I upgraded to 1.5 and am regretting it, too. Stick to 1.0.x, unless you're actually interested in tweaking extensions to work in the new version.
FF seems to be slipping significantly with the 1.5 release. Stuff i've noticed not mentioned in the post Evan linked to:
They've broken Ctrl-pgup/dn for tab navigation if the input focus is on a text box ("It's how IE does it!!~"),
many of the smaller-but-handy extensions need various inane tweaks for little changes to the XSL API or other mozguts,
mousewheel scroll with focus in a textarea is bizarre. It scrolls down to the textarea, then scrolls down in the textarea, then scrolls down the page. This is incredibly obnoxious and probably the absolutely least intuitive behavior i've ever seen in software.
And last, i want to reiterate that not all your settings come across. And you really don't want to go poking around in about:config or prefs.js to figure out what the hell you need to change to make them work. If you can do it at all.
I'm not usually one to complain about OSS's typical usability problems. But in this case, the FF people have really screwed the pooch. It almost feels like they've lost their creative lifeblood, which is sad.
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Date: 2005-12-29 10:58 pm (UTC)FF seems to be slipping significantly with the 1.5 release. Stuff i've noticed not mentioned in the post Evan linked to:
- They've broken Ctrl-pgup/dn for tab navigation if the input focus is on a text box ("It's how IE does it!!~"),
- many of the smaller-but-handy extensions need various inane tweaks for little changes to the XSL API or other mozguts,
- mousewheel scroll with focus in a textarea is bizarre. It scrolls down to the textarea, then scrolls down in the textarea, then scrolls down the page. This is incredibly obnoxious and probably the absolutely least intuitive behavior i've ever seen in software.
- And last, i want to reiterate that not all your settings come across. And you really don't want to go poking around in about:config or prefs.js to figure out what the hell you need to change to make them work. If you can do it at all.
I'm not usually one to complain about OSS's typical usability problems. But in this case, the FF people have really screwed the pooch. It almost feels like they've lost their creative lifeblood, which is sad.