Comments on: Introducing the new Add-ons Manager http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager Spouting nonsense from the depths of my spare time Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bofh http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-53136 bofh Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:09:16 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-53136 The New Addon Manager is a backstep. Why always reproduce others and go new ways if the old one are not that optimal. Ther would be alot of better ways than that - and its overhelmde by "design" (if you wanna call it so) that you got no clear overview if you have 10 or 15 addon installed sorry but this is a mix copy of chrome and Ie Explorer and their gui is going in a real bad direction - so firefox goes there too. yes some users may enjoy it because it loos simplier but that doenst mean its better. its something i call the apple effect (lol). Make something complete new (even if its worse) and tell everyone its good. They belive it and love it (at least for a while) because they are not happy with the old ways (im talking about GUI design in common). (that apple way is even worse noone seems to undestand or im just blind dont know :-) So please (i hope someone will read that one) Mozilla Team think about new ways. Not Fancy one, but clear structured, fast, flexible new kind of GUI. This one isnt the big hit but just my opinion The New Addon Manager is a backstep.
Why always reproduce others and go new ways if the old one are not that optimal.
Ther would be alot of better ways than that – and its overhelmde by “design” (if you wanna call it so) that you got no clear overview if you have 10 or 15 addon installed

sorry but this is a mix copy of chrome and Ie Explorer and their gui is going in a real bad direction – so firefox goes there too. yes some users may enjoy it because it loos simplier but that doenst mean its better.

its something i call the apple effect (lol). Make something complete new (even if its worse) and tell everyone its good. They belive it and love it (at least for a while) because they are not happy with the old ways (im talking about GUI design in common). (that apple way is even worse noone seems to undestand or im just blind dont know :-)

So please (i hope someone will read that one) Mozilla Team think about new ways. Not Fancy one, but clear structured, fast, flexible new kind of GUI. This one isnt the big hit but just my opinion

]]> By: Firefox Friday Five: 4.0 news round-up, 2 billion add-on downloads, Thunderbird 3.1, and making text editing on websites easier « Everheartz15's Blog http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-52872 Firefox Friday Five: 4.0 news round-up, 2 billion add-on downloads, Thunderbird 3.1, and making text editing on websites easier « Everheartz15's Blog Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:01:08 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-52872 [...] were quite keen to highlight all of the ooh-shiny bits of Firefox 4.0, from the UI changes to the new Add-Ons Manager. Check the complete list of resources on The Mozilla [...] [...] were quite keen to highlight all of the ooh-shiny bits of Firefox 4.0, from the UI changes to the new Add-Ons Manager. Check the complete list of resources on The Mozilla [...]

]]> By: Firefox Friday Five: 4.0 news round-up, 2 billion add-on downloads, Thunderbird 3.1, and making text editing on websites easier | ThaiDC.com http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51913 Firefox Friday Five: 4.0 news round-up, 2 billion add-on downloads, Thunderbird 3.1, and making text editing on websites easier | ThaiDC.com Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:10:24 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51913 [...] were quite keen to highlight all of the ooh-shiny bits of Firefox 4.0, from the UI changes to the new Add-Ons Manager. Check the complete list of resources on The Mozilla [...] [...] were quite keen to highlight all of the ooh-shiny bits of Firefox 4.0, from the UI changes to the new Add-Ons Manager. Check the complete list of resources on The Mozilla [...]

]]> By: Firefox Friday Five: 4.0 news round-up, 2 billion add-on downloads, Thunderbird 3.1, and making text editing on websites easier | Internet News for Geeks http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51840 Firefox Friday Five: 4.0 news round-up, 2 billion add-on downloads, Thunderbird 3.1, and making text editing on websites easier | Internet News for Geeks Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:14:14 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51840 [...] were quite keen to highlight all of the ooh-shiny bits of Firefox 4.0, from the UI changes to the new Add-Ons Manager. Check the complete list of resources on The Mozilla [...] [...] were quite keen to highlight all of the ooh-shiny bits of Firefox 4.0, from the UI changes to the new Add-Ons Manager. Check the complete list of resources on The Mozilla [...]

]]> By: Tomer http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51830 Tomer Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:03:59 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51830 When you recommend an extension (MailPing, in this case), please make sure to check before if it is marked as compatible to the browser version you are referring to. That extension has not marked so. When you recommend an extension (MailPing, in this case), please make sure to check before if it is marked as compatible to the browser version you are referring to. That extension has not marked so.

]]> By: Peter Gasston http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51791 Peter Gasston Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:17:59 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51791 The only thing I don't like about it as it stands is there is no information about what an update contains; I could be blindly updating to something that I don't want, or that changes the functionality of the add-on. I hope this will be included in the 'better feedback' that you refer to. The only thing I don’t like about it as it stands is there is no information about what an update contains; I could be blindly updating to something that I don’t want, or that changes the functionality of the add-on. I hope this will be included in the ‘better feedback’ that you refer to.

]]> By: More Details on Features in Firefox 4 Beta 1 | Cell-Systems http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51789 More Details on Features in Firefox 4 Beta 1 | Cell-Systems Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:05:27 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51789 [...] Introducing the New Add-Ons Manager, Dave Townsend [...] [...] Introducing the New Add-Ons Manager, Dave Townsend [...]

]]> By: Thomas Stache http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51780 Thomas Stache Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:14:32 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51780 The worst thing about the new add-on manager backend is that it's damn hard to restart Firefox, after an Add-on has been installed from any web page. Why isn't the Add-on manager opened and focused after install? Somehow the Firefox team was happy to ship broken workflows in Beta 1, creating the impression that the new Add-on-Manager-In-A-Tab only gets in the users' way. The worst thing about the new add-on manager backend is that it’s damn hard to restart Firefox, after an Add-on has been installed from any web page. Why isn’t the Add-on manager opened and focused after install? Somehow the Firefox team was happy to ship broken workflows in Beta 1, creating the impression that the new Add-on-Manager-In-A-Tab only gets in the users’ way.

]]> By: More Details on Features in Firefox 4 Beta 1 | RefreshTheNet http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51778 More Details on Features in Firefox 4 Beta 1 | RefreshTheNet Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:44:50 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51778 [...] Intro­duc­ing the New Add-Ons Man­ager, Dave Townsend [...] [...] Intro­duc­ing the New Add-Ons Man­ager, Dave Townsend [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/07/Introducing-the-new-Add-ons-Manager#comment-51777 Josh Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:43:26 +0000 http://www.oxymoronical.com/?p=871#comment-51777 It's good to know that that isn't the final design. But it will do quite well as a placeholder for now. It’s good to know that that isn’t the final design. But it will do quite well as a placeholder for now.

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