131518 - [RFE] [4xp] Menu Items Needed/Missing for Frequently Changed Prefs

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[Felix Miata]

Some prefs frequently need to be toggled on or off to improve usability or
reduce required bandwidth. Examples include enable CSS, allow other fonts,
enable Javascript, use my colors, & image loading. Netscape 3 & 4 had a menu
item to load images when automatic image loading is turned off, which is
currently missing from Mozilla. A main menu item should be implemented to easily
change these and possibly other frequently changed prefs, with keyboard
shortcuts to match. An alternative would be to make such pref shortcuts a
submenu of the tasks menu.

Comment 1

[Alex Bishop]

Sounds like you want the Preferences Toolbar.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 38521 ***

Comment 2

[Felix Miata]

This bug is not about toolbars or sidebars (bug 38521) or moving a configurable
toolbar into the main menu tree (bug 111714). This bug is about a
non-configurable set of commonly changed prefs being made easily accessible via
the main menu tree, where nearly half the space devoted is (wasted) whitespace.
When debug and QA are gone, over half the space devoted will be whitespace at a
mere 800 X 600. Let's stop stealing space from the browser window just to
improve usability to (in at least one respect) 4xp level.

Comment 3

[John Morrison]

-> UI/UE request

Comment 4

[Andreas Fahrner]

What about a menu that pops up at the position of the mouse cursor when you press a short cut key. In 
Opera 6, you can press F12 and a preferences menu pops up where you can toggle the most important 
settings (proxy, cookies, js, etc.)

Comment 5

[Wesha]

For instance, I would like the good ol' functionality lasting since Netscape 2.x
thru Netscape 4.x, namely: "Show This Image" menu item on the right-click
context menu, (so I can force individual image to load) and a "Show All Images"
button on the main toolbar (with a keyboard shortcut please). Also, don't forget
to show that button while there's at least one not yet loaded image on the page,
rather than only upon the "Automatically Load Image" checkbox state.

Comment 6

[Bamm Gabriana]

"Show this image" is context-sensitive - it depends on the image being
clicked on. Therefore it cannot be solved by the prefs toolbar.

It should be part of the context menu.

Comment 7

[Wesha]

Correct, but BTW, a "Load Images / Do Not Load Images" quick-switch on the Prefs 
Toolbar would be great, too. :)

Comment 8

[Felix Miata]

Please read summary. This bug is about adding a main menu item. It has nothing
to do with toolbars. See http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131518#c2

Comment 9

[Jesse Ruderman]

Toggling images from a menu item is bug 57505.  

For styles, Mozilla should include a "None" option along with "Basic Page Style"
(bug 32372) and remember your setting for each site (bug 83663).

Comment 10

[Felix Miata]

The way I read bug 57505, it isn't clear that its fix would create a main menu
selection (looks like result would be a view menu choice) and 4xp equivalence,
which is something requested here (main menu item). Maybe this bug should be
marked depends on bug 57505?

Comment 11

[Daniel Wang]

*** Bug 164456 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Jason Bassford]

Most likely menu addition would be something like View -> Quick Preferences.

Comment 13

[Felix Miata]

"Toggling" on/off. I like it. Let's try "Toggle" as a main menu item, or under
the "Tools" menu, not "View", since a toggle like enabling/disabling JS to open
a new window or tab is at best only tangentially or indirectly a change in a view.

Comment 14

[timeless]

uid is being phased out.

Comment 15

[timeless]

uid is being phased out.

Comment 16

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

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