Re: [Nautilus-list] Mozilla component

[Vlad Harchev <hvv hippo ru>]

On 13 Jun 2001, Jonas De Vuyst wrote:

 Hi, 

> On 13 Jun 2001 14:41:20 +0200, Remco de Jong wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm still working on the context menu (bug #3044) patch (I haven't got
> > lots of time, so progress is slow), however there are some things I
> > wanted to discuss.
> > 
> > - Roadmap?
> > 
> > I recently read something about minimizing functionality of the mozilla
> > component. I heavily dislike that plan, as you may have guessed :) I
> > missed the rest of the discussions, so what was the conclusion?
> > 
> > Minimizing the mozilla component would not speed up nautilus as a whole,
> > so I don't see the reason anyway.
> > 
> > - Menu contents
> > 
> > For now, I have (only a few already work, the rest is just a menu item
> > atm):
> > 
> > New Window (all)
> > separator
> > Open Link (links only)
> > Open Link In New Window (links only)
> > Copy Link Location (links only)
> > separator
> > Save Image (only images)
> > separator
> > Zoom In (all)
> > Zoom Out (all)
> > Normal Size (all)
> 
> A more complete set would be:
> 
> Open Link                  (links only)
> Open Link In New Window    (links only)
> Open Link With           > (links only)
> Open Image In New Window   (images only)
> Open Image With          > (images only)
> Open Frame In New Window   (pages with frames only)
> Open Frame With          > (pages with frames only)
> Open Page In New Window
> Open Page With           >
> ---
> ? Show Link Properties     (links only)
> ? Show Image Properties    (images only)
> ? Show Frame Properties    (pages with frames only)
> ? Show Page Properties
> ---
> ? Save Link...             (links only)
> ? Save Image...            (images only)
> ? Save Frame...            (pages with frames only)
> ? Save Page...
> ---
> Copy Link Location         (links only)
> Copy Image Location        (images only)
> Copy Frame Location        (pages with frames only)
> Copy Page Location
> ---
> Zoom In
> Zoom Out
> Normal Size
> 
> But that are _a_lot_ of menu items unfortunately. 24 items (without the
> sepertators) if I counted correctly.
> 
> To reduce the number a bit the Properties menus could be removed because
> they're perhaps not that important. That would bring the number down to
> 20 items.
> 
> Also the Save menu items could be removed and replaced by drag 'n' drop
> / cut 'n' paste. Only 17 menu items left.

 I would strongly suggest to not remove any menu items, but move 'Save..' and
'Properties..' menuitems into submenus. Please don't cut off functionality (or
context menu that should show all operations allowed for an  object) by
removing rarely used items. IMO.

 Best regards,
  -Vlad