What annoys me about the Awesome Bar
As I’ve written before, I’ve been using Firefox 3, and as with everyone else, one of the first changes I noticed was the Awesome Bar. At first I didn’t really knew what to think about it, and then it started to annoy me a bit but when I changed my mindset and started using it the “Gnome Do way”, I started to get along with it.
However, something still annoys me a lot.
If the mouse pointer is hovering above the area where the bar is going to appear, then the option below the pointer gets automatically selected. That way, if I want to use the first result given by the awesome bar, I can’t just press the down arrow and use it. I either have to press the up arrow some times or move the mouse there, and that way the awesomeness disappears. It completely defeats the purpose.
This didn’t happen with the old bar, and it doesn’t happen with the search box. On the search box, an item only gets selected with the mouse pointer after you move the pointer.
I’ve been searching the bug tracker but I haven’t found anything similar. Can anyone confirm if this is still present on the latest builds ?
Hopefully this will get corrected before the final release, otherwise this is going to be a huge usability flaw which is sure to annoy many more users.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
That’s my main annoyance too.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
This one has been kicking around the mozilla bugtracker for a while. The most recent iteration of the but is at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420804 They’re still kicking around the proper way to fix it, but seem quite aware and intent on fixing it.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Works perfectly here.
Using the official b4 for Mac.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I also would like to see this one submitted if it isn’t fixed yet because it can drive you crazy.
March 30th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I hope that gets fixed soon, it’s very annoying!
March 30th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Hehe, this is also my main annoyance…
March 31st, 2008 at 12:42 am
That happened to me time ago with beta 3, no more with beta 4. What version are you using?
March 31st, 2008 at 2:34 am
Beta 4.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 am
This is a problem with firefox 2 too. I was hoping it was fixed, but it isn’t. The reason why people don’t notice it on 2 so much is that the list is smaller in terms of screen real estate, so there is less chance of the bug being triggered. I agree it should be fixed for Firefox 3 Gold (not to be confused with Netscape Navigator 3 Gold)
March 31st, 2008 at 11:05 am
I’m using beta 5 and it’s not happening, must have been fixed.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
This was fixed by bug 408723 and should not appear in the upcoming beta.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
That’s exactly what I was talking about. Thanks for the info Mike :)