jhawkins++ I am with James on this one. Would save numerous clicks. -- Mohamed Mansour
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:57 PM, James Hawkins <jhawk...@chromium.org>wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Peter Kasting<pkast...@chromium.org> > wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM, JT Olds <jto...@xnet5.com> wrote: > >> > >> None of the below Linux browsers select the entire URL on the first > click: > >> Firefox > >> Epiphany > >> Seamonkey > >> Galeon > >> Midori > >> Konqueror > >> Dillo > >> > >> In fact, I can't find a single browser that does what you claim on > Linux. > > > > I am on record > > ( > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-reviews/browse_thread/thread/878579dd61c53a00/213560d76d537337 > ) > > as saying "It would be better to just not select the text at all (a la > > Firefox) than to appear to select the text but not update the X primary > > selection. If the current behavior becomes intolerable, that is the > route > > I'd go." > > "Intolerable" is more than just "not how the native controls normally > work" > > -- it's "dramatically interferes with user behavior". That may well be > true > > on Linux. In that thread, though, we discussed a lot of other alternate > > methods of pasting in a URL, such as paste-and-go, middle-clicking blank > > sections of the tabstrip, etc. I'd want some Linux UI folks to be able > to > > say concretely, "we've lived with this for several weeks, and it's > clearly > > not enough; we need to change." > > PK > > > > Will you accept opinions of the opposite? I love our current behavior > and can't stand having to triple-click in Firefox. > > Consider the following cases. > > a) The user is trying to completely change the contents of the omnibox. > - Current behavior: 1 click > - Suggested behavior: 3 clicks > > b) The user is trying to modify the contents of the omnibox. > - Current behavior: 2 clicks > - Suggested behavior: 1 click > > I have no facts to back up this claim, but I'd say that 70% of > operations are of the former (a), with the caveat that this is a > conservative estimate based on my personal experience. > > 100 operations - > Current behavior: 70*1 + 30*2 = 130 clicks > Suggested behavior: 70*3 + 30*1 = 240 clicks > > This analysis only pertains to number of clicks and ignores the issue > of nuking the PRIMARY selection, which I've personally never had a > problem with. > > Linux UI devel, > James Hawkins > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
