On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 03:33:53PM -0400, Brian Sammon wrote:
As occasionly I come across websites (up to around 3 times a day) which because of one reason or another display white-on-white, or other things like that, and because most of the time I like seeing real colours of pages, I quickly added a "use colours" button to the toolbar of my local dillo, which (obviously) toggles the use of local colours or not. Anyway, my question is, as this kind of thing isn't really wanted for mainstream/normal dillo, is there any way of writing it as an extension, or a plugin, rather than as a patch? Or will there be such a way, ever?
Something I really miss from my browser from way back when, Mosaic, is the "Options" menu which had a bunch of checkboxes for options like that. I would love to see your function (and something related to image loading, while I'm making out my wish list) show up in a similar menu in dillo.
Me too! Funny as it may seem, I've been thinking of the idea for a long time. A small button near the bug meter with a toolbox icon where a bunch of handy options can be set. For instance, the one Brian suggested (force_my_colors), Fit page to window (when tables are too wide), switch parsing method, load/don't_load images, etc. Of course some of them are workarounds and some not, anyway it would help to have some of them. Why isn't the magic button there then? Our main problem is lack of developers, Sebastian and I are covered with other works we regard as higher priority, so handy task as this (and several others) keep on waiting... If somebody here wants to implement this menu button in a clean way (not as an ad-hoc hack), it'd be very welcomed. In the same spirit, if someone here has development skills and wants to contribute, please let us know. We have plenty of small to big size tasks waiting for a developer to work them out.
[...] or a plugin, rather than as a patch? Or will there be such a way, ever?
This feature can't be a plugin now. The good news is that there's room for it near the bug meter. ;) -- Cheers Jorge.-