I already tried this one and got no where with them. And at the end of the day it is their project - just switch on your bookmark bar permanently.
Chris On Dec 16, 1:41 am, Bizzeh <[email protected]> wrote: > this views do intersect with my own, however i do not feel that i was > fairly treated. i feel as if i was treated as "the kid that nobody > wants around at school" because everybody is fine as they are. what i > have tried to introduce today is a feature that is a staple part of a > browser, fast no-frills access to a users bookmarks. as this was met > with critisism from the start, i tried the harder in order to win > favour for compleating the feature. which was then met with "why > should we add it when we dont know if people want it, and it might > mess up our image", which i have taken the liberty of translating "we > dont want to be anything like the other browsers at the detrement of > our own browsers usability". > > i wasnt in any way trying to be nasty or offencive. i was simply > speaking my mind about the situation in hand that should never have > risen its head. > > the least i expected was for the feature i had taken the time to > create to be considered, rather than instantly dismissed. > > Regards, > Darren > > On 16 Dec, 01:32, "Ben Goodger (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for taking the time to send us your thoughts. > > > Chrome functions as a project at scale by maintaining a set of > > development principles (some of which are outlined > > here:http://dev.chromium.org/developers/contributing-code). One of these > > principles is encouraging communication with each other in a > > reasonable fashion. > > > To be a successful member of the Chromium project, you should be > > mindful of the way we work and considerate of the principles that we > > think are important (such as communicating your ideas early, building > > consensus, backing up your arguments with data where appropriate, > > being prepared to have your ideas be challenged by your peers). Coming > > in and trying to blackmail us by saying we're losing a developer if we > > don't agree with you isn't going to work. > > > If these values don't intersect with yours, then there may not be a > > good cultural fit for you in the Chromium project. > > > -Ben > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Bizzeh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > this has totally missed the issue, the issue is not about user > > > customisation, its about user experiance. > > > > nowhere did i mention anything about customising the toolbar, and > > > nowhere did i limit it. > > > > what i did do, was reduce the amount of time needed to navigate > > > bookmarks, and make it obvious that chrome actually has the feature. > > > > please, i am not some stupid kid who will fall for tactics such as > > > avoiding the question, and creating unanswerable questions. > > > > congratulations on loosing a potential developer > > > > On 16 Dec, 01:16, "Ben Goodger (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I am generally supportive of allowing users to put UI elements where > > >> they want, but I think the right context for this work is in allowing > > >> our toolbars to be customizable, as is possible in other software, > > >> rather than special casing this one particular issue. The end result > > >> for you, and others who have the same preferences is the same, but the > > >> way of getting there is much more powerful (and allows other people to > > >> create the configurations they want, too). > > > >> -Ben > > > >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Darren Horrocks > > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > i have recently created a patch and submitted it to codereview > > >> >http://codereview.chromium.org/14441/show > > > >> > the patch adds a menu button to the right of the address bar and the > > >> > menu > > >> > gives a menu of all the bookmarks within the bookmark manager and > > >> > allows for > > >> > a user to navigate to their bookmarks without the need for the > > >> > bookmark bar > > >> > or opening a new tab and then going to the bookmark button. > > > >> > the patch was designed for generally speeding up access to the users > > >> > bookmarks, as this is one of the most complained about missing > > >> > features that > > >> > i have heard while in offices and around the web and around irc. > > >> > IE7 has the star button, IE6 had the old style dropdown menu, safari > > >> > also > > >> > has the old style dropdown menu as with IE6. firefox and opera also > > >> > have > > >> > similar features directly on the main interface without the need to > > >> > waste > > >> > extra screen real estate on another toolbar we dont need. > > > >> > as this is at most a 28 pixel reduction in the width of the address > > >> > bar, > > >> > this is a far better use of the screen than 24 pixels of height in the > > >> > form > > >> > of an additional toolbar removing from the actual browser visability. > > > >> > and as most people will only use the bookmark bar to access the "other > > >> > bookmarks" button, this truly is wasted space. > > > >> > Regards, > > >> > Darren- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. 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