Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox

[Roy Wright <royw@cisco.com>]

Simon Kellett wrote:

>Chan Min Wai <dcmwai@pl.jaring.my> writes:
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>>Why The [Account Setting] And [Preference] is Under the [Edit] Menu
>>Where on the windows build it is under the [Tools] Menu.
>>
>>Any Idea?
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>It is the difference between what someone considers "standard" for
>Windows vs. Unix. (And it annoys me as I use Windows at work, and Linux
>at home.)
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<g>I believe Netscape (and even Mosaic?) used the [Edit] menu.  Then 
along came
MS and just to be different chose to use the [Tools] menu.  Now firefox 
is converting
all of the IE users back to the fold, but we all know how simple minded 
windows
folks are so can't confuse them too much.  Therefore the windows version 
is under
the [Tools] menu.  Now the unix folks have never had to deal with IE so 
they've
been blessed all along with the preference being where it belongs under 
the [Edit]
menu.</g>

Now personally I'd love to see the windows version have an option to use 
normal
menus vs. ie-like menus.  Have the windows build be default ie-like for 
a release
or two, then switch the default to where it belongs...

Have fun,
Roy
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