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===Equivalents for desktop UI areas=== | ===Equivalents for desktop UI areas=== | ||
That's fine if you're creating something from scratch, but what about bringing your desktop Firefox add-on over to Fennec's different UI-space? What if you're using | That's fine if you're creating something from scratch, but what about bringing your desktop Firefox add-on over to Fennec's different UI-space? What if you're using application menus, toolbars, sidebars, statusbars, or context menus? | ||
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/menros/3910951232/sizes/m/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3910951232_31f23f2b8c.jpg] | |||
Fennec doesn't have any of these! It's helpful to think about what these areas tend to provide, and then look for ways to accomplish the same ends with the tools that Fennec provices. | Fennec doesn't have any of these! It's helpful to think about what these areas tend to provide, and then look for ways to accomplish the same ends with the tools that Fennec provices. | ||
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context menus: object related actions, hiding many actions (unfortunately) | context menus: object related actions, hiding many actions (unfortunately) | ||
So what can you use instead? | |||
* Sidebars become permanent tabs? The idea behind sidebars is to provide ambient or close-at-hand access to persistent or updating content (like a twitter feed). On a small screen though, keeping it on-screen isn't really an option. Close-at-hand, though is -- and it turns out we have a handy mechanism for quickly switching between sets of content: tabs. | |||
quick access go on awesomebar screen? | quick access go on awesomebar screen? | ||
above titlebar or below content? | above titlebar or below content? | ||
* Ambient indicators become alerts? Or better, "peek indicators?" | |||
or, better, peek indicators? | or, better, peek indicators? | ||
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/menros/3910193237/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2633/3910193237_8bea571a09.jpg] | |||
tap and hold for context access | tap and hold for context access | ||