I'd first like to say thanks for Dillo, its sooo great loading the
complete list of CPAN modules in less than 2 seconds, as compared with
the nice 5 to 10 seconds with mozilla/firebird :)
I do not know if this has been discussed but:
One thing I noticed, as Dillo matures, it will obviously need a
configuration/preferences menu. I am really starting to get pissed off
(pardon lang) at how other browsers use the standard toolkit based
widgets to do their configuration. This, IMHO, with the features of
today's browsers, clutters up the user interface and causes bloat with
the browser. I think having a PURE html interface to doing web browser
configuration would do two important things:
1. Gives the flexibility to have a feature rich browser while maintain
simplicity. It is a web browser, 90% of the user interface is a web
page, so why not make the GUI something the user is familiar with.
2. Reduces bloat.
IMHO not so much importantly,
3. Allows for nice customization (themes) of the user interface by
someone who knows HTML and vi w/o having to recompile dillo. ;)
I am considering to attempt to make a module for the configuration of
Dillo that will do this:
1. Configure all aspect of the browser including the (upcoming?) plugin
support.
2. Allow pluggable configuration. If plugins have any configurable
options (sometimes they do), they will also be configurable using the
interface.
This module would be accessed through something like:
config:// or about:config (i like config:// much better)
It would obviously have some security built in so that no one can pull a
IE type trick on us and be able to do things they shouldn't.
Anyhow this is just a brainstorm, what are your thoughts on doing
something like this?
