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==Kiosk Mode Lock Down / Shell Mode== | ==Kiosk Mode Lock Down / Shell Mode== | ||
Tighter integration is needed to lock down Firefox for kiosk mode. Opera is far ahead of FF on this one, even with existing extensions. If possible, ways to boot directly into Firefox should be explored. | Tighter integration is needed to lock down Firefox for kiosk mode. Opera is far ahead of FF on this one, even with existing extensions. If possible, ways to boot directly into Firefox should be explored. | ||
At least a command-line argument to launch in full screen mode (sans window buttons) would be helpful. | |||
==Windows .url files in Linux== | ==Windows .url files in Linux== | ||
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== Print Integration with GNOME (and other DEs) == | == 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). | * 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). | ||
== Open File Dialog Integration with Gnome, KDE and Others == | |||
* The open file / browse file for upload selection dialogs should be integrated to DE's own dialogs. This would primarily allow displaying thumbnails (like konqueror) / previews (like GIMP) for files (very useful when selecting a photo for upload in a directory containing hundreds of other photos). | |||
== Emulation of IE Web Application (.HTA) support (Windows only?) == | == Emulation of IE Web Application (.HTA) support (Windows only?) == | ||
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* Windows | * Windows | ||
** Tabbar, urlbar, go button and many other things since new (IMHO ugly) Firefox 2 theme | ** Tabbar, urlbar, go button and many other things since new (IMHO ugly) Firefox 2 theme | ||
** Windows 7 Integration | |||
*** Download progress viewable on superbar icon | |||
*** The ability to choose from multiple tabs in the preview that appears when one hovers over the superbar icon (as in IE8) | |||
* Mac OS X | |||
** tab views do not look like native tab view's | |||
** checkbox cells do not look like native checkbox cells | |||
** radio button cells do not look like native radio button cells | |||
* Linux/GTK | * Linux/GTK | ||
** Status bar (!) | ** Status bar (!) | ||
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* While in a (single line) text field hitting the up arrow in all(?) other OS X apps, and the OS itself, will take the cursor/insertion point to the beginning of any existing text, likewise hitting down will move it to the end. The currently required use of the Cmd modifier key is proprietary to Firefox, and so not intuitive. | * While in a (single line) text field hitting the up arrow in all(?) other OS X apps, and the OS itself, will take the cursor/insertion point to the beginning of any existing text, likewise hitting down will move it to the end. The currently required use of the Cmd modifier key is proprietary to Firefox, and so not intuitive. | ||
* Cmd-downarrow / Cmd-uparrow do work correctly in multi line form textareas but not in single line 'input type="text"' fields. Also this does not work in the web address / navigation toolbar when manually typing or editing a URL. | * Cmd-downarrow / Cmd-uparrow do work correctly in multi line form textareas but not in single line 'input type="text"' fields. Also this does not work in the web address / navigation toolbar when manually typing or editing a URL. | ||
* Triple clicks do not select the paragraph as they should, instead they select the 'line' of text (not a sentence). | * Triple clicks do not select the paragraph as they should, instead they select the 'line' of text (not a sentence). (In both examples below the word 'that' was tripple clicked) | ||
** Triple click in Firefox on Mac OS X: [[Image:FF Triple Click.jpg]] | |||
** Triple click in Mac OS X Apps: [[Image:Mac Triple Click.jpg]] | |||
* Double clicking & holding mouse down and dragging should select a word and add / subtract words from the selection (click down -> mouse up > mouse down and hold -> move mouse). White space and punctuation after a word should not be added to the selection with the preceding word; they should be treated as single characters. | |||
* CMD-E should be mapped to 'Use selection for Find' like native mac apps do. This allows you to double click a word (or double click and drag to select multiple words), 'CMD-E' then 'CMD-G' to find the next occurrence (without opening any GUI find panel, window, or search field). | |||
* Text services should be used as no third party applications can't be called from firefox at present: people use locally installed dictionaries when reading offline for example. | |||
* On Macbooks, three fingers can be swiped on the trackpad for navigation Back and Forward in Safari and Finder. This provides for very convenient navigation and should be implemented in Firefox also. | |||
==Copying text should be smart and copy context-independent html for use in other applications== | |||
Basically - when I copy text of many websites into Open Office, the formatting is often completely different to that which it was in the firefox window. This is often because pages are formatted with css <span> <div> using attributes like class=, etc. When the copied text is put into Open Office, lots of these formatting options won't make any sense - because either the css isn't copied with it, or, many applications don't have the ability to undrestand css. | |||
So, what Firefox should actually put on the clipboard is the best rendered html it can that will be formatted in the same way when the data finds it's way into another program. | |||
Quick example: | |||
# main.css tells all elements of class "interesting" to be in bold. | |||
# index.html uses main.css, and has some text that is of class "interesting" on it's page. | |||
# User looks at the page and the text is a mixture of plain and bold formatted text. | |||
# User copies text to the clipboard. | |||
# Firefox is clever enough to know what the '''final''' formatting of every word and character on the page is, regardless of whether that formatting is originall because of html, css or javascript... and sticks the most sensible html that describes "what you see" onto the clipboard. | |||
# So, finally, when the user pastes the text into a different application, it is formatted in the same way that it was in Firefox. | |||
== Open Browser window by default when clicking on Firefox icon in MacOS Dock == | |||
When clicking on the FF dock icon and having opened the download window before, the download window is shown. It would be nice if this, by default, opens the browser window instead of the download window. If I minimized Firefox before, I want to be able to open it again using the dock icon. Instead, I now get only the download window. | |||
The only way to overcome this at the moment is 'long-clicking' the dock icon, then selecting one of the sites that opened from the dock menu. | |||
== Set/lock preferences via policy control system == | |||
It would be good to set and/or lock Firefox preferences via pushing settings down from a directory server (LDAP, OpenDirectory, Active Directory) so admins can centrally manage mass deployments of Firefox within their organization. Controlling these settings via flat file (Javascript source) doesn't integrate with the directory services large organizations use. | |||
== Apply sound input/output device changes immediately (Windows 7 used) == | |||
I view a lot of videos or listen to a lot of songs on the internet. Sometimes i want to play the song loud and i change the default sound output device via the control-panel. Firefox does not immediately apply those changes to running tabs. It would be great when Firefox applies those changes even to already running flash videos. | |||
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