Re: 2 UI comments on the Alpha Sneak Preview
Christian Stocker <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:19:12 +0200
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On 9/24/03 10:14 AM, Ned Baldessin wrote: >>It is quite streamlined, yes, but still too much for the casual case and >>a lot of users (not the usual geek) find even this still scary ;) Or if >>you do a large deployement, you don't want to have to install BXE on >>every seat. Or if your outside of your normal workspace and want to do a >>quick edit on some of your content. > > > Well, one requisite for BXE is to have a Mozilla-based browser > installed. In my experience over here in france, the only major > institution that complies to that is the ministry of agriculture (!). > The point is : when asked, people don't seem put off by installing a new > browser, so I don't think that adding a second step (the xpi) would make > much of a difference. > I agree that it's an inconveniance, but probably not a big one. > > > >>There is no argument against doing it as XPI and doing it in XUL, but I >>think the alternative (working without the need of an installation >>process) should also be possible, maybe with less features, but it has >>to work. Otherwise it's too complicated > > > Hum, current version + remote XUL version + XPI version, that sounds > extra-fluffy. > Actually, my major «complaint» with the current toolbar is that is > overlaps on the page. Off the top of my head : why not set the <body> > top padding to the height of the toolbar ? We actually had that, and it's really no problem for you (or anyone else) to have this feature for your own project. Just add the appropriate CSS "instructions". We put that over the page, 'cause if putting it above it jumps annoyingly around and we wanted to give the inline editing experience. But certainly, both approaches have their drawbacks ,) chregu -- christian stocker | Bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 http://www.bitflux.ch | [email protected] | gnupg-keyid 0x5CE1DECB -- bx-editor-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.bitflux.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/bx-editor-dev