Flimsyfox
A lot of people are going on about the gradient in Firefox, in some cases saying odd things like Firefox is brighter in the middle. This isn't how it seems they've drawn the window.
You see, the gradient is STILL a linear one, except it's not stretched as far as the actual window height it seems. Once you split it in to parts (see above, right), you can distinctly see that there's the main window background, then the gradient and then flat darker part. It's really obviously Wrong™, because it looks like crap. I don't get what the big hold up is over it either. Just make the gradient stretch all the way from top to bottom.
And because it's there, I'm going to whine about how horrid those back/forward buttons are. First off, the curve of the inset behind the buttons doesn't even match the circle of the back button, making it look uneven. Next, why are the buttons separated? Segmented buttons are not detached, because they're... Well, they're a segmented button, y'dig? Personally I've got no idea what they were thinking. Here's something I threw together in a few minutes that I think would of looked much nicer.
It makes me laugh though, really. Firefox is so meh on OS X. Literally the only reasons I hear from people that use it on a Mac are "It has X plugin that I need". You have to hand it to them, adding open plugin functionality was a clever fucking way of making users "need" that app, when all they really need is a specific plugin.
On a related note, I'm trying out Safari 3. I've been a Camino user on and off for probably 6-12 months. Mostly form my time on my G5, because Safari could be a hog after a few hundred tabs. The only thing I miss is having the tab bar move tabs along as I moved along, so I always saw my selected tab in the tab bar, and ones adjacent to it.
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I s'pose I could start coming 'round more, now that I've finally decided to re-inhabit the internets. So I'm here to pester you, whether you like it or not.
Firefox is meh-y. All the graphic comm kids at school use it on their macs for this plug-in or another, but I'm so not phased. My poor PB is in for surgery at the moment, actually, so I'm on this silly little Lenovo, and let me tell you, I really do miss my keyboard. These things are so damn clunky...
Mm yes that'll be all for today, I suppose.
Posted by: Stephanie at June 17, 2008 4:51 PM
Aha, so you admit you did a Maury eh? My internets not good enough eh? ;P I'd still (and do) use FF3 on Windows, but I sure as hell don't understand people who use it on the Mac. Get back on yer PowerBook and hassle me you bum.
Posted by: Rick 
at June 19, 2008 11:49 AM
