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* When an addon is selected the most commonly used actions will be displayed within the item that is selected. This will provide a clear separation between global actions and actions for the selected addon. | * When an addon is selected the most commonly used actions will be displayed within the item that is selected. This will provide a clear separation between global actions and actions for the selected addon. | ||
* The selected addon will wrap the description text. | * The selected addon will wrap the description text. | ||
note: ascii art doesn't scale well in all cases and there is an Install button along the bottom as is available with Thunderbird. | note: ascii art doesn't scale well in all cases and there is an Install button along the bottom as is available with Thunderbird. | ||
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| Addons _ - X | | | Addons _ - X | | ||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | ||
| #@@@# | | #@@@# @@@ @@@ | | ||
| #@@@# | | #@@@# @@@ @@@ | | ||
| Extensions | | Extensions Themes Languages | | ||
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | ||
| | @@ DOM Inspector 1.8 |/\| | | | | @@ DOM Inspector 1.8 |/\| | | ||
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| ( @ Disable All ) ( @ Find Updates ) Get More Extensions... | | | ( @ Disable All ) ( @ Find Updates ) Get More Extensions... | | ||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | ||
</pre> | |||
The theme preview area will be separated from the list with a splitter and thereby allow changing the width of the list. This is not easily discoverable (I believe on all OS's except Mac OS X) but I don't see this as a setback since this is the case in most applications that provide this capability. | |||
<pre> | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | ||
| Addons _ - X | | | Addons _ - X | | ||
+------- | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | ||
| @@@ | | @@@ #@@@# @@@ | | ||
| @@@ | | @@@ #@@@# @@@ | | ||
| Extensions | | Extensions Themes Languages | | ||
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | ||
| | @@ Firefox (default) 2.0 || | | | | | @@ Firefox (default) 2.0 || | | | ||
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| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | ||
| ( @ Find Updates ) Get More Themes... | | | ( @ Find Updates ) Get More Themes... | | ||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
</pre> | |||
Available updates will be displayed in their own view that will inlcude all addons that have updates available. It may make sense to only show the Updates pane button when there are updates available. | |||
<pre> | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
| Addons _ - X | | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | |||
| @@@ @@@ @@@ #@@@# | | |||
| @@@ @@@ @@@ #@@@# | | |||
| Extensions Themes Languages Updates | | |||
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | |||
| | @@ DOM Inspector 1.8 |/\| | | |||
| | @@ Inspect the DOM of HTML, XUL, and XML pages, inc...| | | | |||
| | ------------------------------------------------------| | | | |||
| |#@@#Launchy#4.0########################################| | | | |||
| |#@@#Open#links#and#mailto's#with#external#applications#| | | | |||
| |####like#Internet#Explorer,#Netscape,#Opera,#Outlook###| | | | |||
| |####etc################################################| | | | |||
| |###############################Install#this#update#[X]#| | | | |||
| | ------------------------------------------------------| | | | |||
| | @@ Console² 0.3.3 | | | | |||
| | @@ The next generation error console. | | | | |||
| | ------------------------------------------------------| | | | |||
| | @@ Bookmark Backup 0.3 | | | | |||
| | @@ Creates a backup of bookmarks.html each time the...|\/| | | |||
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | |||
| ( @ Install Updates ) Get More Extensions... | | |||
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||