422923 - Make the back/forward dropmarker have up and down arrows

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[Benjamin Smedberg]

I made a suggestion on da.firefox and beltzner suggested I file it: it wasn't clear to me when the new back/forward buttons landed that the dropmarker menu went both forward and backward. This was even more confusing because it's next to the forward button, and I was thinking "where's the back menu?".

My little suggestion was that the dropmarker have both up and down arrows, to make it clear that you can navigate in either direction.

Yes, this is not "standard" UI... you'd probably want to make the menu drop "sideways" and have your current history position next to the mouse horizontally, instead of dropping down.

Comment 1

[t tunny]

(In reply to comment #0)
> 
> My little suggestion was that the dropmarker have both up and down arrows, to
> make it clear that you can navigate in either direction.

How about stacked left and right arrows rather than up and down?

I agree something needs to be done. Because I had removed the forward and back buttons from my button bar, my first impression on update to beta 4 was that the UI was broken.

Comment 2

[Luke Iliffe (Harlequin99)]

Can this and the bug it blocks be marked invalid as the drop marker has been removed from firefox 4?

Comment 3

[Justin Wood (:Callek)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Can this and the bug it blocks be marked invalid as the drop marker has been
> removed from firefox 4?

sounds fair to me.