Archive for the ‘ user interface ’ Category

Firefox Theme History

A few weeks ago i meant to link this, but never got around to it. Mozilla Links has a neat little post showing the theme history of the browser we now know as Firefox, complete with screenshots of the main toolbar—the browser’s fingerprint. I’ve been a faithful user since back when it was in the [ READ MORE ]

Idea For Mozilla Bug 225088

Just had an idea for how to fix Mozilla Bug 225088 and satisfy both sides. For icons only mode, set the button to a deck or stack or whatever it’s called so the label is layered over the icon, and have the text centered on the button so you can still see the text, but [ READ MORE ]

notes

Need to unfade the This item will be disabled after you restart Firefox informational text on extensions after you disable them in the Extensions window. Likewise, should maybe make just-uninstalled extension items faded or otherwise stand out from the rest[ READ MORE ]

WordPress Admin Themes

While checking up on the Shuttle project [via], i read about an up-and-coming idea: WordPress Admin Themes. I guess the idea has really been around for a while, but the SpotPress and WP Tiger Administration plugins are some of the first fleshed-out examples (at least that i’ve seen—not that i’m mad deep in the scene, [ READ MORE ]

Search Bar Icons

Reminder: should submit a patch to set fixed-size search engine icons in the Search Bar popup of the default theme so they don’t expand when first loaded. Though, that might have been fixed by my super-duper menus patch from the big pre-1.0 polish push. So, really, i should resync and resubmit that patch[ READ MORE ]

The Years