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Mike Beltzner

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More options May 5 2006, 12:40 am

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From: "Mike Beltzner" <mbeltz...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 00:40:11 -0400

Local: Fri, May 5 2006 12:40 am

Subject: Re: UI: Feed Preview+Subscribe Screenshots

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On 4/28/06, Mike Beltzner <mbeltz...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/28/06, Ben Goodger <bengood...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is great (and fast!) work, Ben. Some notes based on the
> screencaps, more to come when I get the build up and running (/me
> kicks his G4 a couple of times in the CPU):

Ben, Joe Hughes, Mike Connor and I got together this week and chatted
about the design and changes that were within scope for the short
term. Here's what we came up with, using beautiful ASCII art!

1. Preferences Panel (to be placed anywhere now, figure out best
location for it later).

- Feeds ---------------------------------------------------

When I click on a web feed,
( ) always subscribe with a Live Bookmark.
( ) always subscribe using the Feed Reader.
(o) ask me what to use.

Feed Reader [ %systemDefaultIfAny |v]
|-------------------------------|
| %availableReaders | |
| Other Program ... | |
'-------------------------------'

* feed reader section is disabled if the Live Bookmark option is checked
* web based and client based readers should be in the same list
* Other Program ... leads to a dialog that lets the user pick a client
app if we haven't been able to detect it using the OS level file
associations

2. Preview Subscription UI

| |
| [Subscribe] to this feed using [%lastUsedOption |v] |
| |
| [ ] Always use %lastUsedOption to subscribe to feeds |
'--------------------------------------------------------'

* %lastUsedOption is either "a Live Bookmark" or the name of the feed reader
* the drop down should also have an "Other Program ..." option that
works as in prefs

3. Confirmation dialog for adding a web based feed reader

.------------------------------------------------.
| .-----. |
| |~~~~,| Add %s as a feed reader? |
| |~~, )| |
| |O ) )| [ ] Make this my default feed reader |
| '-----' |
| [ No ] [ Yes ] |
'------------------------------------------------'

4. Holding down Accel when clicking on a link that leads to a feed (as
detected by the sniffer or when using the feed:// protocol) will force
the preview UI to load in a new tab (which will be given focus) even
if the "always subscribe" option is set.

5. Holding down Accel when clicking on the feed icon in the location
bar will change the verb from "Subscribe" to "View" and will load the
preview UI in a new tab (which will be given focus).

cheers,
mike

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/ mike beltzner / user experience lead / mozilla corporation /

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