All this bemoaning the death of consistent GUIs neglects one thing. Users are already exposed to an infinite number of themed interfaces; they are called web sites.
No one expects websites to have a consistent look and feal. In fact, their variety is one of the things that makes the web such a vibrant place. By adding configurable eye candy Mozilla is simply blurring the distinction between the web and the desktop.
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All this bemoaning the death of consistent GUIs neglects one thing.
Users are already exposed to an infinite number of themed interfaces;
they are called web sites.
No one expects websites to have a consistent look and feal. In fact,
their variety is one of the things that makes the web such a vibrant
place. By adding configurable eye candy Mozilla is simply blurring
the distinction between the web and the desktop.