The hack originated as a way to get the old Go button to match the other toolbarbuttons in my theme. I then began using it as a way to dynamically increase button sizes when space was available, according to Fitts’ Law of interaction design (bigger targets are easier/faster to hit).

The focus ring for button elements had drifted slightly out of alignment since 1.0, which i’d guess is something related to Bug 151375. I used the -moz-outline property to draw the dotted line, and it had expanded out by 1px. The -moz-outline-offset property looked like it might get the job done. So i added it with a value of -1px, and it did the trick nicely. Not sure about backwards-compatibility, but i’m also not all that worried about it.

Firefox looks less busted than Flock did in its first fitting. I think the main visual oddity is the feed icon dealy in the Location Bar, which needs an icon and some tailoring. Behind the scenes, the biggest movement will be getting the new Options window working. There’s some slight unstyling in the Extensions and Downloads windows that needs to be synced up. The Page Info dialog tabbox also lost a bit of styling, but should be trivial to fix. The Help window has the Back/Forward button dropmarker bustage again; seems like i had to fix the exact same thing for 1.0.

I guess i’ll also need to add in support for the new focusable tabs. Not yet sure if that’s going to require any heavy lifting.

I’m sure i’ll find more little nits and picks as i dig more.

• I’m running WordPress 1.5 Strayhorn.
• Last time i tried to ping that post it didn’t work.
• I was able to successfully ping the Test Track test blog.

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So anyway, the idea. Add an Image Toolbar on the bottom of the window (like the Find Toolbar) when images are viewed. For a slight sacrifice in vertical screen real estate, you could have image details (size, format, etc.), resize feedback, and controls for zooming and other functions (like copying and saving). Being on the bottom would work out perfectly, since there’s no reason to have the Find Toolbar come up while viewing an image (which i just tried, and is apparently another bug).

[Save Image][Copy Image] [Set As Wallpaper] [Fit In Window] JPEG Image, 630x1200 - Scaled 53%

I’m going ahead and writing this now before i even check if it’s already been suggested so i at least get the idea down. Searching through bmo and the forums can be an arduous task. And i haven’t done it in a while. I’ll check back in after i get a chance to dig around a bit. Hmm, maybe this could be something i could tinker with as an extension. Would probably be easier than a frequent links toolbar with all its history messiness.

Apparently there’s been an Image Toolbar extension for a while now, which mimics Internet Explorer’s behavior. Though it has a few of the same features (Save, Copy) it doesn’t really solve the problem of resizing. And i personally never really liked that little floating toolbar anyway. May be able to borrow/learn some code from it. I don’t think there’s really enough overlap to make my idea worthless, but now i have to come up with a different name. That’s fine, though, “Image Toolbar” was a little to plain and obvious for my tastes anyway. Onward.

Might be able to glean more from the Image Zoom extension. Though i’d like mine to use the stock functions as much as possible. This sounds like it does some of its own zooming stuff, like incrementally zooming in and out, instead of just 100% and fitting to the window. Though that may be something to consider—zoom in/out. But that would probably get scrapped in favor of simplicity. I’m going for something that might actually be included in a Firefox release.