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Revision as of 17:07, 22 January 2010
, 22 January 2010→Various Ideas for Tabs, Toolbars, and Windows
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*Text readability improvements: 1)button/keybind to automatically narrow text to a pre-configured width - text extending accross the whole width of the window is cumbersome to read - possibly configurable to multi-column mode; 2)"Visibility imprint" - on quick scroll operations (PgUP, PgDn, mousewheel...) the previously visible area should be delimited by a frame/line for a certain period of time, after which the frame disappears or fades out, so it's easier to find the last read line; and 3)Improved automatic scrolling: finer control for very slow scrolling and freeing up the mouse. Like current autoscrolling, only finer controls (the current slowest is still too fast) and the possibility to detach the mouse, for instance by re-clicking the middle button, upon which the mouse is free to move but the page continues autoscrolling. | *Text readability improvements: 1)button/keybind to automatically narrow text to a pre-configured width - text extending accross the whole width of the window is cumbersome to read - possibly configurable to multi-column mode; 2)"Visibility imprint" - on quick scroll operations (PgUP, PgDn, mousewheel...) the previously visible area should be delimited by a frame/line for a certain period of time, after which the frame disappears or fades out, so it's easier to find the last read line; and 3)Improved automatic scrolling: finer control for very slow scrolling and freeing up the mouse. Like current autoscrolling, only finer controls (the current slowest is still too fast) and the possibility to detach the mouse, for instance by re-clicking the middle button, upon which the mouse is free to move but the page continues autoscrolling. | ||
*Scroll document with middle mouse button click-drag-release. The reverse to the familiar glove that moves the document. This behavior maps to how scrollwheels/scrollballs work, which often also occupy middle mouse button. | *Scroll document with middle mouse button click-drag-release. The reverse to the familiar glove that moves the document. This behavior maps to how scrollwheels/scrollballs work, which often also occupy middle mouse button. | ||
*"Application Mode" - allow web applications to act more like native applications. Give them the ability to have their own launcher from the Start Menu or Dock, and their own icon and process so that the OS can treat apps like gmail just like any other app. Currently such apps are labelled "Firefox" by the OS. Hide unnecessary GUI elements such as Bookmarks bar and Address bar in this mode, for more screen real estate. (Very nice idead - i think you can make something like this with 5 lines of VB but launching firefox.exe -appmode -url http... would be cool! When the Browser runs in appmode there JS should allowed to modify the window's behavior) | *"Application Mode" - allow web applications to act more like native applications. Give them the ability to have their own launcher from the Start Menu or Dock, and their own icon and process so that the OS can treat apps like gmail just like any other app. Currently such apps are labelled "Firefox" by the OS. Hide unnecessary GUI elements such as Bookmarks bar and Address bar in this mode, for more screen real estate. (Very nice idead - i think you can make something like this with 5 lines of VB but launching firefox.exe -appmode -url http... would be cool! When the Browser runs in appmode there JS should allowed to modify the window's behavior) | ||
* Related to "Application Mode". A windowed full screen mode. Effectivly hiding all GUI. Shortcut could be "Shift + F11". Would be useful when working with two windows side-by-side. With windows 7 split screen (pin to side) feature, this will become a more popular way to browse two pages at once, especially webapps. | |||
*Auto-fix tabs whose pages containing user-changed data in input or textarea fields (asking confirmation when attempting to close) | *Auto-fix tabs whose pages containing user-changed data in input or textarea fields (asking confirmation when attempting to close) | ||
*In addition to the current "block all pop-ups except from this site list" option, also have "block pop-ups from this site list" | *In addition to the current "block all pop-ups except from this site list" option, also have "block pop-ups from this site list" | ||