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Before anything,<br>
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<pre>Perhaps! Has anyone tried to implement a Chrome-like solution, or is anyone
willing to?
Gavin</pre>
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My add-on, FindBar Tweak, has implemented this as a feature, and it
has actually been one of the most well-reviewed features it offers,
according to the feedback I get from my users. It also offers the
option to move the new find bar back down on-the-fly, so it's easier
and faster to see the difference this change brings. Link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/findbar-tweak/">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/findbar-tweak/</a> if
you're interested.<br>
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Now, my two cents on the issue, coming from both an end-user of the
findbar and a developer of it as well (add-on); I wouldn't dismiss
the chrome-like approach so quickly, as some appear to be doing. A
smaller find bar serves its purpose as well as a large one, and the
solution Finn Bryant proposed for the horizontal shift issue would
be, IMO, worth trying, at least if that is the final design to go
for.<br>
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However, until the shifting content issues are all fixed, I wouldn't
include the find bar on top as it is in a final release, I don't see
the trade-off "better position vs. shifting content annoyance
sometimes" as being positive overall. I would expect my browsing
experience to be as seamless (as in flowing and continuous) as
possible, and I, as well as I believe many people, would be turned
away from firefox if the web content would just jump like it does
some times, every time I try to find something. I tend to focus
quite heavily on things that move, whenever this issue happens it
usually takes me a second or two to get my brain back into whatever
it was supposed to focus on. Since this is something I can't control
most of the time, as the shifting always catches me by surprise as
well, it becomes quite annoying to have my browsing "interrupted"
like that. Of course, as was mentioned, carrying it to beta would
provide that needed "actual-"user feedback...<br>
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In short: it's an improvement, but it's not yet finished, unfinished
features shouldn't be shipped and used by default, not when they
replace "finished" features. The find bar on the bottom, while maybe
not ideally placed (I agree that controller chrome stuff should go
before controlled content), is functioning perfectly well.<br>
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Luís Miguel<br>
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