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Help Make Firefox On Mac Suck Less

Posted by kdawson on from the native-fox dept.

bluephone writes "Colin Barrett, one of the new Mac geniuses, and an Adium developer, has posted an entry on his blog offering an open call to all Mac users of Firefox asking them, 'What sucks about Firefox on the Mac?' He says he already knows about and is trying to solve such things as: 'Native Form Widgets (currently scheduled for Firefox 3), Keychain Integration, Firefox should have a Unified toolbar (not completely hopeless, it turns out), Performance...', but he wants to hear what else Mac users want from Firefox. So please, if you're a user of Macs and the interwebs, then RTFA, unclog your tubes, and send him your ideas."

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  1. Macs Suck! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's the harsh truth.

    1. Re:Macs Suck! by osschar · · Score: -1, Troll

      Macs are ok ... but most people having them do suck.

  2. Simple Fix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well heck, if all you're trying to do is improve Firefox, just take it off the Mac. The second you do that, it will cease to suck.

  3. Here's a few by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: -1, Troll

    Have maximize remove useless title bar.
    Make alt-tab cycle distinct windows.
    Recognize ctrl-based shortcuts.
    Have a close button on the preferences window.

    Otherwise it's the best software available for the Mac, after Boot Camp.

  4. Small correction by ramoth4 · · Score: 0, Troll

    My last name is spelled "Barrett". People spell it wrong all the time, it's not a big deal.

    Thanks for the help getting the word out, Slashdot. I've got hundreds of emails and blog comments, and the more data I have, the better. I really do think I'll be able to gather a lot of useful and interesting data from all these suggestions.

    Thanks again!

  5. Oxymoron of the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Colin Barret, one of the new Mac geniuses
    Today's oxymoron of the day is "Mac genius."
  6. I weep for Apple Fanboydom. by woadlined · · Score: 1, Troll

    This thread is a shining, comedic gem.

    I'm glad I turned my head from Apple before most of you hysterical folks got converted.

  7. Re:Get Apple to do it. by woadlined · · Score: 1, Troll

    Excellent point. What part of the Apple "experience" really lends itself to OSS? They're a black hole for OSS.