140688 - Suggested changes to Navigator's File menu.

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[Bamm Gabriana]

I love the new, shall I say, radical changes to the menu system. It's a
lot more logical and intuitive now.

Having said that, I'd like to propose a couple of additional changes to
the File menu, which is the only menu which I still think can be impoved.

These are:

1) "Save Page As" should just be "Save As". The file menu already refers
   to the currently loaded page.

2) "Open Web Location" and "Open File" should be combined into an "Open"
   menu, which has two submenus called "Web Location" and "File".

3) "Send Page" and "Send Link" should be combined into a "Send" menu,
   which has two submenus called "As Page..." and "As Link..."

I hope this is implemented, because it uses familiar menu names which I
hope to be more intuitive. But even if this request is not implemented,
the current menu system is still very good.

Have a nice day.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

As a note, the submenu for "Send" existed; it got removed because it was so much
harder to use than just two menuitems.

Comment 2

[Bamm Gabriana]

Thanks for pointing that out. If the Send menu has been deliberated and
decided upon before, then you need not change it anymore. I just thought
that sending a page/link is not something you do so often that it needs
a direct link under the File menu, but that is just my opinion.

Comment 3

[Bamm Gabriana]

Just a question: Do people send pages more often than they open new windows?
I do not have the facts but I seem to have the impression that people do not
send pages that often.

Opening new windows is rightly two menu levels down, why should Send Page
deserve more special treatment? Just my opinion.

Comment 4

[timeless]

uid is being phased out.

Comment 5

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

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