Re: Chromeless popups (was: Reason 3.14159x10^8 to hate firefox)

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From: jrodman
Subject: Re: Chromeless popups (was: Reason 3.14159x10^8 to hate firefox)
Date: 23:34 on 19 Oct 2006
On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 11:31:30PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * jrodman@xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx <jrodman@xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-10-19 22:15]:
> > Create new window. Stupid, but I can see the rationale. Create
> > new window without the normal url bar? Whaat? Without _Menus_?
> > Without *scrollbars*, regardless of whether the content
> > _fits_!? What kind of drug induces these kinds of thought
> > patterns. Scotch guard?
> 
> I think a generic "open chromeless window" that would remove
> anything but scrollbars is fine -- there are use cases where such
> a thing is nice to have.
> 
> What's hateful is that there's no easy way to override this from
> the UI -- sometimes, whatever the script writer's opinion, *I*
> want the UI elements, and I want a button somewhere obvious on
> such windows that gives me back all of the browser chrome, no
> questions asked.

So you want the ability open up a new window without the familiar
interface, that has an intuitive element to return the interface.

I think our ideas of intuitve and obvious diverged somewhere in the
woods.  (Although any sort of bone would be better than the current
situation).

-josh
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