Comments for Chromatic Pixel http://blog.stephenhorlander.com Rambling thoughts on life and design. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Theme Status (Timelines, Panels and Progress) by Rafael http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/04/20/theme-status-timelines-panels-and-progress/#comment-10200 Rafael Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:47:59 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=319#comment-10200 It makes me quite mad some of the possibilities I'm seeing. Panels I found utterly stupid the way IE 7 managed favorites, with that floating panel that didn't stay still and, to boot, obstructed the page contents. Are you heading in that direction? (Smart!) If so, will that be the default and what will be the alternatives? Edit "tray" Why bothering distracting the user by showing icons for the very few actions that have consistent shortcuts, across platforms? If you so want to clutter the design, I would ask you to NOT do it by default but as an optional flag in about:config. The rest, on the other hand, looks quite good, specially the progress bar on the tabs –even more if we could choose how bright and/or what colors it should use (so as to not distract users). The rest, on the other hand, looks quite good, specially the progress bar on the tabs –even more if we could choose how bright and/or what colors it should use (so as to not distract users). It makes me quite mad some of the possibilities I’m seeing.

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I found utterly stupid the way IE 7 managed favorites, with that floating panel that didn’t stay still and, to boot, obstructed the page contents. Are you heading in that direction? (Smart!) If so, will that be the default and what will be the alternatives?

Edit “tray”
Why bothering distracting the user by showing icons for the very few actions that have consistent shortcuts, across platforms? If you so want to clutter the design, I would ask you to NOT do it by default but as an optional flag in about:config.

The rest, on the other hand, looks quite good, specially the progress bar on the tabs –even more if we could choose how bright and/or what colors it should use (so as to not distract users).

The rest, on the other hand, looks quite good, specially the progress bar on the tabs –even more if we could choose how bright and/or what colors it should use (so as to not distract users).

]]> Comment on Tab Animation by notzed http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/01/29/tab-animation/#comment-10086 notzed Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:52:25 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=259#comment-10086 Hmm, does that get rid of the horrible slow sliding/tab thing as well? That's how I got here - finding out how to remove it. What is it with these animations? All they do is make all software feel slower, clunky and really ruin the `experience' (whatever that is supposed to mean, i don't `experience' my computer, i tell it what to do). I find it terribly annoying even on a 12 'core' intel cpu with nvidia gtx 480 card so it isn't the hardware. And it's getting hard to find all the hidden settings to remove them. It made the original mac feel slow and clunky and it just makes the latest hardware feel slow and clunky. I really fail to see how sliding chunks of screen around whilst apparently not doing what the user asked for is in any way a good thing. I open hundreds of tabs a day, and never even look at the toolbar whilst they're opening, what a complete waste of effort. Hmm, does that get rid of the horrible slow sliding/tab thing as well? That’s how I got here – finding out how to remove it.

What is it with these animations? All they do is make all software feel slower, clunky and really ruin the `experience’ (whatever that is supposed to mean, i don’t `experience’ my computer, i tell it what to do). I find it terribly annoying even on a 12 ‘core’ intel cpu with nvidia gtx 480 card so it isn’t the hardware. And it’s getting hard to find all the hidden settings to remove them.

It made the original mac feel slow and clunky and it just makes the latest hardware feel slow and clunky. I really fail to see how sliding chunks of screen around whilst apparently not doing what the user asked for is in any way a good thing. I open hundreds of tabs a day, and never even look at the toolbar whilst they’re opening, what a complete waste of effort.

]]> Comment on Make Your Own Toolbar Button Glyphs by Ollie Kessel http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/03/29/make-your-own-toolbar-button-glyphs/#comment-9651 Ollie Kessel Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:48:32 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=306#comment-9651 Thanks for the tutorial. Are you going to be writing a new CSS tutorial any time soon? Thanks for the tutorial. Are you going to be writing a new CSS tutorial any time soon?

]]> Comment on Tab Animation by gluxon http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/01/29/tab-animation/#comment-9393 gluxon Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:24:46 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=259#comment-9393 Starting from Firefox 4 Beta 4, there's a boolean value in about:config called browser.tabs.animate Toggling it to false will disable all tab animations. Starting from Firefox 4 Beta 4, there’s a boolean value in about:config called browser.tabs.animate

Toggling it to false will disable all tab animations.

]]> Comment on In-Content UI Visual Unification by Fabrizio http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/06/01/in-content-ui-visual-unification/#comment-9349 Fabrizio Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:28:32 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=349#comment-9349 Hello everybody! I don't understand one thing about this wonderful style...will it be the default style for the new Firefox 4 when the final release will be out? I'm a mac user and thanks to this interface i'm thinking to switch to firefox from Safari thanks to this style! Hello everybody!

I don’t understand one thing about this wonderful style…will it be the default style for the new Firefox 4 when the final release will be out?

I’m a mac user and thanks to this interface i’m thinking to switch to firefox from Safari thanks to this style!

]]> Comment on Tab Animation by seleko http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/01/29/tab-animation/#comment-9272 seleko Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:47:47 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=259#comment-9272 It madness making all this animation without way to disable! Anybody know how to switch it off? It madness making all this animation without way to disable!
Anybody know how to switch it off?

]]> Comment on Tab Animation by Firefox 4.0 Concept Video | RisorseGeek http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/01/29/tab-animation/#comment-8930 Firefox 4.0 Concept Video | RisorseGeek Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:23:05 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=259#comment-8930 [...] dettagli per l’uscita e qualche immagine di come potrebbe essere,recentemente dal blog di Stephen Horlander,è stata presentata una interfaccia per Firefox 4.0 in due video differenti che corrispondono un [...] [...] dettagli per l’uscita e qualche immagine di come potrebbe essere,recentemente dal blog di Stephen Horlander,è stata presentata una interfaccia per Firefox 4.0 in due video differenti che corrispondono un [...]

]]> Comment on New Toolbar Buttons on Various Backgrounds by Patty http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/03/12/new-toolbar-buttons-on-various-backgrounds/#comment-8685 Patty Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:22:27 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=297#comment-8685 I want to get a (STEP BY STEP) on How to add a List of (Choice) ToolBar Back Ground, this will be for (Firefox) Thank-You, :) Patty :) I want to get a (STEP BY STEP) on How to add a List of (Choice) ToolBar Back Ground,
this will be for (Firefox) Thank-You, :) Patty :)

]]> Comment on Windows Theme/UI Update by 0x0x http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/12/21/windows-themeui-update/#comment-8542 0x0x Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:47:13 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=229#comment-8542 Hi, just checked Firefox 4 beta 2 on mac and windows. looks great so far the only problem is that the tabs are not drawn into the Firefox application border like for example chrome does. I really like this and I think it is a good idea to save space on small screens. Are there any plans to do this? Hi,
just checked Firefox 4 beta 2 on mac and windows. looks great so far the only problem is that the tabs are not drawn into the Firefox application border like for example chrome does. I really like this and I think it is a good idea to save space on small screens. Are there any plans to do this?

]]> Comment on Theme Status (Timelines, Panels and Progress) by John http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2010/04/20/theme-status-timelines-panels-and-progress/#comment-8462 John Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:45:08 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=319#comment-8462 Love the new theme, especially the curved edges on the tabs. I wonder if you guys can eliminate the empty space between tabs? If you eliminate that space, it would preserve clarity, which is achieved well enough by the names and icons showing each tab, and also it would make the tab bar feel cleaner and less cluttered. Love the new theme, especially the curved edges on the tabs. I wonder if you guys can eliminate the empty space between tabs? If you eliminate that space, it would preserve clarity, which is achieved well enough by the names and icons showing each tab, and also it would make the tab bar feel cleaner and less cluttered.

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