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** Office 12 Ribbon | ** Office 12 Ribbon | ||
* Tutorials | * Tutorials | ||
** Game-based tutorial for fun (e.g.: Facebook) | |||
** In product tutorials (e.g.: Reveal Firefox Addon - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1942/) | |||
** Post-command explanations (e.g.: new tab in IE has some help text on the blank tab to explain what just happened and what tabs are for). | |||
** 7-10 second videos of a feature (e.g.: Flock) | |||
** Tips on Fx update pages | |||
* Context help | * Context help | ||
* Tooltips/Balloon Help | * Tooltips/Balloon Help | ||
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* When you do the long way of doing something, show a tip with the short way in it. | * When you do the long way of doing something, show a tip with the short way in it. | ||
* A list of updated key bindings including Addons. | * A list of updated key bindings including Addons. | ||
* Expand on the Mac OS menu highlight when a keyboard shortcut is used, but possibly show the text of the item that was selected either in place of the menu name or below it. | |||
* Note: Lucy mentioned a possible but that not all items with Keyboard Shortcuts have the shortcuts listed with them. | |||
=== Part 2: What are the hidden features? === | === Part 2: What are the hidden features? === | ||
Hidden feature list was the result of some seeding by Jay and Alex and then a general brainstorm session. Suggested resolution about how to expose the features listed in ''italics'' after the feature name. | |||
* Tabstrip | * Tabstrip | ||
** Double-click on tabstrip for new tab | ** Double-click on tabstrip for new tab | ||
** Scrolling in the tabstrip in overflow mode | ** Scrolling in the tabstrip in overflow mode | ||
** Dragging tabs to reorder | ** Dragging tabs to reorder | ||
** Middle-click to close tab ''Above items were decided to be good Tutorial material'' | |||
** Open folder as multiple tabs | |||
** Save all Tabs | |||
** Multiple tabs at startup | |||
* Location Bar | * Location Bar | ||
** Dragging favicons | ** Dragging favicons ''Highlight targets when drag event starts to make sure that users know where they can drop them and be consistent with tooltips and cursor states over all favicons.'' | ||
** LiveTitles | * Bookmarks Bar | ||
** LiveTitles ''Watch user behaviour for frequently visited sites and suggest a livetitle if the site includes a microsummary''. | |||
** Folders on Bookmarks Bar ''Ship with a folder in the Bookmark bar by default, which includes an item about "Organizing bookmarks into Folders" (or similar wording) which goes to tutorial''. | |||
* Search Bar | * Search Bar | ||
** Changing search engines | ** Changing search engines ''We decided this was much better in Fx2 and ddin't need to be improved'' | ||
** Adding search engines | ** Adding search engines ''Apply the glow to the items in the menu for new items so that people understand the connection better'' | ||
** Select text and Send to Search (context menu) ''Tutorial'' | |||
** Drag selection to Search box ''Tutorial'' | |||
* Find as you type | |||
* Customize Toolbars ''Tutorial'' | |||
** Drag buttons to menubar (Windows only) ''Tutorial'' | |||
* Keyword Bookmarks ''Watch behaviour for repeated searches on sites and suggest adding a Keyword Bookmark. Consider adding a control to fields which would support a keyword''. | |||
* Session Restore | |||
* Undo Close Tab | |||
* Password Manager | |||
We ran out of time to flesh out the rest of the items, so feel free to add more comments inline. | |||
=== Part 3: Application === | === Part 3: Application === | ||