[Mozilla Enterprise] Removing screenshot from Page Actions

Robert Marcano robert at marcanoonline.com
Wed Mar 31 11:42:30 UTC 2021


On 3/31/21 5:47 AM, Romain Testard wrote:
> The bug is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1691454 
> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1691454>
> The driver for the decision was that we were seeing the following:
> - Overall low engagement with the meatball menu compared to other 
> primary UI elements
> - Very low ratio between users opening the meatball panel and users 
> making a selection in the panel (i.e users don't find what they are in 
> search of)
> - Most meatball menu entries are more used through other entry points 
> such as context menus
> 
> So overall the visual noise added to the UI by the menu was not 
> considered worth its value.

Thanks for the link.

> 
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 7:25 PM Robert Marcano via Enterprise 
> <enterprise at mozilla.org <mailto:enterprise at mozilla.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 3/30/21 12:30 PM, Mike Kaply wrote:
>      > The Page actions menu is going away completely.
> 
>     Interesting. I liked it. Any pointers to the bug or discussion thread
>     about this design change?
> 
>      >
>      > Mike
>      >
>      > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 11:29 AM Thane K. Sherrington
>      > <thane at computerconnectionltd.com
>     <mailto:thane at computerconnectionltd.com>
>      > <mailto:thane at computerconnectionltd.com
>     <mailto:thane at computerconnectionltd.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     I understand Firefox 88 removes Screenshot form the Page Actions
>      >     menu and turns it into a right click option.  Not sure why,
>     as this
>      >     isn't easier for end users.
>      >     Also, if you're going to clean up the Page Actions menu, get
>     rid of
>      >     the "Bookmark this page" and "Save to Pocket" since both of these
>      >     are available from the icons directly to the right of the Page
>      >     Actions icon.  This has always been silly.
>      >
>      >     If I were in charge, I'd remove the bookmarks and pocket
>     options and
>      >     leave the screenshot where it is, since there is zero reason
>     to move
>      >     it and just gives another thing for end users to learn (and
>     most of
>      >     them will just think the screen shot ability has been removed).
>      >
>      >     The UI should be as frictionless as possible.  This adds more
>      >     friction (right click is different than left click) and
>     forces the
>      >     end user to learn something new for absolutely now net benefit.
>      >
>      >     If Firefox was a car, this is the same as moving the
>     emergency brake
>      >     handle to inside the glove compartment - no good reason to do it,
>      >     less intuitive, and more work.
>      >
>      >     Sometimes a new version doesn't need to change stuff.
>      >
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