User:Dietrich/Scratchpad

Add-on UI in Firefox 4

Stage 1: core

• Status bar is hidden by default
• The presence of widgets makes the status bar visible
• The default location for a widget is the status bar
• The default widget size in the status bar is 24px

Stage 2: multi-location

• Widgets have a "container" property, the value of which is the id of

it's containing element

• The default "container" value is the status bar
• The bookmarks toolbar supports widgets
• Widgets in the bookmarks toolbar are 16px (scaled down as needed)

Stage 3: customization

• Users can change the container for a widget (context menu option? dnd?)
• Status bar in big and small sizes (16px or 24px widgets. context menu option?)
• What else? Sorting? Pinning? DND ordering?

Open issues:

• side effects of removing the status bar and it's contents
  • element statusbar-display is gone
  • progress meter is gone
  • download monitor is gone
  • security button and popup blocker are gone
• existing addons' usage of the status bar (already installed)