362795 - Remove obsolete tips from Firefox tips page

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_tabbedbrowsingoptions> is obsolete. So is <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_throbber>.

Any others?

Comment 1

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_xpmenus> is obsolete.

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_tab> is not very affective in Fx2.

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_tabclose> should be changed to use the browser.tabs.closeButtons pref

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_sidebar> does not work.

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_taf> (default is off. accessibility.typeaheadfind should mention options panel. accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart has no affect in Firefox (bug 254592).)

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_contextmenu> Is this not available in the options panel?

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#lay_adblocking> Bug 354524 and bug 322139. Comment it out for now?

Comment 2

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Okay, here's what I need feedback from David on:

<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_tabbedbrowsingoptions>
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_throbber>
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_xpmenus>
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_contextmenu>
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_tab>
should all be removed. I tested #app_tab in Fx1.5.0.8, and Fx2 naturally does just as good, if not better, a job.

As I stated earlier, <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_tabclose> should be changed to a browser.tabs.closeButtons pref tip.

I found a userChrome.css script to put the sidebar on the right, in Fx2; so <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_sidebar> just needs to be updated.
<http://keymark.blogspot.com/2006/09/mozilla-firefox-2-rc1-sidebar-on-right.html>

In <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_taf>, remove accessibility.typeaheadfind, and comment out accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart until bug 254592 is fixed.

Comment out <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#lay_adblocking>, until we know what's going on with bug 354524. I don't think pointing it to the Adblock extension is a good idea, because the Adblock extension has been the cause of too many issues in the support groups.

Comment 3

[David Tenser [:djst]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Okay, here's what I need feedback from David on:
> 
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_tabbedbrowsingoptions>
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_throbber>
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_xpmenus>
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_contextmenu>
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_tab>
> should all be removed. I tested #app_tab in Fx1.5.0.8, and Fx2 naturally does
> just as good, if not better, a job.

I don't think beh_contextmenu should be removed. Instead, it should be updated to use the setting in the Options window rather than a bookmarklet. It's still a very good feature that needs prominence.

> 
> As I stated earlier, <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_tabclose>
> should be changed to a browser.tabs.closeButtons pref tip.

Yep.

> I found a userChrome.css script to put the sidebar on the right, in Fx2; so
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_sidebar> just needs to be
> updated.

Good!

> In <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_taf>, remove
> accessibility.typeaheadfind, and comment out
> accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart until bug 254592 is fixed.
> 
> Comment out <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#lay_adblocking>, until
> we know what's going on with bug 354524. I don't think pointing it to the
> Adblock extension is a good idea, because the Adblock extension has been the
> cause of too many issues in the support groups.
> 

OK, I'm fine with that.

Comment 4

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Attachment: Draft1

A quick note: I used class="checkboxoff" for "Disable or replace context menus".

Comment 5

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Suggestion, change:

You can disable such attempts by going to <span class="mnu">Tools > Options...</span>. In the Options panel, go to the <a href="options#content">Content section</a>, and beside <q>Enable JavaScript</q>, click on the <span class="button">Advanced...</span> button. In the Advanced JavaScript Settings panel, uncheck <span class="checkboxoff">Disable or replace context menus</span>.

to:

To disable such attempts, go to <span class="mnu">Tools &gt; Options...</span> (<span class="mnu">Edit &gt; Preferences...</span> under Linux and Mac OS X), click the <a href="options#content">Content</a> section, and then click the <span class="button">Advanced...</span> button next to <span class="checkboxon">Enable JavaScript</span>. In the Advanced JavaScript Settings window, uncheck <span class="checkboxoff">Disable or replace context menus</span> and click <span class="button">OK</span>.

Comment 6

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Attachment: Draft2

Comment 7

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Checking in tips.html;
/cvsroot/mozilla-org/html/support/firefox/tips.html,v  <--  tips.html
new revision: 1.29; previous revision: 1.28
done