Comments on: More on Firefox, IE & slashdot http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2005/more-on-firefox-ie/ Management and Creative Thinking Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sid http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2005/more-on-firefox-ie/comment-page-2/#comment-35978 Sid Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:54:37 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=118#comment-35978 One thing I agree with you, new tab should carry the history of the original tab! Although I like the page to be blank, unlike IE! One thing I agree with you, new tab should carry the history of the original tab! Although I like the page to be blank, unlike IE!

]]> By: Berkun blog » Blog Archive » Why I switched to Firefox http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2005/more-on-firefox-ie/comment-page-2/#comment-19845 Berkun blog » Blog Archive » Why I switched to Firefox Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:43:04 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=118#comment-19845 [...] (Update: I’ve responded to many of the comments in a second post.) [...] [...] (Update: I’ve responded to many of the comments in a second post.) [...]

]]> By: DannyK http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2005/more-on-firefox-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 DannyK Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:03:37 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=118#comment-1715 I am reading this well after it was written and also after I am already using FireFox 1.5RC1. I completely agree the AndrewF in that if you change your pattern of browsing, TABS make a lot of sense. A good tip is anytime you switch to a new website or different part of the same website and want to keep where you are, open a new tab (with Mouse gestures on my setup it's right-click-down). Jez and dalson seemed to follow a similar browsing style. The Back button makes sense --- no problems there, click back in that tab it takes you to the previous site in that tab. History is a major problem. Even with my browsing pattern discribed above, once in a while, I accidentally close a Tab. If I don't have that site bookmarked, finding it in the history is a pain. The history is linear - going sequentially by what site you visited last, but if I close a tab by accident that I visited 30 sites ago, it's hard to find. I like the simplicity of the interface in FF. Customization can be good but can get out of control for the average user. UIs that think hard about the best way to do things and change users habits are better. It's a browser - used basically for reading, following links, downloading, and saving links to places you like - the learning curve can't be that high, there's only so much you can do in a browser - it's not a photo-editor or something. Scott - Overall very insightful and well-thought comments. I am reading this well after it was written and also after I am already using FireFox 1.5RC1. I completely agree the AndrewF in that if you change your pattern of browsing, TABS make a lot of sense. A good tip is anytime you switch to a new website or different part of the same website and want to keep where you are, open a new tab (with Mouse gestures on my setup it’s right-click-down). Jez and dalson seemed to follow a similar browsing style.

The Back button makes sense — no problems there, click back in that tab it takes you to the previous site in that tab.

History is a major problem. Even with my browsing pattern discribed above, once in a while, I accidentally close a Tab. If I don’t have that site bookmarked, finding it in the history is a pain. The history is linear – going sequentially by what site you visited last, but if I close a tab by accident that I visited 30 sites ago, it’s hard to find.

I like the simplicity of the interface in FF. Customization can be good but can get out of control for the average user. UIs that think hard about the best way to do things and change users habits are better. It’s a browser – used basically for reading, following links, downloading, and saving links to places you like – the learning curve can’t be that high, there’s only so much you can do in a browser – it’s not a photo-editor or something.

Scott – Overall very insightful and well-thought comments.

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