Re: browser vs. editor

    I agree with this idea of two modes. As an other example, SVG 
animations (or scripts in the future ?) are inconvenient when you edit a 
document so it would be useful to be able to stop them. Also, some CSS 
properties are suppose to hide some part of the document (think to a CSS 
menu such as you can find on my website or the website of John). On the 
one hand you want Amaya to follow W3C specification and implement the 
properties but on the other hand you want to be able to directly edit 
the item of the menu without using other views...

> I am all for a user selection item on toolbar that would offer
> existing mode as well as pure editor mode and pure browser mode.
> User configurability is nice in any utility   and this type of config
> would remove need to choose what to implement on a edit/browse
> action ....  
>
>
> Hello again,
>
> I've noticed that a lot of times when Amaya behaves differently than how I
> would expect, it's because Amaya was designed as both a web browser and
> editor, while I'm used to having separate applications for these tasks. For
> example:
>
> - If I double-click a word that has a link applied to it, I would expect to
> select the word for editing. Instead, Amaya navigates to the link.
>
> - If I press Tab in a table cell, I would expect my cursor to move to the
> next table cell. Insead, it moves to the next link.
>
> - If I enter text into a field, I would expect the text to be saved as the
> "value" attribute in the HTML. Instead, my text is lost when I close the
> document.
>
> I can understand the logic of these behaviors, but at the same time I intend
> to use Amaya only as an editor and never as a browser, so I would prefer it
> to be designed primarily for editing. How does this compare to other users?
> Would the developers consider making the application more editing-oriented
> if that were the consensus of users? Another option would be an explicit
> "edit" and "browse" mode that behaved differently.
>
> Thanks,
> -Arlo
>
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