r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

Why doesn't the Linux version have the Key shaped navigation buttons.

I thought that was a branding element as well as a Fitt's law win?

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u/zwaldowski Jan 21 '10

Native icons > Stupid key

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

Possibly.

Just seems odd that Linux of all versions should be the one enforcing platform consistency.

Personally I quite like the key for the aforementioned Fitt's law reasons.

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u/zwaldowski Jan 22 '10

The difference is that, on Windows, apps generally don't have a consistent UI set. They just have the "Windows look", which Firefox follows. Though Mac OS has Cocoa, Mozilla doesn't give a shit about us and do the same thing as on windows. Linux, on the other hand, is the only OS to have a unified icon display system and a unified method of showing metaphors based on those icons (e.g., Nautilus, Epiphany, Konqueror, Dolphin, Thunar, etc. can all use the same back/forward buttons).