Re:Firefox Release 89.0
by Tempest1981 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @09:44AM
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UI design is like fashion design, often trying to catch your eye. Sometimes trying to be edgy or controversial, to provoke a reaction.
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Browser is a tool to browse the web. Tools need to be functional first.
There is a reason why there's no "summer 2021 hammer" in hardware store.
Oh man, I would LOVE it if more software was developed as a tool. I absolutely don't want the look and feel of my miter saw to suddenly change to a "fresh" layout, and I feel the same about my browser.
I get that a lot of people feel differently and that's who Mozilla and many other companies are targetting, but it really bums me out that my tech tools can't be stable and reliable.
Considering how complex the web is, and how technologically complicated a browser needs to be regardless of UX, a car analogy is perhaps more appropriate; and you do have '21 models of cars.
Re:Firefox Release 89.0
by SAI_Peregrinus on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @01:28PM
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Yet none of these new model cars re-arrange the pedals. They'll change the style of the brake lights, the trim, etc, but the basic "4 wheels, front two steer, wheel turns towards the direction you want to steer, brake, gas pedal" is fixed. But with software (including Firefox) even the operational aspects change, not just the cosmetics.
Even more: with software, everything can and does change overnight.
As if some pervert burgles your garage and does not go stealing, but replacing your car.
But the basic way you navigate the web doesn't change much either; there's still the address bar, back button, and html and JavaScript.
And you're underrepresenting how much change can happen for a given model: over decades the Honda Civic has gone from manual to continuously variable transmission, and entirely different chassis, etc. as technology and safety expectations evolve, and it's no exception.
UIs can be function first just like clothing, which is how I like it, just like clothing.
Fashion is nothing but an obstacle for people with practical concerns. Pardon me for hating fashion, but I do.
Re:Firefox Release 89.0
by dandellion on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @01:05PM
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They've provoked a reaction on me. Now I actually bother trying other browsers in search for something better.
'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.'
I see that the Firefox UI designers agree that it's like fashion design...
Re:Firefox Release 89.0
by perihelions on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @12:37PM
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The Devil Wears Proton