Bug#747828: iceweasel: the UI is completely broken: no menu bar, no status bar...

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2014-05-12 19:31:45 +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
> There are addons to get the old UI, including the menu bar and the
> status bar.

I think that there should be a file to give information / references
on how to get these things back. The NEWS file should be used to give
some information (but it would be nice if information could be given
when the user starts FF29 for the first time). Even if the user isn't
the admin, if he notices some important changes, the NEWS file is the
place one generally looks at in the first place, AFAIK.

I have collected some links:

  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/learn-more-about-the-design-of-new-firefox
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-to-the-file-edit-and-view-menus
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-bar-quick-access-to-add-ons
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-make-new-firefox-look-like-old-firefox
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-to-the-add-on-bar

but I haven't had the time yet to look at them in detail (it seems
that some infomation doesn't correspond to the FF29 behavior, either
because of a bug or because of obsolete information).

> > Upstream also says that this page is available in the Help menu,
> > but this menu is not available by default with the new UI. Only
> > a tour can make you know how to get this back!
> 
> Cf. above, there is such a menu.

It is not obvious to find, in particular because FF29 has a very
specific UI, which doesn't look like the one of other applications.
Hence the need of a page that explains the new UI.

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