Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston

Navigation buttons in Firefox

Something that’s been bugging me for a while, that I’d forgotten to write about; why does Firefox 2 on Windows and Linux have the classic Back and Forward buttons:

Firefox 2 Browser buttons, XP

… while Firefox 2 on OS X has the crappy buttons?

Firefox 2 Browser buttons, OS X

If I’m not mistaken, FF2 beta releases on Windows had the crappy buttons, but were switched to the classic buttons after users complained. So why did the OS X version not switch too?

I’ve had to install a different theme on my Mac, as I kept hitting the Back History button by mistake. I use the GrApple theme instead.

2 comments on
“Navigation buttons in Firefox”

  1. blip [February 20th, 2007, 4:47 pm; Permalink]

    God, you mac zealots make me sick.

  2. Leo [November 19th, 2007, 8:52 pm; Permalink]

    You know, I like Macs, but this is idiotic.

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