Re: Image backgrounds

Hi Sebastian,

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 03:59:01PM +0100, Sebastian Geerken wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'd like to bring image backgrounds to a (temporary) end; before, I'd
> like to finish these tasks (see also doxygen documentation):

Cool! It looks really nice.

> 
> - Configurability: Should there be new options, additional to
>   "load_image"? If yes, there have to be:
> 
>   1. a new option, "load_background_image",
>   2. a new entry in the configuration menu, and
>   3. a new entry in the context menu.
> 
>   The latter will be quite tricky, when applied to single areas for
>   which a background image is assigned to, but an entry "load *ALL*
>   background images" (emphasis mine) should be simple.

I think there should be an option to switch off background image
loading, so that by switching it off one can basically get the
current bahavior.
Not sure if we need 2. and 3.

> 
> - Security/privacy (cookies?): I'm not sure whether there is anything
>   left to do.

It should respect the rules from domainrc, but as far as I tested
it does that.

> 
> - Displaying image backgrounds at once, not line by line: there is
>   already an hardcoded option, so changing is simple, even make it a
>   user option.
> 
> "background-attachment" is postponed. Furthermore, other features are
> missing, which make background images look strange, e. g. that you
> only see a part of the logo at <http://google.com>.

Do you know what missing features cause this?

Cheers,
Johannes