grayrest wrote: > Garth Wallace wrote: > >> Underline wouldn't mean >> "loading", it would mean "more has loaded". So if you switch out from >> a tab where the loading has stalled, and the loading remains stalled, >> it does not get underlined. This wouldn't really replace the spinny >> icon (which I don't mind so much, but I can understand why some people >> dislike it). > > Unless there is an onChange event fired when the content of the loading > page changes, this feature cannot be done or will be so complex that > it'll slow down the whole browser or won't be possible. I won't > implement this feature unless said onChange event exists, and then still > probably won't because the feature isn't that valuable to me, where as > the bold would be. Can anyone say yes or no to onChange existing? I'm > leaning towards Bamm's idea of just leaving out the underline, I never > did understand why threads get underlined in mailnews and I don't think > many users will draw this connection.
I thought there might be some sort of notification through the layout system. I'm not sure how layout works though, so I really can't say. The underline idea was half because I thought it would be nice to have a way of telling when an inactive tab had changed, and half because I thought it would make it more consistent WRT the mailnews UI. If you don't think it would be a good idea, that's fine...boldface would work pretty well on its own. >> Likewise, bold wouldn't mean "load completed", it would mean "you >> haven't looked at this tab since it started loading". The title would >> be bold as soon as the load *begins*, not when it ends. >> >> It's for keeping track of which tabs you've looked at already, not >> really for keeping track of downloading state. > > okay, that makes sense, so bold at the beginning. If you switch while > the document is loading, does it make the text normal? Yes. > If it does, how > about it makes the text normal till load completes then turns it bold > again until the next view? Sounds good. I think it might be a bit confusing, but I'm no usability expert. ;) It would definitely fill the gap left by the lack of underline though, and that's good. I guess underline would then be free to mark the active tab, for those who have trouble picking out the active tab from the inactive ones. >> I suppose a tab's title could flash once or twice to signal that it's >> done loading. But that's a different issue... > > nah, that's what the spinny arrow is for, you know the page load is > complete when it goes away, no sense in repeating the message that the > page is loaded. If you don't like the spinnyarrow, make an animated gif > you do like that's the same size, name it to the same thing, and replace > the spinnyarrow with the one you made. Yeah, I was just throwing the flashing title idea out there because there have been a couple of complaints about the spinny arrow in this thread (combined with hopes that my suggestion would make a good replacement, which I don't think it would--it's for a very different purpose). I personally like the spinnyarrow, for what it's worth. I think I'll submit the boldface RFE tomorrow. It's getting a little late tonight (for me at least). I'll post the bug # here. Would you like me to CC you on the bug?
