Re: Suggestion for default toolbar settings

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Peter Harvey wrote:

> > > Two toolbars by default is using up a large piece of precious screen
> > > real estate. Furthermore many of the functions of the first toolbar
> > > are hardly used and simply can confuse first time users. My proposal
> > > is to have just one toolbar just like firefox.

> Can someone provide the reason why it's two again? I have a suspicion it
> was something to do with "small screens", but perhaps there was another
> reason.

The relevant thread is here:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/epiphany-list/2003-April/msg00071.html

Related bug:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105983

For the lazy reader, the key argument from that bug reads:

1 The Toolbar and Address Bar being welded together, leaving no room for
any buttons besides the standard four (Back, Forward, Stop, and Reload)

2 Even for advanced users, the toolbar layout is annoying. The shortened
address field doesnt show as much of a URI, and the auto-completion menu
doesnt show as much of an auto-completion title, as it does in competing
browsers.

HTH,

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