[sugar] Patch to make Browse annoy me less.

[Eben Eliason]

I'm pulling this thread back out since we may wish to integrate parts
of this into the next release.  Cortland, let us know if you have time
and interest to work on any of the changes I mentioned in my comments.
 If not, perhaps either Simon or Tomeu (both CC'd) will extend what
you've already provided.  Thanks again for the patches!

- Eben


On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a high level take on these patches...
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Cortland Setlow
> <cortland.setlow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch does three things, and I'll be happy if even one makes it in to
>> Browse.
>>
>> It causes ctrl-l (lowercase L) to put focus on the address bar like in all
>> other browsers that do not make me angry.
>
> Sounds good to me.  Adherence to well known shortcuts is usually a
> win, and this is a basic feature we didn't have before, as far as I
> know.  I suppose the mnemonic is "location".
>
>> It causes ctrl-d to do what ctrl-l used to do, namely do a
>> screenshot-bookmark.  This is the standard bookmark key.   Pressing ctrl-d
>> more times will show/hide the bookmark toolbar, so if you accidentally show
>> it you can get rid of the large and obnoxious thing.  Ctrl-b will also
>> show/hide it, cause why not?
>
> Anyone care to explain the mnemonic for Ctrl-d?  Again, keeping to the
> standards can't really be a bad thing.  I'm unsure about overloading
> the shortcut with the bar toggle, though.  I might instead offer that
> alt-ctrl-d could make be added for making a bookmark "silently"
> (without revealing the tray, if it's hidden).  I think it's better to
> keep the notion of creating a bookmark and toggling the bookmark tray
> independent.  In my browser, command-shift-B toggles the bookmark bar,
> but I can't see a reason to require the extra shift modifier (is that
> a standard elsewhere?).  The shortcut for this is currently
> ctrl-space, I think...if we make ctrl-b serve this purpose we should
> remove the other shortcut.
>
>> It causes ctrl-i to show the URI of the page instead of the title,
>> temporarily.  Good for checking that one isn't being fished.
>
> This is a pretty interesting idea, and a very nice addition to the
> concept of the combined URL/address bar.  If you're up to it, I would
> appreciate it if you could try out another related idea which I've
> been thinking about.  I think it would also make sense to reveal the
> URI whenever the cursor is within the entry, so that it's possible to
> select all or part of it, or position the cursor in a meaningful way
> when clicking into it.
>
> I think that we could certainly make use of most of this with the
> changes/additions described above!  Thanks for your efforts!
>
> - Eben
>