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firefox 3.0 alpha5 (granparadiso) with aqua widgets by default from now on!
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My current version of Firefox (2.0.0.4) seems to look exactly the same and i'm using the default skin.
Can someone point out the difference?
the difference is how the form, button, drop down menu, check box, radio buttons looks like.
of course, more important changes like cocoa/cairo have been done long time ago, so I didn't mention them. and seems most ppl mainly complain how firefox's widgets aren't "mac-ish", they now have great improvement (still not completely tho)
Firefox's tabs are dynamic - they reduce in size as more tabs are added to the page. When the number of tabs gets too large, Firefox adds a scroller to see more tabs. Safari, on the other hand, uses fixed-size tabs and adds a drop-down menu to see any tabs that won't fit.
I expect it to be, but not sure, FX 3 is written in cocoa, so should be more "native" to OSX, which theoretically should be faster. But the nightly build is now still in alpha, so I would preserve my evaluation for now.
LOL, I don't think so.
BUT
1. if u are talking about the height of the tabs:
those tabs are easy to change, if u don't want to edit CSS, just go get a theme with smaller tabs( https://addons.mozilla.org/ ), such as these two:
2. if u are talking about width of the tabs
get an extension called Tab Mix Plus, u can adjust alot of things about the tabs
fx also has a drop down button, its at the right end of the tab bar.
How do people who have been following FF3 feel overall? Nice?
P.S. for those of you asking about FF2, you can, if it's important to you, get more Aqua-esque widgets with specialized builds, for instance these processor optimized builds have Aqua looking widgets (but not using Cocoa).
P.S. for those of you asking about FF2, you can, if it's important to you, get more Aqua-esque widgets with specialized builds, for instance these processor optimized builds have Aqua looking widgets (but not using Cocoa).
it is exciting, I just have minefield nightly installed, and update it from time to time, its fun to see each change taking place.
You're missing my point here. When I said they are too large, I mean they are too large in terms of their height and font size. To get what I'm saying, compare Safari, Camino and Firefox each with just 2 tabs open.
Safari tabs also resize the more you add, they're not fixed size.
Oh, I thought you meant width, not height. I know what you mean now.
Well, I guess that shows my ignorance when I'm not at a Mac when I post
I simply want them to change the tab size in the default theme. I know I can change the size of the tabs if I install a new theme, but that has its own set of issues involved with it (e.g. sometimes themes break when Firefox is updated). Its not a major issue I know, but its one I'd like to see fixed so that Firefox is a nicer Mac app out of the box and doesn't need to be modded to be so.
understood your point, but IMHO, this is one thing shows why firefox is flexible, end users always have different demands, and one single default setting can't meet the needs of all users, so themes/extensions come to save the day.
e.g. I, personally, find camino's tab is too tiny to operate. safari... how do I say, its tab really offers too few functions.
after trying every browser imaginable, and using mainly the Camino nightlies for the last year, ive finally changed over to the new firefox alpha 3.0a7.
so far so good!
im sick of ads, and adblock pro is the only thing which is customisable and works. PithHelmet seemed to slow Safari down far too much.
so far so good!
im sick of ads, and adblock pro is the only thing which is customisable and works. PithHelmet seemed to slow Safari down far too much.
While we're on the topic of tabs...
I use FF2 at work on Windows. I would expect that double-clicking the icon on the left side of the tab would close the tab (just like how it closes a window) but that doesn't work. Do you guys expect the same behaviour or not? Has it changed in FF3?
I use FF2 at work on Windows. I would expect that double-clicking the icon on the left side of the tab would close the tab (just like how it closes a window) but that doesn't work. Do you guys expect the same behaviour or not? Has it changed in FF3?
no, only tab related double click function by default is to open a new tab by double clicking the free space at the tab bar. To close the tab by double click, you need extensions like "tab clicking options" or "TMP", etc..