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 | | From: | Danila Medvedev | | Subject: | Windows panel (and window) | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:13:31 +0300 |
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 | Hi!
The Windows side panel can be extended (as all panels) into a window by
clicking on >>. However, the window which opens is not as useful as it
could have been. I suggest changing it into a table (or a combination of
table and tree) with at least a URL column. Sometimes it's handy to get an
overview of open pages not by title, but by the URL (especially on sites
with such informative page titles as "Untitled" :) ).
It would also be nice if that window could allow you to group all pages
not just according to which Opera MDI window they are open in, but also to
the site (this can be partially accomplished by adding the URL column - it
would be possible to sort by it and it would automatically group the pages
by site).
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Best regards,
Danila mailto:danila.medvedev@mail.ru
Today, through the accelerating pace of technological development
and scientific understanding, we are entering a whole new stage
in the history of the human species.
http://www.transhumanism.org/resources/faq.html
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| | From: | extrapolator | | Subject: | Re: Windows panel (and window) | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:43:17 -0500 |
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| On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:13:31 +0300, Danila Medvedev
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The Windows side panel can be extended (as all panels) into a window by
> clicking on >>. However, the window which opens is not as useful as it
> could have been. I suggest changing it into a table (or a combination of
> table and tree) with at least a URL column. Sometimes it's handy to get
> an overview of open pages not by title, but by the URL (especially on
> sites with such informative page titles as "Untitled" :) ).
>
> It would also be nice if that window could allow you to group all pages
> not just according to which Opera MDI window they are open in, but also
> to the site (this can be partially accomplished by adding the URL column
> - it would be possible to sort by it and it would automatically group
> the pages by site).
>
While you are at it, how about putting a quickfind panel on this page (and
on the panel), as I almost always have 20+ windows open, and when that
happens the page tab is reduced to a shrunk favicon and my shrunk close
button.
--
http://www.xenodochy.org/ralph.html
Using the Opera Mail 8:00 build 7401 email client under W2K Prof
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| | From: | Danila Medvedev | | Subject: | Re: Windows panel (and window) | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:01:50 +0300 |
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| >> The Windows side panel can be extended (as all panels) into a window by
>> clicking on >>. However, the window which opens is not as useful as it
>> could have been. I suggest changing it into a table (or a combination
>> of table and tree) with at least a URL column. Sometimes it's handy to
>> get an overview of open pages not by title, but by the URL (especially
>> on sites with such informative page titles as "Untitled" :) ).
>>
>> It would also be nice if that window could allow you to group all pages
>> not just according to which Opera MDI window they are open in, but also
>> to the site (this can be partially accomplished by adding the URL
>> column - it would be possible to sort by it and it would automatically
>> group the pages by site).
>>
> While you are at it, how about putting a quickfind panel on this page
> (and on the panel), as I almost always have 20+ windows open, and when
> that happens the page tab is reduced to a shrunk favicon and my shrunk
> close button.
Quickload would be nice (not just nice, it would also be consistent), but
I may have a temporarily solution for your particular problem.
1) Use several windows with ~10 pages opened in each. Possible if the
pages you have open similtaneously are related to several distinct topics.
2) Right click on page bar, customize, set Wrapping to Wrap to multiple
lines. That way the page bar would occupy more than one lines and each
item would take about 18 pixels, enough to see the title text. With
20+ pages that would mean 3+ rows, which is not very much if you have at
least 1024x768 resolution (and Opera maximized and not too many other
toolbars).
--
Best regards,
Danila mailto:danila.medvedev@mail.ru
Today, through the accelerating pace of technological development
and scientific understanding, we are entering a whole new stage
in the history of the human species.
http://www.transhumanism.org/resources/faq.html
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| | From: | extrapolator | | Subject: | Re: Windows panel (and window) | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:38:00 -0500 |
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| On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:01:50 +0300, Danila Medvedev
wrote:
>>> The Windows side panel can be extended (as all panels) into a window
>>> by clicking on >>. However, the window which opens is not as useful as
>>> it could have been. I suggest changing it into a table (or a
>>> combination of table and tree) with at least a URL column. Sometimes
>>> it's handy to get an overview of open pages not by title, but by the
>>> URL (especially on sites with such informative page titles as
>>> "Untitled" :) ).
>>>
>>> It would also be nice if that window could allow you to group all
>>> pages not just according to which Opera MDI window they are open in,
>>> but also to the site (this can be partially accomplished by adding the
>>> URL column - it would be possible to sort by it and it would
>>> automatically group the pages by site).
>>>
>> While you are at it, how about putting a quickfind panel on this page
>> (and on the panel), as I almost always have 20+ windows open, and when
>> that happens the page tab is reduced to a shrunk favicon and my shrunk
>> close button.
> Quickload would be nice (not just nice, it would also be consistent),
> but I may have a temporarily solution for your particular problem.
>
> 1) Use several windows with ~10 pages opened in each. Possible if the
> pages you have open similtaneously are related to several distinct
> topics.
> 2) Right click on page bar, customize, set Wrapping to Wrap to multiple
> lines. That way the page bar would occupy more than one lines and each
> item would take about 18 pixels, enough to see the title text. With
> 20+ pages that would mean 3+ rows, which is not very much if you have at
> least 1024x768 resolution (and Opera maximized and not too many other
> toolbars).
>
Thanks, but it's too expensive, real-estate wise, for me.
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http://www.xenodochy.org/ralph.html
Using the Opera Mail 8:00 build 7401 email client under W2K Prof
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| | From: | Danila Medvedev | | Subject: | Re: Windows panel (and window) | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:33:06 +0300 |
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| On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:38:00 -0500, extrapolator
wrote:
>> 1) Use several windows with ~10 pages opened in each. Possible if the
>> pages you have open similtaneously are related to several distinct
>> topics.
>> 2) Right click on page bar, customize, set Wrapping to Wrap to multiple
>> lines. That way the page bar would occupy more than one lines and each
>> item would take about 18 pixels, enough to see the title text. With
>> 20+ pages that would mean 3+ rows, which is not very much if you have
>> at least 1024x768 resolution (and Opera maximized and not too many
>> other toolbars).
> Thanks, but it's too expensive, real-estate wise, for me.
At least enable Advanced Opera workspace in Preferences/Windows. That way
you remove the close buttons that you probably don't need, since you still
can close individual pages by middle-clicking on them.
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Best regards,
Danila mailto:danila.medvedev@mail.ru
Today, through the accelerating pace of technological development
and scientific understanding, we are entering a whole new stage
in the history of the human species.
http://www.transhumanism.org/resources/faq.html
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