Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go

Re:Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go by xl-brain on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @03:52PM (#2581352)

This notion that the URL bar is too complicated is just plain poppycock.

I have a feeling most of the folk pushing for this have a vested interest in search. Maybe they are just overly eager UX people trying desperately to put a fingerprint on something.

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Re:Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go by throwaway32 on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @04:58PM (#2581629)

This honestly feels like another case of Gnome 3, where a group of inexperienced "UX" people want to make a big splash and change things and take away features as part of their "grand vision". If you disagree, you are wrong. If you have alternate suggestions, you will be ignored.

I think it fundamentally arises from the perception they are developing the interface for some kind of idealized idiot/user that doesnt exist. As is usual, software written for "other people" misses the point and just generally sucks.

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Re:Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go by pkamb on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @05:22PM (#2581718)

See also: Chrome removing the "Go" button.

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Re:Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go by jerhewet on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @09:54PM (#2582560)

> trying desperately to put a fingerprint on something

[touches tip of index finger to his nose]

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