http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspxMozilla User Experience Designer Alex Faaborg describes the new visual experience in Firefox 3 and attempts to answer some criticisms of the design. I don&#39;t feel he&#39;s adequately addressed the concerns, which I&#39;ll outline again below withinenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#100550Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:53:38 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:100550Gorgeous Firefox 3.7 for Windows mockups | Everything Microsoft<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Gorgeous Firefox 3.7 for Windows mockups | Everything Microsoft</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100550" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#100313Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:37:49 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:100313Will Firefox Morph into Chrome over Two Iterations?<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Will Firefox Morph into Chrome over Two Iterations?</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100313" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70361Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:30:26 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70361Firefox Browser Blog « Fir3foxus3er’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser Blog &amp;laquo; Fir3foxus3er&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70361" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70360Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:28:51 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70360Firefox Browser Blog « Fir3foxus3er’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser Blog &amp;laquo; Fir3foxus3er&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70360" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70329Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:57:27 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70329Firefox Browser Blog « Fir3foxus3er’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser Blog &amp;laquo; Fir3foxus3er&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70329" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70303Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:27:47 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70303Firefox Browser Blog « Fir3foxus3er’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser Blog &amp;laquo; Fir3foxus3er&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70303" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70301Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:19:48 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70301Firefox Browser Blog « Fir3foxus3er’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser Blog &amp;laquo; Fir3foxus3er&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70301" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70289Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:34:32 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70289Firefox Browser « Fir3foxus3er’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser &amp;laquo; Fir3foxus3er&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70289" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#70286Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:33:12 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:70286Firefox Browser « Fir3fox’s Weblog<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Firefox Browser &amp;laquo; Fir3fox&amp;#8217;s Weblog</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70286" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#14809Mon, 19 May 2008 17:58:15 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:14809What do You Think of the Firefox 3 Themes?<p>Pingback from &nbsp;What do You Think of the Firefox 3 Themes?</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14809" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#14799Mon, 19 May 2008 17:10:40 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:14799frankps » Firefox, Move Back To Start!<p>Pingback from &nbsp;frankps &amp;raquo; Firefox, Move Back To Start!</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14799" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#14787Mon, 19 May 2008 10:31:06 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:14787johnpapola<p>Paul,</p> <p>Is there a Windows equivalent to Apple's &quot;Human Interface Guidelines&quot;? &nbsp;Why do you think the OS has so many seemingly random differences? &nbsp;Judging by the subtle and pointless variations throughout Vista, it seems as if every department was looking at a low-res jpeg of what their window style should be and extrapolating the rest.</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14787" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#14775Mon, 19 May 2008 07:03:12 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:14775drylight<p>How can you call it a disaster in Vista when Vista's own UI is a disaster itself. Horrific doesn't describe how bad it really is.</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14775" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#14763Mon, 19 May 2008 04:12:26 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:14763johnpapola<p>Great article that points to some of the inherent developer issues in creating a consistent UI for Windows Vista:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/microsoft-learn-from-apple-II.ars/4">arstechnica.com/.../4</a></p> <p>Just a handful of the inconsistencies that plague the entire suite of Microsoft applications. &nbsp; Again, Apple isn't a perfect saint here, but Leopard was a big step forward in the consistency and unification goal.</p> <p>If Microsoft can't provide a standard and live by it within reason for things as simple as menu placement, how is any developer supposed to know what a true &quot;native look&quot; even should be?</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14763" width="1" height="1">http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/18/with-firefox-3-themes-it-s-amateur-hour.aspx#14761Mon, 19 May 2008 03:10:05 GMTa5a28da7-a54a-49cb-8e3d-fb9e7f7597ae:14761Lindy<p>My thoughts....</p> <p>1. &nbsp;Turn on the small buttons.</p> <p>2. &nbsp;Nothing could be worse looking that Vista's neon gui, with its thick borders and goofy over all look. &nbsp;Of course this is subjective, but so was 90% of your blog post.</p> <p>3. &nbsp;There is no way in you know what that IE7 is faster that FF3 on Vista or XP. &nbsp;IE7 is a pig when it comes to speed. &nbsp;Its fat top border/button layout is hideous, and its button layout/functionality is the worst of any browser I have ever used. &nbsp;</p> <p>IE serves one purpose, to give the full feature set to Microsoft web based applications, like Exchange OWA, or sharepoint. &nbsp;MS said OWA premium for Exchange 2007 was going to work with Firefox and then dropped it at the last min. &nbsp;They know if they dont make IE necessary for things like OWA/Sharepoint that it will fail completely.</p> <img src="http://community.winsupersite.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14761" width="1" height="1">