Closed
Bug 409781
Opened 17 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
Tab Bar looks messed up in Proto OS X theme in Firefox 3
Categories
(Firefox :: Theme, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: aaron, Unassigned)
Details
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(3 files)
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071019 Firefox/2.0.0.8 GoogleToolbarFF 3.0.20070525 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071019 Firefox/2.0.0.8 GoogleToolbarFF 3.0.20070525 When using the Proto for Mac OS X Theme under Firefox 3 beta 2, the names for tabs in the tab bar appear to have a white "shadow" of the name underneath it. This did not appear in a clean profile for Firefox 3 beta 2. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Not exactly sure what caused it in my Firefox profile. Actual Results: See summary. Expected Results: Looked normal.
Comment 2•16 years ago
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I see the same effect - I guess it's meant to look like Safari? I have to say Safari's tabs are hideous, please don't try to copy them.
Comment 3•16 years ago
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My apologies, I forgot I'd switched themes to GrApple before posting that attachment. The text looks the same in Proto on beta 2 and in the Proto-ised default theme in beta 3.
Comment 4•16 years ago
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(In reply to comment #3) > My apologies, I forgot I'd switched themes to GrApple before posting that > attachment. The text looks the same in Proto on beta 2 and in the Proto-ised > default theme in beta 3. Matt: meaning that this works for you now, yes? If so, I'll mark it.
Comment 5•16 years ago
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No, the text still looks horrible with a very obvious white highlight under each character in 3.0 beta 2 with proto, and beta 3 using the default (i.e. protoised) theme. I'll add another screenshot of vanilla 3.0 beta 3 on OS 10.5.2.
Comment 6•16 years ago
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Comment 7•16 years ago
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I see your screenshots, just not how it's "horrible," but cc:ing Alex for his thoughts.
Comment 8•16 years ago
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Fair enough, I can see that it's essentially a copy of Safari's 'look', and whether that's horrible to any one person could just be opinion. It's possible that monitor setup has a part to play in whether you see this as 'wrong' or not too. I'm using a macBook Pro 15", and an Apple Cinema 23", both calibrated using a colorimiter to 6500K white point and 2.2 gamma. So it looks like Safari, but IMO Safari is not a good looking app by most standards, and the bright white '3D' highlight under the text in the tabs looks very odd to my eyes on my screen(s) - no offence intended, but almost like some kind of early 1990's throwback, retro and cool for a minute but tiresome for longer than that. I suppose I should ask, is proto actually tracking Safari for look and feel, or is it tracking the Apple HIG, or something else?
Comment 9•16 years ago
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Thought I should get specific rather than just moaning: Here's a 2x zoom of an inactive tab. Take a look at: * the white pixels between the top and the cross bar of the 'f' in 'Bancroft' * the random white pixel to the upper-right interior of the 'D' in 'Dow' * The strange rendition of the base of the 'J' in 'Jones' * the white pixel in the crook of the 'r' in 'Bancroft' * the white pixels between the tops and the loops of all the 'a' characters * the white pixels forming almost an 'underlined' effect under all the characters * the lone white pixel middle-left of the 's' in 'Jones' I usually love OS X's font rendering, but something's not right here. It's like there's a contrast or sharpening knob that's been turned to 11.
Comment 10•16 years ago
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>I see your screenshots, just not how it's "horrible," but cc:ing Alex for his
>thoughts.
This fits into our work to get a native appearance, and I think Apple went for this effect since it makes the text a little easier to read (while admittedly also looking like someone turned the contrast up to 11).
Comment 11•16 years ago
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Fair enough, though those native tabs really are the fugliest UI element in the whole OS :-( I don't suppose there's any chance you can start a rebellion?
Updated•15 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Component: Tabbed Browser → Theme
QA Contact: tabbed.browser → theme
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Whiteboard: [wontfix?]
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