Matthew Thomas wrote: > David Tenser wrote: >>This article is actually written by a staff member of Mozilla,> > Thankyou, David, for giving me a good laugh there.
Sorry about the misinformation. I wasn't aware of the fact that there is such a big difference between a staff member and "UI Design component default assignee thing"! > > >>>>if you think most people desire a different toolbar layout than >>>>the default, you're thinking too much like a technical user. >>>> > > That is true for most programs, but not for Mozilla, because the default > in Mozilla is wrong. The non-technical majority would find Mozilla more > pleasant to use if the default was more like almost every other browser > -- that is, a toolbar at the top, the address bar underneath it, and the > bookmarks bar underneath that. That way, for example, people could go to > their home page or open the History window with a simple click on a > toolbar button. > > So you have the worst of both worlds. Those people who normally *would* > want to customize their toolbar can't, and those people who normally > *wouldn't* want to customize it end up wishing they could. Exactly. How long will it take before these things change to the better? Blake Moss scared me by saying: "[mpt] is the default assignee for that component [...] It is likely, furthermore, that this component is going away." Is this true? > > >>... >>You are probably both right. Most people don't need to customize the >>toolbar, >> > > That's partly because most people use a browser which has better defaults. > > >> but I'd say the standard toolbar, as it is designed now, is >>very limited and not very user friendly. I still think that all these >>suggestions should be implemented, and I still think this is more >>important than skin support. Skin support is really just eye candy, >>but toolbars allow you to be more productive. >>... >> > > Right. All skin support gets you is the ability to look inconsistent > with the platform. Looking inconsistent is fine if people spend most of > the time just looking at the program (e.g. MP3 players), but if they > actually use the program then inconsistency is a bug.
