Firefox Alternative

[Vic Main]

On 11-06-27 05:46 AM, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> 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.
>
I know where they are, but don't like the position now.  I don't like 
the ergonomics at all. So we can agree to disagree?

Vic

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