Firefox goes the add-on way while Ubuntu goes the built-in way. Firefox: - you show Mozilla an add-on - Mozilla can install it - users can uninstall it - if Mozilla decides the add-on is good, the add-ons appears in AMO
Ubuntu: - you show Canonical a socially-demanding writing of a new feature - Canonical can't even compile it - the feature will be forced to all - if Canonical decides the new feature is good, you write code - you show Canonical a intelligently-demanding writing of new code - Canonical can slowly compile it - the feature will be forced to all - if Canonical decides the new code is good, Ubuntu has a new feature Please, go the add-on way. Mozilla lets programmers change anything in the Firefox interface while Canonical doesn't let programmers change anything in the Ubuntu interface. Firefox: I go to addons.mozilla.org, see thousands of addons listed, so I can install, disable, enable and uninstall any of them. Ubuntu: I go to Ubuntu Software Center, click the Unity category, see many apps listed, so I can install and uninstall any of them. One of these apps makes the launcher be horizontal like Windows. Another locks a page from Firefox to Launcher with a zoomed favicon as icon and title as tooltip. Another limits the global menu to maximized windows. Another toggles a horizontal menu bar appear with and under <title> - <app name> <down arrow>. Another sizes the icons in Desktop Area and the apps in Launcher the same. Another shows icons and labels in Desktop Area like a compact list in Nautilus. Another always shows the Launcher like Windows. Another shows Unity windows like rectangles. Please, go the interface change way. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
