Re: Bookmarks reworked

[Marco Pesenti Gritti <marco gnome org>]

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 15:25, Peter Harvey wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 15:07 +0200, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> > Hello Peter,
> > 
> > I haven't run your new patch yet, but:
> > 
> >        * The bookmarks bar no longer exists, and most references to it
> >          have been removed. Bookmarks and topics are added to the toolbar
> >          by drag-and-drop from the bookmark editor.
> > 
> > As much as a like DnD, if it is the *only* way to add/remove bookmarks 
> > from the toolbar, then that is an accessibility bug. Functionality like 
> > this *must* be made available through a (context) menu so that users 
> > incapable of using a mouse can access it too.
> 
> I agree. But at the moment, how do users who cannot use a mouse add
> other items to the toolbar? My thinking is that when a good system is
> worked out to handle this problem we can apply it to bookmarks. For
> example, we need more than just "Add to toolbar". We also need "move
> left", "move right", "move up", and "move down" to be able to position
> it. 

Bookmarks toolbars are somewhat special because they can be manipulated
outside editing mode. It's not intuitive for example to have to open the
toolbar editor to remove a bookmark from the toolbar.
Even if I'm not convinced the editing of the two types of toolbars
should/will be identical the consistency can be improved and normal
toolbars needs some sort of keyboard bindings/context menus when in edit
mode too.
Though there are no reasons to introduce regressions.

Marco