In a nutshell. No. I have been using FF3 for about 2 months now and my feeling is that it does not cut cognitive load or increase findability. In fact - I hardly notice it.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:33 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will Firefox 3's new 'Awesome Bar' (eeugh) [1] change the way we navigate > online, enhancing search within the browser? > > > > Biggest beef I have with it is that it requires you to cache your history > continuously which isn't great if you are at all concerned about privacy > [2]. Is it appreciably different from the Google toolbar which, if you have > Google desktop installed, presumably performs a very similar function? > > > > Clearly the 15 comments on the post are almost universally positive so I > wonder how the cynical IxDA community will react? > > > > Good times, > > John. > > > > [1] http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/04/17/628/ > > [2] http://tinyurl.com/5zr8k2 > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 || [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
