From 2eb42dad1826980e823fb0310100da050492b869 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:36:18 +0200 Subject: widget roadmap --- README | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 2c1faf7..ee470cc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -23,8 +23,25 @@ to figure out: - how to handle hyperlinks? number them like konqueror does? +WIDGET ROADMAP: +* statusbar? (the bar you see in pretty much every gtk program at the bottom. eg firefox) + consumes too much space (if always visible) for the little it is used. (+ you can put only 1 message in it at a time!) + -> option 1: no statusbar at all. when hovering over a link (or pressing key to preview the url without changing page) -> show url in tooltip on page. + -> option 2: toggle visibility of statusbar on/off when hovering over a link. since it's at the bottom I don't think it will disturb too much. +* viewing progress/state of pageload? most programs use statusbar for this. + -> option 1: titlebar can show a percentage when it's loading a new page. + -> option 2: toggle a statusbar everytime we start loading a new page. +* uri bar -> yes, even though we can write stuff to the fifo, it can still be convenient to change the url manually and stuff, so a widget in uzbl itself is good. +* tabs -> yes. you don't have to use them, but you can. +* back/forward/.. buttons? -> no: use keyboard shortcuts. + +all of the above goes in 1 bar at the top of the program. there should be a key to toggle visibility of it and one to toggle visibilety + focus on the entrybar at once. + + + + -For more thoughts & ideas see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=67463 NOTE: - My c skills are very rusty, it will take me a while to get back up to speed +- For more thoughts & ideas see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=67463 -- cgit v1.2.3