On Aug 21, 6:53 pm, privacydoesntexist <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 21, 9:27 am, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Good news: I have a simple fix for you: Don't use "Off for Alll
> > Pages".
>
> > More good news! Another simple fix! Don't use "On for all Pages".
>
> I think what's missing here, is that there is a 3rd option, where both
> "on" and "off" are both disabled. A week ago I was having the same
> problem as described. I had "Off for all pages" enabled. When this
> didn't do what I wanted, I selected "On for all pages" which disabled
> "Off for all pages". It took me several days before I happened to
> *accidentally* select the currently enabled option in the menu, that I
> realized there is a 3rd option. This 3rd option seems to remember the
> on/off state of Firebug on a per domain basis (please correct me if
> I'm wrong) which is exactly what I wanted.
The 3rd option is the default behavior for 1.4. If 1.4 is working
properly, most users do not need to set any options. If 1.4 is not
working properly, try 1.5a21, http://getfirebug.com/releases.
>
> Perhaps there is a better way to present these three states. Currently
> we have the menu equivalent of two checkboxes:
> [ ] Off for all pages
> [ ] On for all pages
>
> The problem is the way this is implemented is more like radio buttons
> because turning one on turns the other off. This hides the fact that
> they can both be off.
Yes, I did not expect this. Anyway both options will be removed in 1.5
in favor of better alternatives (Clear All activations, and On By
Default).
> Perhaps if there was a 3rd menu item for "Remember state for all
> pages" or something like that, and all 3 would be mutually exclusive.
>
> LD
Yes, that might have helped.
jjb
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