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New control panel sucks - why the hell it forces white background and disregards OS visual style? What functionality improvements? I didn't notice any - it got worse, in fact.
1. Please provide an option to use regular OS colors.
2. Enabling and disabling individual trackers got harder (that's the thing I do 99%), not easier. It takes more clicks and mouse movements than before.
I’m
frustrated
Old panel was much better, new panel is annoying and less functional
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Hi Oleg,
Looks aside, could you explain your second point in more detail? How does toggling tracker blocking take more clicks than before?Comment -
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Old panel (in previous versions, which I liked the most - simple and to the point):
1. Click on toolbar, ghostery icon to pop menu
2. Move mouse over tracker of interest
3. Click on an entry to check or uncheck a tracker
That's 2 clicks and 1 short mouse move
'Old' panel (in current ver)
1. Click on toolbar, ghostery icon to pop menu
2. Move mouse over tracker of interest
3. Wait until another menu pops (with 2 mostly useless tasks and 1 really important)
4. Move mouse again to furthest entry from that new popup origination point (while being careful not to dismiss a popup - it is narrow)
5. Click
That's 2 clicks and more mouse movement than before to disable a tracker, with a fair chance to miss 2nd popup on a trackpad. When I do miss a popup, I have to start over. That's more clicks for me.
'New' panel (in current version)
- I haven't tried, it's hurting my eyes and I have no desire to try while it has white background. But I'm sure it's much worse - too much bells and whistles, just by looking at screenshot. -
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I'm a little bit confused by which panel is which.
Here is a screenshot of the original findings menu (Firefox only):
Blocking a tracker requires clicking on the tracker's name, navigating to the submenu and then clicking Block.
Toggling blocking for more than one tracker requires reopening the menu for each tracker and repeating all of the steps above.
Tracker blocking preferences are hidden behind submenus. Site whitelisting status is not immediately clear.-
We plan on discontinuing the findings menu with the 3.0 Ghostery for Firefox update.
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Here is a screenshot of the panel we have in other Ghostery browsers and that we had in Firefox Ghostery before 2.9.0:
Blocking trackers requires clicking Edit Blocking Options and then checking a checkbox next to each tracker name.
Toggling blocking for more than one tracker is easier since the panel doesn't go away after each tracker blocking preference change.
Tracker blocking preferences and site whitelisting status/controls are hidden behind Edit Blocking Options, which is bad.-
We plan on replacing this panel with the new redesigned panel (see below) in the next updates of Ghostery for Chrome, Opera, Safari and IE.
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Here is a screenshot of the panel we have in Firefox Ghostery 2.9.0 and up, and is on the way for all other Ghostery browsers:
Blocking trackers takes one click per tracker; to block, click on the (x) toggle next to each tracker's name.
Toggling blocking for multiple trackers is easy.
Tracker blocking preferences and site whitelisting status/controls are immediately accessible. -
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1Those fancy rounded buttons - I don't even want to touch them.
All I want is an option for OS-std look and feel, with regular interface elements, so that I could control a visual style. Which could stay consistent across all apps. -
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I understand you wish it was native OS widgets. I am not clear on whether you prefer the original menu or the first version of the panel.
If you prefer the original menu, we can't create the fast, easy-to-use UI we want using the menu interface.
If you prefer the first version of the panel, just pretend the fancy rounded buttons are checkboxes.
Try using the new panel please. -
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Maybe I prefer something that didn't exist, but I would like to have a fast access to trackers thru single check-marked menu item. One menu, one list and mouse could travel straight, not on angled path. My recollection this is what interface looked like in some old version.
>Try using the new panel please.
Nah, white background is a deal-breaker (yes, I've suffered thru several versions without a pip, but it really got me now). I could live with fancy buttons, but not with the fixed, always white background.
If an option to use OS widgets isn't feasible, and Ghostery coders can't figure out how to retrieve colors from OS theme (which isn't that difficult, BTW) - please let me specify background color.
Same for the Ghostery options in HTML pages - why do they specify white background color explicitly?-
> One menu, one list and mouse could travel straight, not on angled path.
Yeah, we never had the menu function like this as far as I know. -
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Dark text on a light/white background is what most pages on the Web look like, with good reason ...
Could you please provide a screenshot to illustrate the new panel's colors clashing with your system color scheme?-
I'd also like to see this horrific clash of web color preferences over the white...
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Not for me - I have my custom styles and yes, it's getting harder over time with more and more dickheads forcing their color preferences over mine in HTML.
I know, I'm in minority and nobody really cares about their or my eyes in particular - but here goes my rant:
There's no good, scientific reason for white background - care to cite any link to a study which stated "white emissive color is good for your eyes"? I'm aware of studies who claims the opposite - white emissive color strains an eye most at given luminosity. Reason for an eye strain is simple - there's no pure white color in nature. I came across those studies quite a while ago, too bad most of UI designers are ignorant about neurovisual plasticity.
The only reason for pure white background I'm aware of is an attempt to mimic "whiteness" of paper. Which is nonsense, since real "white" paper is always slightly tinted and it doesn't emit any light, it has reflective color.-
I think the word dick**** is totally unnecessary - Ghostery is FREE and I just don't understand all the crying and whining. I love it, I have an OS X and use Safari - I use the original Ghostery. To fuss about the "forcing" you to not have "your color scheme" is so " like go get a life" - the background of this discussion board is white... so, get over yourself and stop calling my little ghost friend a dick**** - because you're only showing that you might be one. It works perfectly fine and in fact I love it... and I'd even PAY for it.
Your scientific research is not at all impressive.
They make road signs in black and yellow because that is the most contrasting of colors you can have. So?
This is a free service of blocking - and delete it if it's so extremely disturbing to you ( the whiteness and all ) - don't rage on the Ghost. -
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We might offer alternate color schemes for the new panel in the future ( https://getsatisfaction.com/ghostery/... ).
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1I shouldn't have to select an alternate color scheme just for Ghostery. Imagine if every app and every extension did that. You'd spend all your time selecting color schemes.
Obeying the OS color scheme and using native widgets are part of supporting the platform and being a good citizen of the OS. I realize it may be more work, but that's a consequence of releasing an app on multiple platforms.-
Look at it this way: it's impossible to do what we want to do using a menu interface. A menu is a list of items, with possible sub-menus. We want an easy-to-understand, easy-to-use, expressive user interface. Again, a menu is a list of items.
See my UI comparisons above for how many steps it takes to do something in each version of our UI.
Agreed that clashing with OS styles is a problem, but it's a problem we have to solve in the new panel. Going back to the menu is not a real option. -
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This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
i liked the old format better . quit fixin what ain't broke. -
CHAMP
