Comment 17 for bug 390724

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Andy.hall06 (andrew-hall06) wrote :

mac_v,

Your screenshot looks much much better than the default. The spacing too looks consistent.

I don't know how the actual code works and know nothing about programming, but from what I see at the UI level, the two drop down buttons are separate buttons (seem to be be even if they aren't) from the Back and Forward buttons. So why is BACK a separate widget from every other button like UP,HOME? It could be the same and the drop down arrow be separate.

Ideally a much better way of doing it would be to have only one single drop down arrow for both the BACK AND FORWARD. This is the method adopted in Firefox by Mozilla and numerous other File managers and Web browsers. It's merits are obvious, both the drop down currently show the same set cut into two pieces determined by where you currently are. In a single arrow implementation, it will show a full history with a radio button/dot to indicate where you currently are. '

Furthermore, the HOME button needs to go (the STOP and RELOAD are also fairly useless but can come into play when browsing files over the network, they could and should be combined however). All of this just increases productivity and more importantly space efficiency, which is very important for users with smaller screens which are now very popular due to this small little (pun intended) not-so-transient fad called........netbooks.

But since I can barely convince people of the current issue, I guess I better just leave all that alone :P

But wait! what is this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/386150

Wow, now THOSE are big changes, and it gets a CONFIRMED tag!
Does that mean it will be implemented in 9.10? :D
Lol and here I am pushing for a slightly larger back button.