Brian Smith wrote:
>
> For me personally as a user, functionality seems to be the uppermost concern.
> It seems that most of the work and discussion centers around standards
> compatibility, and meanwhile basic application functionality is left broken.
>
I have to agree with Brian's comments, although I must also admit to
being very impressed with the progress that has been made. As Brian
points out, however, most users will be put off by the usability gaps
that currently exist.
Here are some things I would put as high-priority:
* Get *all* menus, buttons, and dialog boxes working.
* Get printing working.
* Get form submission working. (Try logging in to Travelocity to
see this problem.)
* Establish a list of popular web sites that must work before a
release.
Where applicable, all of the above need to apply to Mail/News as well as
the browser. It's a fact that people expect any modern "browser suite"
to be functional in this area.
Slightly lower priority, but something I think would be useful is an
"Advanced Settings" page in the preferences dialog. This would be
similar to the "Advanced" tab of Internet Explorer's "Internet Options"
dialog or the "Device Settings" tab of the Windows PostScript printer
driver. This is to provide a simple interface to allow GUI-dependent
users to modify their user.js/prefs.js without editting them directly
(even if some settings are just text entry fields).
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