(With apologies to Slashdot user PitaBread, regarding the title)

I downgraded to Firefox 2 (download link). So, Guinness, you may want to subtract one from the download day.

Actually, Firefox 3 was pretty nice, mostly in that it did not initially cause me problems. Yes, the address bar’s being so helpful would have taken a bit to get used to, but user-friendliness seems to be inevitable in software. With time, I may have even liked it. But I may not get to find out. Why?

Bilinear filtering of images. Basically, Firefox tries to smooth out images when they’re not displayed at the file’s resolution. On the surface, this seems a good idea. In reality, it’s made my head hurt. Seriously. It’s like trying to watch a just barely out-of-focus movie. I’m not the only one who’s unimpressed. But, my big complaint is that there appears to be no way of turning this off. I’m trying to decide if that makes Firefox 3 more annoying or only just as annoying as Microsoft’s ribbons. I think more: the ribbons just piss me off, they don’t give me a headache. But, just like ribbons, there’s no off button. Then, again, I can downgrade Firefox for free, so maybe it’s a wash.

Anyway, I recommend adding a note at Hendrix, Mozilla’s feedback site, for anyone else who doesn’t care for this “feature”.