OmniWeb 5b2, Part 3

February 29th, 2004
Categories: Browsers, Interface, OS X
  • Embed a vCard with company contact info in the About window that can be added to the Address Book via a button or drag-and-drop. Many developers could do this with their contact info. For developers with multiple applications, it would be necessary to check for an existing card, which I believe is possible using the existing Address Book APIs.
  • ?-click on a Favorites toolbar sub-folder to open its contents in new tabs.
  • Menu Bar

    There are a number of menu commands and submenus whose titles should be dimmed when no windows are open or under other circumstances.

    1. File
      • Save Linked (submenu) and Save All should be dimmed when no windows are open.
    2. Edit
      • Spelling and Speech (submenus) should be dimmed when no windows are open.

        Dimming the Find submenu command (and therefore the submenu title) is debatable because users might want to create a query while no windows are open. The Find Next and Find Previous commands should definitely be dimmed while there are no windows to search.

    3. View
      • Show (submenu) should be dimmed when no windows are open.
      • The active Text Encoding setting should have a check mark by it.
      • Move the tab drawer visibility toggle out of the Show submenu to the top level, perhaps right above the navigation bar toggle.
    4. Workspace
      • Close Workspace, Next Workspace, and Previous Workspace should be dimmed when only one Workspace exists.

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