moment.
Blazkowicz
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It's funny, on my computer it's not at all like the screenshots. All my tabs are the same gray and the classic menu bar was kept without me doing anything. Icons can even be added on the right side of the classic menu bar.
It's looking like this like now, I'm a happy camper.
It's looking like this like now, I'm a happy camper.
UniversalTruth
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Firefox 28 just crashed on me again! it's crashing way too much
Here it didn't crash but was trying to not respond regularly. Now it seems it is fixed.
That's perhaps why I like the new look a lot. Better than the old one.
Blazkowicz
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Google Chrome tabs look like this , Mozilla tabs do not.
, Mozilla tabs do not.
Babel-17
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Blazkowicz
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It works on my machine (tm) , you maybe need to try a blank profile.
I really don't understand why they limited the button customization - back,forward, (reload+stop), home placement. I've always preferred those to the left of the url bar in that order.
With the home button to the left of the arrows/url bar, it's too easy to accidentally hit that instead. With Home/reload on the right side of the urlbar, it's too far away from other functionality - WHY.
sigh
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Anyone else getting this bug? I use middle mouse button to open links/bookmarks in new tabs, and now it's opening the link twice with just a single click. It's not 100% of the time, but enough to be annoying.
Babel-17
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1920x1080, 428 KB http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/..._001_01052014_204645_zpse44a7124.jpg~original
That's the closest I've gotten to recovering my preferred layout. Though some of the changes are good, I like having the ability to tweak the UI much more than the defaults allow.
I'm a little surprised by this considering the lessons learned from Microsoft's roll out of the Metro/Modern UI.
That's the closest I've gotten to recovering my preferred layout. Though some of the changes are good, I like having the ability to tweak the UI much more than the defaults allow.
I'm a little surprised by this considering the lessons learned from Microsoft's roll out of the Metro/Modern UI.
Babel-17
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I just now discovered that by going into Tools - Add-ons and then looking at Classic Theme Restorer I see an "Options" button.
I'm now able to just use icons and still have my back and forth arrows on the upper left (I checked "Moveable back-forward button"). It's suggested to start with a clean profile. I might try that later.
I'm now able to just use icons and still have my back and forth arrows on the upper left (I checked "Moveable back-forward button"). It's suggested to start with a clean profile. I might try that later.
Kyyla
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Blazkowicz
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I've had daily crashes. But with the new version, Firefox has "improved" in terms of multi-threading. It is now well capable to use 180% to 190% CPU, I've seen up to 194% :/
That means I now can hear my CPU fan (CPU is a 45nm dual core)
CPU use can get lower too. To 160%, back-and-forth to the highs, 140% etc. then I've seen 115% and then a crash not long after that. After a restart and a handful web pages open, it's hovering between 30% and 50% (with that metric given by the 'top' program).
That means I now can hear my CPU fan (CPU is a 45nm dual core)
CPU use can get lower too. To 160%, back-and-forth to the highs, 140% etc. then I've seen 115% and then a crash not long after that. After a restart and a handful web pages open, it's hovering between 30% and 50% (with that metric given by the 'top' program).
hoom
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At first I had really not liked the new GUI.
I persisted with it and it has grown on me though.
Version 30 has brought back the vertical tab divisions except the current tab which is now the only one with the rounded/angled effect, a much more acceptable & actually useful solution :smile:
Now the only things that really bother me are:
Refresh button stuck to the right of address bar -I'm really used to it being on the Left, gradually retraining but I liked having menu, refresh & back/forward tightly clustered on top left.
Tab History -is hidden off in the menu thing behind several clicks & I often have to open the full History window to find the one I want to re-open.
I still hate the Downloads interface being via History window.
I persisted with it and it has grown on me though.
Version 30 has brought back the vertical tab divisions except the current tab which is now the only one with the rounded/angled effect, a much more acceptable & actually useful solution :smile:
Now the only things that really bother me are:
Refresh button stuck to the right of address bar -I'm really used to it being on the Left, gradually retraining but I liked having menu, refresh & back/forward tightly clustered on top left.
Tab History -is hidden off in the menu thing behind several clicks & I often have to open the full History window to find the one I want to re-open.
I still hate the Downloads interface being via History window.
hoom
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So we're at 37.0.1 and I am getting really fucked off with how goddamn hard it has become to find the Release Notes.
Used to be you got a nice splash page on boot of new version that had a link to Release Notes so you could see what was new.
Now, 10mins of faffing around the nice slick PR pages to find it
Used to be you got a nice splash page on boot of new version that had a link to Release Notes so you could see what was new.
Now, 10mins of faffing around the nice slick PR pages to find it
