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{{FeatureBrainstorming}}
<table class="fullwidth-table">
<tr><th>Specific features</th>
<th>References</th>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Integrate with platform password management
* GNOME, KDE and Mac OS X both provide facilities (keyring and kwallet) to store passwords. Firefox should use them so that one can use passwords originally entered in Konqueror in Firefox (or vice versa)
</td>
<td>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278343 bug 278343]
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248173 bug 309807]</td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Use native GTK Widgets for form elements
* On Windows the Form Widgets follow the currently selected theme (for instance luna). It should do on linux as well.
</td>
<td>
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39375 bug 39375]</td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Follow System wide Icon theme
* On Linux there one can set a global icon theme. Firefox should take advantage of this and follow the system icon theme as default. (or at least optionally)
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Use the DE's settings to determine programs
* On Windows, this works well already (you can for example download a zip file and it'll be opened with WinZip or whatever you are using. On Linux, this doesn't quite work yet (at least not with KDE) and you often have to choose your application manually.
; Even better: use portland determine programs
* Project Portland (portland.freedesktop.org) is the solution to this problem.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; use a KDE-style keyboard shortcut dialog
* Similarly to the settings dialog, KDE offers a standardized dialog to set up keyboard shortcuts. Again, this is very handy because it's in the same place for _all_ KDE applications and it behaves the same and you don't have to search for it. (nb: even if you don't use KDEs dialog (you probybly won't), at least provide _some_ user-friendly way to configure keyboard shortcuts)
</td>
<td>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57805 bug 57805]
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257241 bug 257241]</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Download Progress in OS X
* Implement the download progress icon on incomplete file downloads on Mac OS X like Safari and Cyberduck.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Services Integration in OS X
* Firefox does not supports Mac OS X services so that all the commands available in the "Services" menu are disabled. Other OS X applications (es. Safari) allows the user to use a services when some data, like text, is selected.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; AppleScript Dictionary support in OS X
* Firefox does not provide an AppleScript dictionary, so manipulating the browser through AppleScript is not possible.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Search Integration
* Integrate history, bookmarks, or other forms of harvested micro-formatted content with OS search platforms such as Vista Search or Spotlight in Mac OS X or [http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/ Tracker] on Linux.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Print Integration with GNOME (and other DEs)
* Using Firefox for Linux with Gnome, printing options are very limited because Firefox has its own print dialog which doesn't let you change printer settings like color depth, resolution and many other useful printer-specific settings. An integration with Desktop Environment printing UI will be very appreciated (and probably not only on Linux/Gnome environment).
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Emulation of IE Web Application (.HTA) support (Windows only?)
* It would remove one of the last barriers to replacement of IE in typical corporate/intranet environments if FF supported the .HTA file format & resulting behavior (opens the page an in 'application window' sans typical browser chrome). Ideally this would include support for the (Microsoft documented) meta tags/attributes for .HTA files, but it still would be very useful even without that. Obviously there is a potential security trade-off here; but with safe defaults (in a future FF) and given typical usage scenarios, I believe that this would still widely acceptable to users.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Emulation of IE Create (Desktop) Shortcut support (Windows only?)
* Use case: be able to create a double-clickable icon that can be shared with colleagues. Use case: be able to 'book mark' pages/sites of interest in a way that is: 1) ultra light-weight and 2) can leverage the visibility and spatial cues that the (Windows) desktop affords.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; the avdance config of the browser
* Remove the "show password" in the password manager;
* Add the possibility to use mutiple home page; EX:(to open all your stuff yourstuff in different tab just by opening Firefox)
* Include better management for pdf (it just froze 10% of the time)
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Remove OS-specifics on paths
* OS-specific configuration options, so parameters that require a dir (such as default download destination) will work on multiple OS.
* Allow backslash in URLs to be treated as a forward slash (some sites have this error in their links, IE will correct it)
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="fullwidth-table">
<tr><th>Specific features</th>
<th>References</th>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Integrate with platform password management
* GNOME, KDE and Mac OS X both provide facilities (keyring and kwallet) to store passwords. Firefox should use them so that one can use passwords originally entered in Konqueror in Firefox (or vice versa)
</td>
<td>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278343 bug 278343]
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248173 bug 309807]</td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Use native GTK Widgets for form elements
* On Windows the Form Widgets follow the currently selected theme (for instance luna). It should do on linux as well.
</td>
<td>
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39375 bug 39375]</td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Follow System wide Icon theme
* On Linux there one can set a global icon theme. Firefox should take advantage of this and follow the system icon theme as default. (or at least optionally)
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Use the DE's settings to determine programs
* On Windows, this works well already (you can for example download a zip file and it'll be opened with WinZip or whatever you are using. On Linux, this doesn't quite work yet (at least not with KDE) and you often have to choose your application manually.
; Even better: use portland determine programs
* Project Portland (portland.freedesktop.org) is the solution to this problem.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; use a KDE-style keyboard shortcut dialog
* Similarly to the settings dialog, KDE offers a standardized dialog to set up keyboard shortcuts. Again, this is very handy because it's in the same place for _all_ KDE applications and it behaves the same and you don't have to search for it. (nb: even if you don't use KDEs dialog (you probybly won't), at least provide _some_ user-friendly way to configure keyboard shortcuts)
</td>
<td>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57805 bug 57805]
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257241 bug 257241]</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Download Progress in OS X
* Implement the download progress icon on incomplete file downloads on Mac OS X like Safari and Cyberduck.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Services Integration in OS X
* Firefox does not supports Mac OS X services so that all the commands available in the "Services" menu are disabled. Other OS X applications (es. Safari) allows the user to use a services when some data, like text, is selected.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; AppleScript Dictionary support in OS X
* Firefox does not provide an AppleScript dictionary, so manipulating the browser through AppleScript is not possible.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Search Integration
* Integrate history, bookmarks, or other forms of harvested micro-formatted content with OS search platforms such as Vista Search or Spotlight in Mac OS X or [http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/ Tracker] on Linux.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Print Integration with GNOME (and other DEs)
* Using Firefox for Linux with Gnome, printing options are very limited because Firefox has its own print dialog which doesn't let you change printer settings like color depth, resolution and many other useful printer-specific settings. An integration with Desktop Environment printing UI will be very appreciated (and probably not only on Linux/Gnome environment).
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Emulation of IE Web Application (.HTA) support (Windows only?)
* It would remove one of the last barriers to replacement of IE in typical corporate/intranet environments if FF supported the .HTA file format & resulting behavior (opens the page an in 'application window' sans typical browser chrome). Ideally this would include support for the (Microsoft documented) meta tags/attributes for .HTA files, but it still would be very useful even without that. Obviously there is a potential security trade-off here; but with safe defaults (in a future FF) and given typical usage scenarios, I believe that this would still widely acceptable to users.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
; Emulation of IE Create (Desktop) Shortcut support (Windows only?)
* Use case: be able to create a double-clickable icon that can be shared with colleagues. Use case: be able to 'book mark' pages/sites of interest in a way that is: 1) ultra light-weight and 2) can leverage the visibility and spatial cues that the (Windows) desktop affords.
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; the avdance config of the browser
* Remove the "show password" in the password manager;
* Add the possibility to use mutiple home page; EX:(to open all your stuff yourstuff in different tab just by opening Firefox)
* Include better management for pdf (it just froze 10% of the time)
</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>
; Remove OS-specifics on paths
* OS-specific configuration options, so parameters that require a dir (such as default download destination) will work on multiple OS.
* Allow backslash in URLs to be treated as a forward slash (some sites have this error in their links, IE will correct it)
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
