Re: New Tab Behavior and Close Other Tabs

["Michael V. De Palatis" <mvd gatech edu>]

(Sorry for sending this twice, Reinout, I accidentally didn't send
this right)

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:39:27PM +0200, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> One of the design decisions in Epiphany is that whenever a page is
> loaded, it should receive focus. 

This is most certainly the correct default behavior. Assuming, of
course, that it is not a blank page. So this is handled correctly.

> You could argue that this is wrong, but doing it another way has
> equally "bad" consequences. You would be forced to manually focus
> the page you just loaded to interact with it by keyboard.

Certainly a bad option.

> Personally, I believe the concept of a "homepage" has long outlived its
> usefulness.

I have used blank pages as my "homepage" for several years now, so I
completely agree.

-- 
Michael V. De Palatis
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Physics
837 State Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0430

em vee dee at gatech dot ee dee yoo
http://mike.depalatis.net


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-- 
Michael V. De Palatis
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Physics
837 State Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0430

em vee dee at gatech dot ee dee yoo
http://mike.depalatis.net