Closed
Bug 121767
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
file->new->message should not appear in browser component
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: michael.wardle, Assigned: mpt)
Details
I'm not happy with the File menu structure, and I see two approaches: 1. new navigator window should not appear in the root file menu 2. non-browser options should not appear in the file menu at all The first option would be much simpler to change. I'm sure I remember early builds didn't have new window at the top level of the File menu, and it was added at some stage. This looks bad, takes up more space, and is redundant, as it appears in File->New as well. I guess this is aimed at Netscape 4 users, but it looks quite bad. The second option would be to remove any non-browser related things from the File menu like File-New->Message. If you want to send a new mail it's pretty clear that you open the mail component (usually by clicking the envelope in the bottom-left corner) and go from there. This would make the browser component a little cleaner (look at Galeon's file menu). I guess this has already been discussed (despite being unable to find any bugs about it), and you've already decided to go the current way, but the existing solution really is an ugly compromise. If it has been discussed previously, please point me to the mail archive or newsgroup rather than flaming me. Cheers.
Comment 1•23 years ago
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confirming as an rfc, I'll discuss the theory of this idea later
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
there's already a bug about changing how File>New* is handled, please dupe this.
Whiteboard: DUPEME
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Comment 3•23 years ago
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These are the similar bugs I found: BZ 53263 BZ 63133 BZ 63134 BZ 67760 BZ 117216 BZ 122145 Of all these, this bug looks closest to BZ 63134. Is this the one you were referring to? I think point 1 is related, but point 2 isn't, so I'd prefer it wasn't a duplicate, but it's your product. I guess if you did 63134 I wouldn't care so much about this issue/suggestion. Do as you please. :-)
se: help i'm too far behind to search for the bug. i'm almost positive someone had a bug to rearrange this
Comment 6•23 years ago
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Please update this bug in accordance with new menu structures as of builds 0403 and later. This should now be WFM, INVALID, or the description as reported and commented on needs to change.
Comment 7•23 years ago
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This bug still exists with the menu rewrite. The non-browser "New" commands have dragged "New Navigator Window" (bug 135571) and "New Navigator Tab" (bug 116987) out of the top level of the file menu. I think the best way to fix that is to first fix bug 135571 and then eventually fix this bug by replacing the submenu with the single item "New Navigator Tab".
Whiteboard: DUPEME
Comment 8•23 years ago
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Now I'm confused. This bug wanted one of two things: 1. New navigator window should not appear in the root file menu. It no longer does (it now appears in a "New" sub-menu). This is now WFM, INVALID, or FIXED. 2. Non-browser options should not appear in the file menu at all. The only "non-browser" option I can think of still in the File menu is, possibly, New Blank Page to Edit - since this is part of Composer not Navigator. If this is enough to keep the bug open, it's description should be changed to move "New Blank Page to Edit" out of the File menu. As for comment 7: The "New" commands are not non-browser commands. At least not any longer. At least 2/3 of the "New" commands in the latest builds are definitely browser commands. Also, fixing bug 135571 is directly at odds with fixing approach 1. of this bug. (This bug wants to remove "New Window" from the top-level File menu, that bug wants to keep it / put it back.) So, this bug cannot be fixed by fixing the other. (Unless you're voting against this bug?)
Comment 9•23 years ago
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Jason: I'm going by the summary of this bug ("file->new->message should not appear in browser component"), not the description. It would not make sense for me to vote for or against the description of this bug, which was "New Navigator Window is in the file menu twice". Build 04/03 on Windows 98 has "Message" and "Address Book Card..." in the New submenu of the file menu. Do those not appear for you? Are you using a Navigator-only install?
Comment 10•23 years ago
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Right - in that case the summary should be changed as it obviously doesn't describe the content of this bug and was mis-titled. At least I would think so. (Otherwise the whole 4 paragraph description of the bug is in error...) Michael: What is the actual intent of this bug? As for not seeing Message and Address Book Card, you are correct that I am using a Navigator-only install. (That those are also there when Mail is installed probably clears up some of our mutual confusion over each other's posts.)
Comment 11•23 years ago
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Dup of bug 37537, "New Navigator Window on File menu twice", based on original description. I filed bug 135804 to remove the New submenu because this bug got messy. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 37537 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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