however since there are a lot of useful command line switches, it would be nice if they where translated as advanced settings ( i.e. -- enable-extensions, --new-new-tab-page, --single-process, etc )
Daniele On 7 Lug, 06:17, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > Hidden advanced options in general are almost never there, in Chromium, > unless they are in development.The developers here have stated that this > kind of option (hidden advanced options) may be worked on in the future, but > nothing is sure there is surely no estimation regarding when that will ever > happen. > > ☆PhistucK > > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 09:17, Zr40 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Autoscroll is middle-clicking on a page and moving the mouse, so that > > the page scrolls in that direction without any effort. > > > I can see why autoscroll is useful for some power users. But for other > > users, including other power users, this feature is annoying. An often > > cited example is trying to middle-click a link but misclicking. This > > happens either because of actually misclicking, or accidentally > > scrolling (for most users, the middle mouse button is also the scroll > > wheel). This activates autoscroll. The page can scroll off, but even > > if it does not, it requires a second click to deactivate autoscroll > > before the link can be clicked again. > > > The root issue behind this is not misclicking, but the unintuitive > > multiple meanings for the middle mouse button. Middle clicking on a > > tab can only close the tab, and this is intuitive because the tab is a > > distinct visual element. Middle clicking on a navigation button can > > only open the previous/next page in a new tab. This too is a distinct > > visual element. > > > However, links are not distinct visual elements, and don't even need > > to appear as links at all. There can also be non-link elements that > > appear as a link. This actually presents two problems: how can the > > user indicate he wants autoscroll when the mouse is over a link, and > > how can the user indicate he does not want autoscroll when not over a > > link? > > > There have been several issues created about this in the Chromium > > issue tracker. All of them have been merged into issue 12478, which > > has been closed WontFix. However, there has not been any explanation > > at all about why an option to disable autoscroll, hidden or not, will > > not be added. > > > Can the reason for not implementing the option please be explained? Or > > even better, can it be implemented? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
