Comment 95 for bug 691380

(In reply to comment #91)
> Well, I could argue that Firefox still uses the old drop-down style widgets for
> some things (search engine management is one)... but really I think this is
> more of a styling issue - so, yes, you could just use the same style for the
> 'drop-down' as is used for the Firefox 'Edit Bookmark' widget. This would be ok
> for the *vertical (drop-down) version, but definitely not for the horizontal
> version (the one I like best now), because it needs to be just a one-liner.

If the search engine management you're talking about is the dropdown that lets you pick a search engine, the difference is that clicking an item makes the dropdown go away. Obviously, you can't do it that way for this, since it would be annoying to have to open the dropdown multiple times to tweak the options.

The type of container (a XUL <panel> in this case) isn't going to dictate what the contents look like, and with the right styling, I think people will be able to figure out how it works more quickly just due to precedent (I know I would). I actually looked at the source and the horizontal version is a <panel> right now, which is good. I think it needs some more styling, though.

So, short version: I don't like the dropdown and I think it's confusing.