Why FF4 is so Slow
After Twittering that FireFox 4 was incredibly slow I was met with disbelief on Twitter and elsewhere that I mentioned it. I was told how fast FF4 is, now.
I seriously do not like FireFox because it was so pathetically slow and because it ignores good user interface experience strategies. I was actually baffled how anyone would think that the thing was any faster, as it was so slow that it nearly crashed my Asus EeePC netbook.
Well, I finally fired-up that little Windows 7 netbook again yesterday and discovered what the problem is. FF4 is allowing multiple and simultaneous video streams to run all at once. What? C’MON MAN! Who the hell designs anything with multiple active video streams on the same page?
To further complicate this issue, FireFox 4 is allowing these simultaneous video streams to run even though the page it is loading isn’t active. Huh? C’MON MAN! That is uncalled for.
Why would anyone want to load multiple pages at the same time, you may ask? Why not? If you are loading a page from an African web host (which have notoriously slow connections), you may load another website in another tab while you are waiting for the African website to load over seemingly slow dial-up speeds.
This isn’t even close to being every case. I am a webmaster, a hostmaster and a web designer. As a part of my daily duties I like to insure that my sites, as well as my client’s sites, are loading as expected each day. So my “Home” page button is a collection of all the sites I have to check. I need to ensure that the various hosting solutions I am offering are performing well, that my websites are loading quickly and correctly, that my sites have not been hacked, that the system is working correctly for myself & my clientel.
As it happens, a variety of those websites each have video on them, and as a part of the marketing it loads and plays by default. Anyone may pause the play. And until FF4, only one of these sites were streaming video when the web page they reside on wasn’t active (in focus).
But FireFox 4 has changed all that. And because FF4 is loading all these different video streams in the background, the browser slows to a crawl. As I press buttons, maybe something will happen, eventually. The user interface is nearly useless. The multiple videos that are playing are completely broken-up as the system races to deliver all the data, including those out-of-focus video streams on tabs that aren’t even viewable. And it runs every single video stream as if they all needed to be run at the same time.
C’MON MAN!
As designers we can do much better jobs of designing apps that work. The user is robbed of any ability to navigate. The video stream is corrupted, the user experience is destroyed through excessive stupidity in implementation.
C’MON MOZILLA! Get your head out of its ass.
May 1, 2011 Posted by domainating | Brands, Internet, Product Design, Sales, Software, The Human Condition, User Interface eXperience, Web Design & Development | applications, browser, browsers, FF4, firefox 4, internet, mozilla, UI, UIX, user friendliness, user interface, web, Windows 7, world wide web, worldwide web | Leave a comment
FireFox 4 First Impression: It Sucks
I downloaded the new version 4 of FireFox and installed it on my 1 GHz Asus Eee PC Netbook. I have to tell you that I am extremely alarmed by what I see. The very first thing that caught my eye was that although FireFox was describing this version as faster, it was noticeably slower on my lil’ netbook. That does NOT bode well for me. On top of this, I just plain hate deceitful advertising. My web pages were loading at least 1/2 speed.
What struck me next was the new interface. Why is it that developer’s ignore design? Why is it that when guy does one thing another guy has to follow suit? Since when does Mozilla jump into a “Monkey see, monkey do.” attitude. This is pure idiocy!
When Microsoft’s IE8 came out and misplaced the refresh/reload page button to the right side of the browser address bar, it was Internet Explorer’s death knell. This was such a huge user interface navigation mistake that it helped usher in a new age where FireFox became the predominant browser of choice because so many people were absolutely frustrated with the IE8 interface that moved everything around where no one was used to them.
Guess what? Mozilla does not want FireFox 4 to be a familar tool that works well, anymore. They have decided to follow suit and copy IE8’s pathetic user interface by hiding all the most often used controls in plain sight. Once again, the page reload button is relocated to the right of the browser’s URL address bar. This gives me great pause, to realize that corporations are so secure in their knowledge of what is best for us in terms of the human interface experience. So I wonder whether it will be Google Chrome or Opera that we migrate to?
Safari has already made the jump to a right side refresh/reload button, so I don’t think that they will ever be a factor in the browser wars until the iPhone becomes a significant web browsing platform. And it just may, they already dominate the smartphone market. Furthermore, I think that the impact of small device web browsing has not yet been felt. Mobile device web browsing is, afterall, not yet in the hands of everyone. Nor is anyone making it affordable for everyone, yet. But once someone realizes its potential, we will all be jumping on it because it is so convenient, in order to accommodate our growing digital lifestyle.
Why is placing the refresh/reload button on the other side of the address bar such a navigation nightmare? This practice is breaking simple user interface friendliness guidelines. The issue is not that the button has been moved to the other side of the browser bar, the issue is that the user interface has not been moved to the other side of the browser bar with it. The forward, back and reload buttons offer the most used rudimentary control over surfing. To separate any of these navigation devices simply decreases their convenience. To not understand this one aspect of the user’s navigation interface experience is quite simply shamefully stupid.
There will be those who will take issue with the last three lines in that last paragraph. Their argument will be that all a user has to do is type a return in the browser bar. But what they fail to realize is that not everyone is like them. Not everyone thinks or does everything the same way and the complete failure to either understand or provide for these alternate minded people is complete insanity.
Let’s face it, we have been doing things certain ways for years. People are accustomed to them. They are used to clicking buttons, they are used to finding all their navigation in the same area. It makes no matter that “Instead you can…” that is not an argument, that is an excuse. Navigation, whether on a web page interface, or in a software interface, should never be separated. Especially when it all performs a simple derivative of the same function (GOTO: back a page, same page or next page).
Developers are thinking logically while creative types are thinking creatively. For an anal mind to dictate how a user interface is setup without consulting a creative mind shows true lack of vision for the big picture. Straight out of the box, FireFox 4 not only fails to impress, it offends me. Don’t get me wrong, I am only speaking for me. But it does. It fails to take into consideration any alternate view of navigation or user friendliness. It separates the navigation buttons and discombobulates the system, completely. I, as a designer of friendly interactive web page navigation systems myself, consider this UI a sinful, evil thing. It amazes me that they would ever allow this interface to ship as it is.
OK, there it is, my first impression after downloading, installing and running the new version 4 of Mozilla’s FireFox. It just plain sucks. It looks like crap and it scares me because it makes assumptions on what I need and takes liberties with a user interface that worked. In my view, it is less useful and extremely unfriendly as a user interface. My web pages all load slower now, and that also ticks me off. I am not impressed.
That’s my first impression. FireFox 4 sucks. I hate it. But that is only after my first impression. Mozilla says that it is completely customizable. That will be my next post, can we fix this piece of crap? All it really needs is a few tweaks. Or is it completely broken?
March 25, 2011 Posted by domainating | Brands, Computing, Devices, Graphic Design, User Interface eXperience, Web Design & Development | FireFox, firefox 4, mozilla, nav, navigation, UI, UIX, user friendliness, user friendly, user interface | 11 Comments
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I’ve been working a “part-time” position at Kohl’s for the past couple of years trying to get my foot in the door for a permanent full-time graphic design position. I put the “part-time” in quotes because it’s wrong. Under the company policy I am a part-timer, but I have and often do work full-time hours. The truth is that I am usually working full-time hours when retail business is in season, and cut down to almost no hours without a moment’s notice when it is not. So I am not real happy with the retail industry because they just don’t take care of their employees and if you hurt yourself at work their insurance company treats you terribly.
In the meantime, I create logos and websites as a freelancer in my spare time. I also enjoy creating fonts. You can see my entire collection of freeware TTF PC fonts at my Font-Journal.com website by searching my name, Doug Peters. I also try to keep up a small portfolio of my work at Doug-Peters.com.
I had been employed full time by Syd’s Eastside Auto Salvage, Inc. in Yankton, South Dakota, as the webmaster and online marketing director on a very flexible schedule that allowed me to continue My work for my clientel as their graphic and web designer for a couple and a half years. But I was laid-off. Times were getting rough and the economy was bad, which is why I took that position in the first place.
When I freelance, I usually do it as Symbiotic Design. This allows Me some flexibility with my employer so that I can clear hours and availability, if need be, to accomplish a large project, should one arise. This gives me the fortunate ability to concentrate on my client’s projects and design concerns without distraction from My full time hours as a part-time employee, if need be.
I pride Myself in the quality of work I do and in the finished product that I deliver. If ever you are not satisfied with any of My delivered design, illustration, or artwork I will always try to address your concerns or refund your commission. That guarantee comes with a double-edged sword, though. If you do not listen to Me, an art educated, design sensitive realistic idealist, you may choose the worst design I offer. Therefore, I now only take on clients that believe in Me, understand My work, and have faith in My skills.
However, please also remember that I also hire developers to tackle specific programming tasks as may be required per job according to functionality. Therefore any development work (programming) requirements are not refundable. Luckily, as a designer, I also have many scripts and open source applications from which I can draw, utilize and customize for My clients.
As a graphic designer, I excel in a few Adobe products such as Photoshop, Illustrator & Dreamweaver. I also have experience in Premiere and Director and other videographic technologies through my work at the University of Sioux Falls. I am also teaching myself Flash to compliment and animate My experience with Adobe Illustrator.
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