Jul 01 2010

Transparency in design decisions

Posted by Josh Shear in Conversations, Online tools

What strikes me about this video is not that the default position for tabs in Firefox 4 will be at the top of the browser (a decision I like a lot, by the way; I'll start using the toolbars I like more often, since the tabs won't get lost in the toolbars). Instead, what strikes me is that Mozilla is not only open about how they came to the decision (and how to change the default setting), they go very in-depth into the decision-making process.

That's awesome.

2 Responses to “Transparency in design decisions”

  1. Tweets that mention Josh Shear ยป Transparency in design decisions -- Topsy.com Says:

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mitch Mitchell. Mitch Mitchell said: RT @JoshShear: I kinda like that the tabs move to the top in Firefox 4 http://ow.ly/25I6B // I'll keep tabs where they are, like the video [...]

  2. Mitch Says:

    For my purposes, what I now don’t have is an immediate way to see what’s in the title tag area. I’ll have to open the source code to see what a website thinks it’s all about. At least that’s what it looks like on Opera with the tabs at the top, which is why I prefer Firefox instead.

    I’m glad they’re making it an option rather than a demand; that’s the best way of presenting new things in my opinion.

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