Re: FF3 autocomplete control/configuration inquiry

Hi Gregory,

Tomorrow's nightly build should contain a fix I think.

If curious see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406355

cheers,
David

Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote:
> aloha!
>
> before filing the following as a bug, i wanted to make sure that there 
> isn't an easy and obvious solution that' eluded me...
>
> am i the only one who's noticed or been affected by the changes to the 
> location bar's auto-complete mechanism in the last 3 to 4 nightly 
> builds?  i can no longer type into the location bar, due to a VERY 
> aggressive auto-complete interface and i cannot find anything akin 
> to the auto-complete options property sheet of SeaMonkey in Minefield...
>
> the build i'm currently testing is:
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) 
> Gecko/2007120505 Minefield/3.0b2pre
>
> as soon as i begin to type into the location bar, my screen reader 
> announces "context menu, list box list box, one of 25" -- unless, of 
> course i type more than one character in the location bar, in which case
> newly input text (what i type) is appended to the end of a randomly 
> selected URI -- even when the location bar is blank, typing a URI 
> causes a previously visited URI to be randomly chosen (without 
> notification from my screen reader, JAWS 9.0.515) with the result that 
> the input being typed to the location bar is appended to the randomly 
> chosen URI...
>
> the bottom line is that only by copying-and-pasting a complete URI into 
> the location bar, can i actually use the location bar...
>
> this is precisely the default behavior of SeaMonkey 1.2, and even with 
> the latest release of SeaMonkey, it takes considerable tailoring of the 
> auto-complete mechanism in order to make it usable by some users 
> (because, obviously, autocomplete began as an accessibility aid, and 
> have utility -- what is needed is fine granular control over the 
> workings of the auto-complete mechanism, such as those offered by 
> SeaMonkey 1.6:
>
>      [2 notes: (1) the convention "[ ]" (left bracket space 
>      right bracket) is used to indicate a checkbox, and (2) 
>      the default setting is: "Location Bar Autocomplete" with 
>      all of its sub-properties enabled]
>
> "Location Bar AutoComplete"
>
> [ ] Automatically complete text typed into the Location Bar
> [Advanced Button]
>
> activating the "Advanced" button generates an "Autocomplete Preferences"
> property sheet, which offers the following options:
>
> Autocomplete Preferences
>  [ ] Autocomplete best match as you type
>  [ ] Show list of matching results
>  [ ] Show internet search engine
>  [ ] Match only websites you've typed previously
>
>
> more information on SeaMonkey is available at:
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey1.1.6/
>
> oh, and speaking of SeaMonkey, aaron and marco, will FF3 replace 
> navigator in SeaMonkey when FF3 ships?
>
> gregory.
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