Re: 3.18 big release and future plans

Bastián Díaz <[email protected]> Sun, 04 Oct 2015 13:08:15 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.epiphany
Message-ID <[email protected]>
El 04-10-2015 11:23, Michael Catanzaro escribió:
> 
> I don't think we can have the warning you request, since it conflicts
> badly with restored session state: you would get the warning every time
> you close your browser unless you close all tabs first (something I
> never do; I don't think I'm atypical).
> 

OK. It is good to understand the reasons.

> 
> How do you install Fedora? If you're installing Fedora Workstation with
> the advertised live image, it's included by default since F22: https://
> git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/comps.git/commit/?id=c02af66820aa5dfb36e4324f
> 525eabbb5e9f71b9
> 
> There are other ways to install Fedora though, which don't get you to
> the same result....
> 

I install Fedora from the live image (64bit) on a clean system.

> You can file one for reading view, just please mark it as Enhancement
> level severity.
> 

Ok. Thankyou

>> I also noticed that there is some suspicion in the incorporation of
>> new
>> icons (functions) in the headerbar. Therefore, does the possibility
>> of a
>> button is out to "add bookmarks"?
> 
> Well, I don't want peripherally-related features to show up there.
> Firefox has Pocket and Smile up there now, and if you install
> extensions you might have AdBlock Plus, Privacy Badger, HTTPS
> Everywhere, color icons that look completely out of place... sure
> Firefox lets you remove the buttons, but it's a bad user experience and
> I think I'd rather have extensions that think they're getting a button
> simply get a menu item instead.
> 

I agree with your analysis. As a user, I prefer to see only the core 
features in the headerbar. In epiphany, the extensions can be managed 
from a menu (popover).

> So yeah, we have a high standard for adding stuff to the header bar.
> But an add bookmark button is frequently-requested core functionality;
> that passes the test IMO. Firefox has done that quite well so something
> similar to theirs would be welcome.
> 

That sound good

>> , O include a progress bar similar to
>> the new file progress operations from nautilus?
> 
> Not sure quite what you mean. I like the subtle progress bar we have
> right now, if you're talking about page loads.
> 

With this, I mean a new download manager (Firefox style). In the 
picture, in the background the new functionality of "transfers" in 
nautilus.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5204736/download_manager.png

Cheers
-- 
Bastián Díaz
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