Garth Wallace wrote: > grayrest wrote: > >> Luke wrote: >> >>> I don't know what this would take programming-wise, but I'd expect it >>> to be targetted Future... >> >> >> I like this feature. Go ahead and file the bug, it shouldn't be >> difficult, you just trigger on the same event as the "annoying >> rotating arrow": >> *when it starts loading, change the style to underline, >> *when load complete and window is not focused, change to bold, set a >> flag, >> *on focus, clear the flag and set to normal. > > > Hmm...that isn't quite what I meant. Underline wouldn't mean "loading", > it would mean "more has loaded". So if you switch out from a tab where > the loading has stalled, and the loading remains stalled, it does not > get underlined. This wouldn't really replace the spinny icon (which I > don't mind so much, but I can understand why some people dislike it).
Unless there is an onChange event fired when the content of the loading page changes, this feature cannot be done or will be so complex that it'll slow down the whole browser or won't be possible. I won't implement this feature unless said onChange event exists, and then still probably won't because the feature isn't that valuable to me, where as the bold would be. Can anyone say yes or no to onChange existing? I'm leaning towards Bamm's idea of just leaving out the underline, I never did understand why threads get underlined in mailnews and I don't think many users will draw this connection. > Likewise, bold wouldn't mean "load completed", it would mean "you > haven't looked at this tab since it started loading". The title would be > bold as soon as the load *begins*, not when it ends. > > It's for keeping track of which tabs you've looked at already, not > really for keeping track of downloading state. okay, that makes sense, so bold at the beginning. If you switch while the document is loading, does it make the text normal? If it does, how about it makes the text normal till load completes then turns it bold again until the next view? > I use several web-based bulletin board systems, and I usually open all > of the threads I'm interested in in their own tabs. It's usually fairly > easy to keep track of which threads I've seen, but it can get a little > hairy if there are very many threads, or if people use similar or > unimaginative titles. Also, phpBB in particular does not put the thread > title in the page title, so all tabs have the same title and icon. This > feature would make my browsing experience a whole lot more convenient. I do the same thing with searches and whatnot, so as I said, I like the bold idea. > I suppose a tab's title could flash once or twice to signal that it's > done loading. But that's a different issue... nah, that's what the spinny arrow is for, you know the page load is complete when it goes away, no sense in repeating the message that the page is loaded. If you don't like the spinnyarrow, make an animated gif you do like that's the same size, name it to the same thing, and replace the spinnyarrow with the one you made. grayrest
