While the discussion of icons is going on, and seeing that icons are
getting nicer, I'd like to make a suggestion. I'll see about designing
the icon in another post...
Firebug itself can be: {on | off}
In the case of {on},
Firebug UI can be: {shown | hidden}
In the case of {shown},
Firebug UI location: {bottom of page | separate window}
The current situation (fb 1.5a12):
In Firefox's status bar:
- the Firebug icon will show whether it is {on | off} by being colored
or gray
- Clicking it will ensure Firebug is {on} and will toggle {shown |
hidden} if location is {bottom of page}
- Clicking it will ensure Firebug is {on} and will bring separate
window to front if location is {separate window}
- right clicking it brings up a context menu
In Firebug, bottom of the page:
- the Firebug icon acts like a menu, even though it looks a button and
is a group of other buttons. That menu is not the same as the context
menu above, and right clicking it does not bring up that other menu
either.
- it (and the other two) are menu/icons in the area of the tabs, while
there is an area of icons on the right side as well
In Firebug, separate window:
- the Firebug icon is gone, and instead there is a menu bar.
- unlike when on the bottom of the page, there is no button to from
separate window to bottom of page
Suggestions:
1. Move icons from left to right -- away from the tabs
2. Change the icon for the menu when firebug is on the bottom of the
page. Same icon doing different things. And give it a tooltip.
3. Add the tool icons to the status bar
4. Move the search box into the tab area -- it took a while to figure
out that it worked in all the tabs
5. When the focus is in Firebug, control-F should move the focus to
the search box
6. Add the inspector tool to the Firefox status bar
7. Highlight the firebug icon in the status bar when Firebug is on but
hidden and stuff is being written to the console. We could use the
saturated version used for the hover of the menu that uses the Firebug
icon...
mockup:
http://www.visigroups.com/_/Image/Cms/606/ad21c72ae0a16faf49375cfcb57f16ef/0/0
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