[rekonq] Improvements for 0.3

[Henry de Valence]

On Wed August 26 2009 10:51:43 am Panagiotis Papadopoulos wrote:
> > > The code is simpler. There is one place to add actions. With the menu
> > > bar, actions are declared in an xml file and in the code source.
>
> Ok, I didn't know this before. :-)
>
> > > My first intention was to hide the menu by default and let the user
> > > display it via cntrl-m or an option in the config panel. But this is
> > > not the path taken by Andrea. I think I will follow him. Without the
> > > menu we are coherent.
> > >
> > > Lionel.
> >
> > About right click.. I removed it, that's my decision. I think we should
> > not let user customize our "so simple" UI and just provide an option in
> > rekonfig or in the tools menu.
> > I'll fix it ASAP.
>
> To be honest, I'm quite uncomfortable with this decision: This sounds more
> like a GNOME solution, where the developers decides how the UI *must* look
> like. In KDE you have the power to customize the UI to your needs, which
> imho is the better way. Example:
> Before this functionality was removed, I was able to change the size of the
> icons in the toolbar, which was quite handy imho.

If the ability to reconfigure comes at no cost, then yes. But making it 
configurable means that it’s not so simple, which makes it harder to maintain 
etc. And for what benefit? The minimalist UI is what sets rekonq apart.

Henry de Valence

>
> Greetings,
>
> Panagiotis Papadopoulos
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