On Jul 2, 7:58 am, Tripp Lilley <[email protected]> wrote:
...
> With all of that in mind, then, I believe the following activation
> model and UI would go a long way toward satisfying a broad user base:
>
> 1) Clicking on the FF status bar bug on an unknown site both activates
> and displays (attached.)
As is in 1.4.
> 1.a) upon initial activation, a "remember" pane displays with options
> for what to remember, as well as "not now," "never ask on this site,"
> and "never ask again."
We had this kind of interlocking options thing in 1.3; its very hard
to explain to users. So imagine that the default or the remember panel
was "never ask again" ;-)
>
> 2) Clicking on the FF status bar bug hides, but does not deactivate.
As is in 1.4.
>
> 3) Clicking on the "minimize" button (either a [_] or an [x], but not
> both buttons) hides the UI.
? Either button minimizes? Currently [_] minimizes.
>
> 4) Clicking on the "detach" button ([^]) detaches
Yes, but the icon is more like two overlapping windows.
> 4.a) the "detach" button changes to the "re-attach" button ([v])
> 4.b) clicking the "re-attach" button re-attaches.
We did not implement re-attach, sorry.
> 4.c) clicking the "minimize" button hides the UI, maintaining its
> detached-ness.
As in 1.4.
>
> 5) Clicking the "pin" button ([pushpin]) brings up the persistence
> options for this url/site/wildcard, unless it seems better to bury
> this further.
Imagine it is buried....
>
> > Deactivation is destructive: all of the console/script/net panel data
> > will be erased.
>
> Agreed. So move "deactivation" (note: not FORGET ACTIVATION PREF, just
> DEACTIVATE FOR NOW) to the FB title bar's bug menu, or to a right-
> click on the FF status bar bug, or to another top-right button, but
> NOT the rightmost, since that's where (non-Mac and non-BeOS) people
> instinctively reach for "close this window."
I think users would hate this. Deactivate now but reactivate next time
is exactly the behavior that started this thread. The cause was
different: Firebug had a different idea of "next time" than users.
That is, Firebug considers http://foo.bar.com different from http://fuz.bar.com,
but users considered them to be the same. Activate Same Origin causes
the *bar.com pages to look the same to Firebug.
jjb
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