On 3/2/06, Reinout van Schouwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_frm/thread/85a8c60c5b9a3f93/c4d7088e08d3dfcc?tvc=1&hl=en#c4d7088e08d3dfcc> >
Some interesting proposals there. Hiding the statusbar seems like a huge mistake though, how then to verify suspect links? It always struck me as one of the immediately bad things about IE. I understand that many people don't anyways, but it does seem wrong to take away the chance to maybe catch it. Making the throbber meaningful also seems like a good idea, as do the hover indication for target="_blank" (though FF already solve it perfectly with opening in tabs now, for those who care about it). The proposed integrations of more controls inside the URL bar intiutively seems like a good idea to me, but I can't speak for an inexperienced user. I would like it personally but would like to see some usability testing on it for the benefit of others. Fixed width tabs is still an enormous mistake and the only thing that makes Epiphany impossible for me to use (unless they mean "same width of all tabs, still resizing" which would be fine). I hit the limit within minutes and after that I quickly go through frustration, anger and closing. Actually, even "You can't open more tabs" would be better, especially since it's an abuse of a notebook widget from the start. This bug report has more detail concerning both usability, new user surprise and so on: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330676 I also have to wonder why it is more important to be able to close tabs than to work with tabs, after seeing some comments at the linked group above. FF solves that just fine with middle-click, those who actually need it quickly learns this in my experience. Ideally, of course would be to each his own because this one will probably never find a compromise. -- Kristoffer -- Kristoffer Lundén ✉ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ✉ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gamemaker.nu/ ☎ 0704 48 98 77
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