- From: Hugh Sasse <hgs@dmu.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:29:09 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Amaya Mailing List <www-amaya@w3.org>
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Adam J. Richter wrote: > I think that editing and browsing are close enough so that > having two seperate modes adds more to the complexity of use than the > rearrangement of commands might save. Seperate browsing and editing [...] OK, but make sure it is possible to invoke in a read-only mode. > > Also, there is the is a semi-political issue here. As I [...] As for competing with commercial browsers -- Amaya could aim elsewhere so it would not directly compete, it would be filling a different niche. What I mean is that the W3C have a Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Activity.html so amaya COULD be an example of how browsers can be accessible as well as how they should handle HTML4.0. Hmm, now that would be a political decision! :-) > > I don't claim to have a "vote" on a somebody else's project, Exactly -- these remarks are meant as constructive suggestions :-) > > o Use shift-click to select a object for editing. If I move that is a nice idea > o Instead of having a button that switches between "Home" and > "Save" deending on mode, get rid of the "Browse/Edit" button > so you can have both "Home" and "Save" buttons if you want them. I would change it to READ-ONLY mode, or only allow saving to a new file. Hugh hgs@dmu.ac.uk
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