Thanks for your considered reply. I agree that it's easy and relatively common to denigrate/underestimate/misunderstand users in other 'categories' to oneself.
This is exactly why it's important to design for the common denominator (not intended to be derisory) when building a product that essentially needs to be the same (at its core) for all users, e.g. everyone downloads pretty much the same exact Firefox binary (excluding beta builds).
My argument is that I'm giving Firefox designers the benefit of the doubt that they're doing that and that the UI changes made aren't "lousy" and "bad UI", but rather, a carefully considered approach to have a net benefit for all users.
So, if you are suggesting that you consider Firefox to have "lousy" and "bad UI", that's fair but perhaps it's not what the average opinion is. I'm not claiming to know the average opinion on the Firefox UI changes but I'd guess that they're mostly indifferent if not positive.
Im probably an above average user and im reading this on FF for whatever thats worth. Theres more to a browser than accommodating any individuals personal short-comings.
This is exactly why it's important to design for the common denominator (not intended to be derisory) when building a product that essentially needs to be the same (at its core) for all users, e.g. everyone downloads pretty much the same exact Firefox binary (excluding beta builds).
My argument is that I'm giving Firefox designers the benefit of the doubt that they're doing that and that the UI changes made aren't "lousy" and "bad UI", but rather, a carefully considered approach to have a net benefit for all users.
So, if you are suggesting that you consider Firefox to have "lousy" and "bad UI", that's fair but perhaps it's not what the average opinion is. I'm not claiming to know the average opinion on the Firefox UI changes but I'd guess that they're mostly indifferent if not positive.