Mozilla has posted a startlingly effective video argument for why Firefox 4s default preference will be tabs-on-top. For the first time since the Firefox 4 mockups, we now see a maximized Firefox 4, which uses the Fitt’s Law argument I’ve chimed since 2006 when I tried redesigning the Firefox interface myself:
Of course only Windows gets this benefit, since both Ubuntu and OSX have a menu there.
there are other linuxi besides ubuntu
(and other desktops besides gnome)
adam,
I know there is
But I do consider Ubuntu the most commercial one, and as with usability design, it’s always about the defaults.