816499 - Implement smoother zooming on OS X like Safari or Opera

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 688990

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

As for all versions of Firefox so far, pinch-zooming on a trackpad for OS X does not have smooth scrolling. You must keep pinching in order to zoom up on something. Compared to Safari, this makes Firefox feel dated.

Safari's zoom may be quite hard to implement, but even something like Opera, would be nice. I will add three videos to compare in a little while.

Something needs to be implemented for a better pinch-zooming experience on OS X.

Comment 1

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

Firefox Zoom Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ly869rxn6a0a70j/Firefox-zoom.mov

Opera Zoom Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0qqma7cgfwb5amh/Opera-zoom.mov

Safari Zoom Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/31aw139y09v81rf/Safari-zoom.mov

Comment 2

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

Sorry, links broke. Here they are again.

Firefox Zoom Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/17d6mzsyjqy6gjm/Firefox-zoom.mov

Opera Zoom Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tqiufblqut3g254/Opera-zoom.mov

Safari Zoom Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ep21i0ioddsau6/Safari-zoom.mov