Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 (Nightly) New Icons

[Randolph]

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[SolidSapphire]

Somebody contact Mozilla and tell them to please do something with the GUI for Firefox in OSX

[Cyber Dog]

Oh wow, we get new icons? Well then, who cares how it performs, visuals are much more important!

[arrrgh]

Oh wow, we get new icons? Well then, who cares how it performs, visuals are much more important!

I didn't know that Radiant Core (the web design company that is doing the visual refresh) specializes on optimizing Gecko too.

[ziper]

I likt it, very good (Y)

[Cyber Dog]

I didn't know that Radiant Core (the web design company that is doing the visual refresh) specializes on optimizing Gecko too.

They probably don't, but I've yet to hear a single article promote the new FF in terms of performance. It's all flash and form instead of function. It seems that as the product has gone more mainstream and commercial they've lost sight of the core of their product.

[Boeing 787]

Does it look like this ?

http://wiki.mozilla.org/FX2_Visual_Update/...lt_Theme_Update

Edited August 5, 2006 by hardgiant

[Code.Red]

Does it look like this ?

Right now, it looks more like this: http://www.screwedbydesign.com/images/newt...-03/theme09.jpg

[AppleDave Veteran]

Where's the OS X version :(

[neostyle]

not that impressive so far :(

[The Champ]

Nice find

[rajputwarrior]

i hate the back/forward buttons, i like the way they look, but i hate the hover state

[1Frothy]

I don't like that each tab has its on close button :(

Me neither. That was a blatant rip from Internet Explorer 7 who ripped it blatantly from Opera. :laugh:

OMG those new icons are really washed out :( Don't like this 'visual refresh' at all. (N)

[Quillz]

Me neither. That was a blatant rip from Internet Explorer 7 who ripped it blatantly from Opera. :laugh:

OMG those new icons are really washed out :( Don't like this 'visual refresh' at all. (N)

I personally find having a close icon on each tab is a much better design, but one of the nice things about Firefox is you can change the behavior if you want to. You can set it up like how it was before, with one close icon to the far right of the browser.

[dj_alex_m]

Does it look like this ?

That I like!

Right now, it looks more like this: http://www.screwedbydesign.com/images/newt...-03/theme09.jpg

That I don't quite like YET.

[Boeing 787]

Two problems so far:

1. The close buttons don't seem to the deeper red on mine for some reason.

2. The stupid GO button is attached to the search box so if you move the search somewhere else it comes with.

[khaos34]

Where's the OS X version :(

I've had the OS X version of this all day, did you download the right nightly?

[supernova_00]

There was two nightlies that day so he probably got the first without the few icon changes.

[Computer Guru]

GUYS:

The close button on the tabs _is_ a blatant rip off of IE7, but it's not as good. IE7 has INVISIBLE close buttons. Each tab has a close button, but only one close button is visible at once.

To clarify: the 'x' is hidden unless you are on that tab. Much better idea.

[supernova_00]

GUYS:

The close button on the tabs _is_ a blatant rip off of IE7, but it's not as good. IE7 has INVISIBLE close buttons. Each tab has a close button, but only one close button is visible at once.

To clarify: the 'x' is hidden unless you are on that tab. Much better idea.

With firefox you can change pref to have one tab on the right (old style), close button on each tab, or a close button on the active tab (what your referring to as invisible close buttons).

Just the default is one close on every tab.

[em3]

Why would they want the default theme to look like that. It looks awful.

[pixated]

I've had the OS X version of this all day, did you download the right nightly?

Linky?

[Sheppard]

GUYS:

The close button on the tabs _is_ a blatant rip off of IE7, but it's not as good. IE7 has INVISIBLE close buttons. Each tab has a close button, but only one close button is visible at once.

To clarify: the 'x' is hidden unless you are on that tab. Much better idea.

No its not, Opera and Safari (iirc) have had close buttons on tabs long before IE7 was out so shush.

[theyarecomingforyou]

The close button on the tabs _is_ a blatant rip off of IE7, but it's not as good. IE7 has INVISIBLE close buttons. Each tab has a close button, but only one close button is visible at once.

To clarify: the 'x' is hidden unless you are on that tab. Much better idea.

A close button on each tab is easier for new users to locate and more intuitive. Firefox has had several changes to make it more consistent with IE7 (like moving the popup bar to the top) as it makes it easier for novice users making the transition from IE.

As for IE7 having a better system... I completely disagree. IE7 is a mess. Tabs get lost, there's very little space for them, there's now several buttons and menus cluttering up the right-hand side of the screen and it's generally a far worse approach than Firefox. I'm glad they're finally adding tabs but they haven't been implemented well.

[tomwarren Veteran]

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