Firefox Alternative

[Gilles Gravier]

Vic,

On 27/06/2011 13:02, Vic Main wrote:
> On 11-06-27 02:06 AM, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
>> On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 10:00 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, it's not a problem per se, it's just a reason it's not going to
>>> replace Firefox or Chrome as the default browser in Ubuntu, or even
>>> ship
>>> with the default install.
>> Maybe it's just a matter of ergonomics: Opera sucks at ergonomics.
>> Chrome and Firefox suck less, and are in competition for sucking less.
>> Too bad that no one has taken up where others have in the past and just
>> "melt" the two together and come up with something REALLY cool and
>> usable and ergonomic! (Oh wait, I forgot about patents and copyrights)
>> (Too bad that doesn't and hasn't applied to FIRE. Otherwise, the
>> inventor of FIRE would be richer than anyone and all of us that use Bic
>> lighters would have to pay a fortune to use our Bic lighters)
>> La la la...off to eat...
>>
> As far as ergonomics, I think the latest Firefox has really blown it.
> where's the refresh button, the stop button??
>

Refresh (called "reload") and "stop" buttons are right where you would
expect them... on the address bar, at the right. When a page is loading,
the right end of the address/URL bar is a red square with a cross in the
middle which lets you stop the current page load. Once the page is
loaded, there is no need for a "stop" function anymore, so it is
replaced by a button with a curved arrow which is a more or less
universal symbol for repeat/reload, which is does nicely... Save space.
One button, 2 functions, which are never useful at the same time, so
it's safe to alternate depending on context. Very convenient.

Gilles.