** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Since Dapper, Ubuntu has removed the text from Firefox's toolbar to save space on 800x600 resolution monitors (or so I once read). - I think to be consistent with the rest of GNOME (especially with System - > Preferences > Appearance > Interface > Toolbar Button Labels), Firefox - should show 'Text and Icons' in its toolbar by default. Why? I believe - it is less confusing to new uses who do not understand what the icons - mean fully. They need text re-enforcement to remind them that the blue, - 270 degree icon means refresh. Not everyone knows this off the bat or - remembers it every day. + Meanwhile, this goes against how the rest of the GNOME applications + appear in Ubuntu (the preferences are set at: System > Preferences > + Appearance > Interface > Toolbar Button Labels), Firefox should show + 'Text and Icons' in its toolbar by default. Why? I believe it is less + confusing to new uses who do not understand what the icons mean fully. + They need text re-enforcement to remind them that the blue, 270 degree + icon means refresh. Not everyone knows this off the bat or remembers it + every day. Plus, according to "System > Preferences > Appearance > Interface > Toolbar Button Labels", all programs should have text below the icons. If saving space in Firefox is an absolute must, then why not get rid of - the "Bookmarks Toolbar"? I think you need higher intelligence to use the - "Bookmarks Toolbar" than to use the forward and back button, the reload - button and the home button and I do not believe it is safe to assume. - Let the user find the "Bookmarks Toolbar" if they want to use it. Most - people I know that use bookmarks often know how to use an internet - browser enough to be able to re-enable the "Bookmarks Toolbar". + the "Bookmarks Toolbar"? I think more advanced users use the "Bookmarks + Toolbar" than to use the forward and back button, the reload button and + the home button and I do not believe it is safe to assume that everyone + knows what those icons mean. Let the user find the "Bookmarks Toolbar" + if they want to use it. Most people I know that use bookmarks often know + how to use an internet browser enough to be able to re-enable the + "Bookmarks Toolbar". Lastly, with Firefox 3.0's new features, you can access bookmarks by searching them in the "Address Bar" and save them using the new "star button". The "awesome bar", I think is what they call it. This means that bookmarks get double the attention and the buttons that actually run Firefox gets less. - - Sorry, I know this is a mixture of arguments (intelligence of the user, - compliance with GNOME), but this is just coming from a computer - technician who works with teachers and school staff every day.
-- Firefox 3.0 needs to show 'Icons and Text' by default in the toolbar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307377 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
