216292 - Default toolbar icons should include PRINT button

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, enhancement)

Description

[Peter Hewitt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030813 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030813 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1+

The default set of icons on the Firebird toolbar should have the print button on
it. I believe that it would be nice located between the URL and Google boxes.
(Makes it more like IE and helps seperate those two boxes).

The print button is default on most apps so I think it should be on Firebird aswell.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use default toolbar
2.There is no print button

Comment 1

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Confirming for developer consideration

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

I disagree completely.  The number of people that actually print web pages is
small.  The defaults should be clutter-free, and anything that the majority
won't use is clutter to the majority.

Comment 3

[Mauricio Collares [:collares]]

The current default toolbar configuration does not have the Address Bar split
from the toolbar buttons/throbber. Also, it lacks essential buttons like
"Bookmarks", "Downloads", "Print" and "Go". This makes the browser experience
very unfriendly for the user.

Please, reconsiderate the defaults for toolbars, as they are not optimal.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

not in the plan. wontfix.

Comment 6

[Moritz Franosch]

Thank you for pointing out the duplicate.

An icon for printing (and, presumably, bookmarks and all other icons Internet
Explorer displays by default) should be present in the toolbar by default because

1. Former users of other browsers expect a printing icon to be in the
toolbar. If the icon is not there unexperienced uses may think printing is even
impossible.

2. By anecdotic evidence I can say that this bug is a real drawback for Firefox as Firefox is perceived as inferior (less options) to Internet Explorer or other browsers by new users at first sight. New users often say: How can I print? I can't! Let's stay with my previous browser (which is often IE).

3. The majority of people, especially the inexperienced, indeed do print web pages (for example google maps, train and flight connections, even emails are printed frequently).

4. Experienced users who do not want clutter (I do not want it either) either never use the buttons (I use the keyboard) or they find the option View->Toolbars-Customize. The toolbar is for inexperienced or first-time users only who want to get a job done and do not mind clutter.

5. A google search on "add firefox print icon toolbar" show that a print icon is a widely demanded feature.


Therefore, I'd suggest to include Print, Bookmarks and New Tab, but at least Print, into the default toolbar.

By the way. I've just removed the "Home" icon. I have have really _never_ used it although I possibly would have used the print icon sometimes if it had been there. So, what is experienced as "clutter" and what as "wow, so many features" much depends on the individual. But I think it will not be perceived as clutter if the most important icons are there, readily accessible, like in most other browsers (IE 5,6,7, Seamonkey and Konqueror all have the Print icon).

Thank you very much.