Re: [Bug-librejs] interface question

[Loic J. Duros]

No way, no, but I'm adding a way to disable it for the next version,
since it leads to the issues you have described.


Ivan Zaigralin <address@hidden> writes:

> From the silence, I infer that there is no way to disable the default 
> interface.
>
> So let me preface this by saying that I am rather incensed that sites are
> serving non-free code, and I see a tremendous utility in an extension such
> as librejs.
>
> But IMHO, this issue should be regarded as a bug, or at least as a severe
> usability concern. As you can tell by now, I am not an enemy of complaining,
> and I would love to start using librejs and to complain at the sites that 
> serve
> non-free code. I am stopped, however, but the offered interface.
>
> 1. The torch blocks a portion of the page I am trying to browse.
>
> 2. The torch appears to be a part of the page I am trying to browse. I am
> not exactly confused, but should it really be that way? From where I sit
> it looks like the extension modifies the content of the page, but there is
> absolutely no reason why it should do so.
>
> 3. Almost every time I want to scroll down the page, the mouse cursor slides
> over the torch. It gets triggered, the thing slides out and starts animating.
> This is so obnoxious, I can hardly believe that anyone, including the devs,
> would use this.
>
> To sum up, drawing into the content is a very poor choice. Activating on
> mouse-over is even worse.
>
> Why not remove the torch and instead indicate the presence of non-free code
> by altering a toolbar button? When a user presses the toolbar button, the
> thing may slide out.
>
> On 02/01/2014 06:20 PM, Ivan Zaigralin wrote:
>> Is there a way to disable the torch slide-out thingy? In other words,
>> is there a way to run librejs without it drawing anything in the browser 
>> window?