Some usability ideas for Ubuntu

[Michael T. Richter]

On Thu, 2006-16-03 at 20:11 -0800, Daniel Robitaille wrote:

> >>  In  Firefox on Linux, clicking on the favicon next to the address selects
> >> the address (without diddling the X Windows cut buffer).
> >
> >  It does?  When I move my cursor over the icon next to the address field, I get
> > a hand icon.  Clicking on it does absolutely nothing.  Would you care to explain
> >  what I'm supposed to see so I can make the appropriate bug report?  (Try testing
> > it on your system to make absolutely certain you're correct first, of course.)



> If you move over the icon, you get the hand icon.  Then left click. 
> That should select the URL in the address bar.  It works for me using
> Firefox in Breezy.


It does nothing of the sort for me.  Using Firefox.  In Breezy.  I can
drag and drop the URL, but there's nothing selected.  I have to resort
to "click in address bar, hit ^A and type" to change the URL there.
Which is a serious annoyance.

--
Michael T. Richter
Email: ttmrichter at gmail.com, mtr1966 at hotpop.com
MSN: ttmrichter at hotmail.com, mtr1966 at hotmail.com; YIM:
michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber:
mtr1966 at jabber.cn
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20060317/03a3c3aa/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20060317/03a3c3aa/attachment.sig>