> > Why not add the option to the Firefox menu button. There is a submenu > > for Web Developer. It would fit perfect there. Don't like a browser > > which is bloated with buttons here and there. > > We plan to move the current Firefox > Tools > Firebug entry in the web > developer menu.
That's definitely the right place for it. > > Still I think the best place to show information is in the status bar > > or add-on bar is it is called today. A notification bar that popups > > can be an idea. If there is something wrong with a page you can get a > > notification in the bottom of the screen. As example take a look at > > Google Chrome. When you hover or load an URL you get a notification > > bar at the bottom. The trick is to show only the information you need, > > this way you don't get a bloated window with lot's of buttons. > > I don't understand how the example you reference helps here. What > signal could we use to magically discover that a developer wants the > firebug button? > > jjb John, what angelus meant is to show an info popup after the page loaded saying "3 errors". One problem would arise here, because the popup would cover a part of the page. So it has to disappear after a short time, which means the information is not visible anymore after that little time span. > I'm conservative and for keeping the start button in the lower right > corner. That whole minimalistic movement is nice but it should not > interfere with what's just practical. That's also my preferation, but as we see in all these comments everyone likes it different. So I'd suggest: - integrate the Firebug Menu into the Firefox Web Developer Menu - keep the Firebug icon in the addon bar, but don't show the bar by default - show the toolbar button by default - either don't show the error count anymore (in case the addon bar is hidden) or replace the Firebug icon by the error count as it was mentioned before (though we'll get in trouble, if a page has a high number of errors, because the button width will change) - give the user the possibility to decide whether to open Firebug on top or on bottom (probably on top by default when the addon bar is hidden to minimize the mouse movements, even when I wouldn't like to have Firebug on top) One last idea: We could also move the icon to a popup (when the addon bar is hidden) which would be shown as soon as the user moves the cursor to the lower right corner of a page and would disappear when he moves away again. Doing so would reduce the interferance with the page contents to a minimum and we wouldn't break the current behavior (for all users, which are used to click on the Firebug icon in the lower right corner). A disadvantage would be, that Firebug would initially be hidden and therefore people could ask where it's gone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
