Bamm Gabriana wrote: >> Ok. I _have_ to ask. Why don't you just use the >> keyboard shortcut? (for home, that is) > > > I do. Alt+Home is natural when my hands are on the keyboard.
ok :-) My curiosity got the better of me :o) [...] > But my point is not *my* convenience. (I can work > around it.) The point is that Mozilla has a design > flaw that must be corrected. :) It's hardly a serious one, and one many, I'd guess, could correct after reading some docs. >> Personally, I've never seen the idea of a home buttom myself > > > But it should be an option for those who do. Yes, yes. At some point, when someone gets around to it. > > (I've never seen the idea of a Go button myself but it's there > for the sake of those who do. Far more people have sense for > a Home button than a Go button.) I've never found out what it does actually. > >> Then again, in 1600x1200, real estate isn't as much of a problem as >> webdesigners who think that specifying font size in pixels is the way >> to go :-) > > > It will not be a problem with 1600x1200. But it will be > on a 800x600. Certainly, that was sort of my point. > > Two points here: Monty Python fan there? ;-) > 1) Never assume that everyone's computer is the same as yours. > 2) Never assume that everyone's preferences are the same as yours. > 3) Never assume that everyone know as much as you do. You want lynx then :-) Seriously, those UI guidelines is satisfied by a command prompt... you're advocating flexibility to the max. This has a price though; personally I think mozilla does a fair job af balancing the flexibility versus usabilty. E.g., I'd use a "New Tab" or even "New Window" buttom in the toolbar. But I still havn't got a clue to why anyone want to have just one page as a "home page". Sure, google.com is my home page, but usually I just type "g <query>" rather than actually going to google's front page. > > A good UI design accomodates different resolutions and > different preferences while retaining its intuitiveness. Intuitiveness would IMHO place home in bookmarks or a similar place. > Home is a convenient concept. But if you have to tell > your grandmother to press Alt+Home to go back to her > starting point she would probably never do it. I cannot get my father to install another program on his computer -- so mozilla is not an option for him. I think that we can safely assume that mozilla users are capable of at least installing programs ;-) Anyways, I don't care much one way or another, got plenty of space myself :o) -- regards, Esben home.worldonline.dk/~mesben (danish site)
