GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 124000
Greg's epiphany suggestions
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Some of these are covered in other bugs, but i think that its useful to list them here too. My comments are in brackets. heres the link http://www.phys.lsu.edu/students/merchan/GNOME/Recommendations/Epiphany/ ---------------------- Here the basic changes to the browser appearance have been made. * The page icon is displayed in the location entry. Unlike the other items on the toolbar which are usually flat, the icon doesn't respond to clicks. Placement in the entry makes the association between the icon and URL more obvious. Most page icons are probably designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer which places them in the entry, so it may often look better there. [note i already have a bug open for this] * The icon when none is provided is either the application icon, or no icon at all. A blending of the application icon and the default document icon may be better still. * The location entry's drop-down list button is displayed flat as are the other buttons on the toolbar. This will surely require modification of Gtk+. [Not of high concern to us at this time imo.] * The lock icon has been moved to the left-hand side of the statusbar to allow for a resize grip on the right hand side. It may also be more visible there given proximity to the main menu on the panel. * The bevel around the lock icon has been changed to match that of the statusbar. This function can be used to retrieve the data. GtkShadowType statusbar_get_shadow_type (Statusbar *statusbar) { GtkShadowType shadow_type; gtk_widget_style_get (GTK_WIDGET (statusbar), "shadow_type", &shadow_type, NULL); return shadow_type; } * The statusbar is blank, as there is no activity to report. The change from the spinning arrow animation (below) indicates the page has completely loaded. [agree for the most part, knowing the amount of the page loaded isn't really useful in most cases anyway] * The progress bar has been removed. * With the lock icon now on the left, the resize grip is displayed on the right-hand side of the statusbar. [totally a good thing] Another change might be to show the application name in the titlebar when no page is loaded. [ehh..maybe Web Browser would be best :P] Feedback Changes Here the browser is loading the page "Some URL". * The title bar only says "Loading...". That might be better with the URL indicated, then the page title indicated. * No page icon is displayed until the page has loaded. Instead, the arrows spin as the page loads. Not shown here is the window icon. It should always match the page icon shown in the entry, even when that is the spinning arrows. [ way cool] With the arrows indicating progress, the throbber can be eliminated. ------------------------------------------------------------------- I basically completely agree with his suggestions, in particular the suggestion about how to get rid of the throbber is quite good.
Created attachment 20929 [details] [review] patch to remove done. ok to commit?
you would think doing the statusbar work on this would be easy, unfortunately I think the the resize handle for the statusbar is painted instead of packed into the statusbar. This sucks because if i try to pack the progressbar at the end it ends up ontop of the resize handle...uggghhhh.....
Yeah please commit. thanks !
Target: 1.2 -> 1.4 This bug really needs splitting up...
Splitting up into: Bug 137845 for lock icon issues Bug 137846 removal of progress bar/spinner Bug 137850 change about:blank title Bug 115337 for loading title (reopened)