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== Feedback/Concerns/Questions == | == Feedback/Concerns/Questions == | ||
'''You are trying to make Firefox look like Chrome/Safari/IE/Opera''': | '''You are trying to make Firefox look like Chrome/Safari/IE/Opera''':<br /> | ||
We are not trying to make Firefox look like any other browser. Firefox is Firefox. Similarities between browsers are unavoidable. They all have shared lineage and are based off of their predecessors. The basics of what a browser does and how it does it is already established. Browsers are all trying to solve the same problems so evolutionary ideas that are similar are inevitable. | We are not trying to make Firefox look like any other browser. Firefox is Firefox. Similarities between browsers are unavoidable. They all have shared lineage and are based off of their predecessors. The basics of what a browser does and how it does it is already established. Browsers are all trying to solve the same problems so evolutionary ideas that are similar are inevitable. | ||
With that said, just because an idea didn't originate here doesn't mean it isn't a good idea. Platform trends and conventions are sometimes good to follow. There are plenty of ideas being worked on for Firefox that are innovative and novel. | With that said, just because an idea didn't originate here doesn't mean it isn't a good idea. Platform trends and conventions are sometimes good to follow. There are plenty of ideas being worked on for Firefox that are innovative and novel. | ||
'''Other applications don't hide the menu bar so how is this maintaining external consistency?''' | '''Other applications don't hide the menu bar so how is this maintaining external consistency?'''<br /> | ||
Maybe it would be better phrased as "emerging external consistency". As of Windows 7 the most popular user facing prepackaged applications (and Office) ship with the menubar off by default. If it has one at all. Whether Photoshop or AutoCAD ship with menubars isn't necessarily relevant. For one they are different types of applications and for another they don't have a ubiquitous competitor ship with the OS (IE). | Maybe it would be better phrased as "emerging external consistency". As of Windows 7 the most popular user facing prepackaged applications (and Office) ship with the menubar off by default. If it has one at all. Whether Photoshop or AutoCAD ship with menubars isn't necessarily relevant. For one they are different types of applications and for another they don't have a ubiquitous competitor ship with the OS (IE). | ||