Closed Bug 51129 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Reload and Stop should be merged into one button with two functions

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement, P3)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
General
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: mike_jk, Assigned: hangas)

References

Details

Instead of having 4 buttons: back, forward, reload, and stop. There should be 3 
buttons: back, forward, and reload/stop. When you're reloading a page, the 
button will become a stop button and when you're not reloading a page, it will 
be a reload button. You're not going to use the stop button if the page is 
complete.
updating component and setting defualt owner.  I don't think this is a good
idea. I like my 4 buttons ;)
Assignee: asa → hangas
Component: Browser-General → User Interface: Design Feedback
QA Contact: doronr → mpt
What happens when you're in a frameset, and you reload a frame?  Then your only 
option is Stop (to stop the loading of the page in that specific frame), but 
you might conceivably want to reload the entire frameset page at that point.  I 
also don't think this is a good idea (for UI reasons) to have one button 
consistently remain in the same position but have two different functions 
depending on the condition.  It is easier (IMHO) to conceive what actions you 
can do when something is visually disabled and something else is visually 
enabled.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Have 3 buttons → Reload and Stop should be merged into one button with two functions
Nah. I had the same idea a couple of years ago, but nixed it when I realized that 
you might try to stop the loading of a large page just as it was in fact 
finishing -- with the result that you would actually reload it, when you meant to 
stop it.
OS: Windows 98 → All
Hardware: PC → All
I don't think we should do this either.  Saving space on the toolbar is a 
valuable idea, but changing a button between two functions has usability issues.  
Closing bug.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
actually, this needs to be WONTFIX...
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
wontfix
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Silly Bugzilla rule, that ... Verifying wontfix.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
*** Bug 102091 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Component: User Interface Design → Browser-General
*** Bug 190793 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 190793 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 197382 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 234438 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Hi, I'm sorry to reopen this after 6 years. But isn't it possible to make it a user choice to use one or two button? Some users want the stop/reload in one button. Others don't. Isn't it possible to satisfy both? Safari managed it to make it as one button. I'm really enjoying Camino, but I would like to have just one stop/reload button. Thanx.
Come on already fix this. Who wants two separate buttons taking up space on the tool bar, wasting space, when it can be combined into one. Safari already does this and Firefox needs to do this as well.
Opera has one button for the two functions as well.
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