[rekonq] Re: Clear Button in URL bar

[Emmanuel Surleau]

> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 20:34, Emmanuel Surleau
> 
> <emmanuel.surleau at gmail.com>wrote:
> > > 2010/11/16 Rohan Garg <rohangarg at ubuntu.com>
> > > 
> > > > Oh forgot to mention my idea :
> > > > Display clear button when URL is still loading, but hide it once the
> > 
> > url
> > 
> > > > was loaded and show the RSS feed & bookmark buttons.
> > > > Regards
> > > > Rohan Garg
> > > 
> > > I don't think adding that button is a good idea. We already have a lot
> > > of widgets in the url bar and if we add more it'll look too bloated.
> > > Lets
> > 
> > keep
> > 
> > > only the essential ones.
> > > 
> > > Showing the button only when loading isn't useful either. It's a small
> > > period of time, it might get confusing and it's very likely to produce
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > annoying situation when you want to press a button and by the time you
> > 
> > move
> > 
> > > the mouse the button has disappeared.
> > 
> > The current system (no clear button) is a goddamn pain with X's
> > (admittedly retarded) handling of copy-paste. I understand the drive for
> > simplicity, but
> > it should not be an end in itself.
> > 
> > If anything, you can always make it a button outside the URL bar (like
> > the reload button), people who do not want it can remove it via the
> > "Configure toolbars" window.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Emm
> 
> As we discussed on #rekonq earlier today I'm personally fine with  "Ctrl+L,
> backspace".

The drawback to only having the shortcut is that you can't do mouse-only or 
touch-based browsing.

> Your other suggestion to add a button in the UI is pretty much what I was
> proposing in order to keep things simple and flexible:

Great minds, etc.

Cheers,

Emm