October 2004 – Kevin Gerich

Firefox 1.0almost

October 28, 2004 Kevin30 Comments

Firefox 1.0 Release Candidate 1 is out. There isn’t anything flashy to talk about in this version except hundreds of bug fixes. Version 1.0 for Windows and Linux is scheduled for release on November 9. The Mac version will get special attention and come out sometime later.

Between 1.0RC1 and 1.0 I’m going to finish up tweaking the Windows and Linux theme. Here are a few of my priorities. Feel free to suggest other theme tweaks that should make it into 1.0.

Scrollbar arrows rendered incorrectly
Themes should be RTL compatible
-moz-appearance: none gives the urlbar a 2px inset border… (could use some help here)
Javascript Console: toolbar icons, clean up CSS

Find Bar Feng Shui

October 21, 2004 Kevin22 Comments

I have always thought the UI for Firefox’s Find Toolbar has room for improvement. Recently the Match Case checkbox was added to the bar, increasing the amount of horizontal space it requires. This becomes a problem when the find bar is used in the Help window, where a portion is clipped off unless you widen the window.

I made a Photoshop mockup of how an alternate find toolbar might look. This probably isn’t *the answer* – just starting point for a discussion. What do you like and dislike about the find toolbar, and what should we do about it?