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UI Specification: Menu Framework

Table of content

• Bugs
• Menus
• Remaining Issues
• Discussed Issues
• Notes

1. Related Bugs

• Bug 108099 - Restructure menu framework [Go, Tasks] for browser and mail.
• Bug 89825 - Edit and View menus should match spec
• Bug 67414 - Remove the Search menu
• Bug 48748 - The "tasks" menu should be called "Window"

Based on reviewing the proposals and comments in the bugs above, below are the issues I believe need to be discussed and resolved. Please excuse if I missed anything.

2. Main Menus

Items in italics are planned but not yet implemented.

A. Browser

B. Mail

C. Address Book

D. Composer

(Not reviewed in Pixeljockeys meeting)

3. Remaining Issues

1. View Menu: "Languages and Web Content". Remove. Why is this a separate menu item if it opens the Pref panel? Other pref panels don't have their own menu item. Remove or move to Tools Menu. Check with Don Brag. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
2. View Menu: Is "Character Coding" or "Encoding" or "Character Set" correct? Check with international folks. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.

4. Discussed Issues

1. File Menu. "New <component window>" is the first menu item, plus the first menu item in New flyout menu. Remove it as first menu item and only have it as first menu item in New flyout menu. Top items in New flyout are specific to that app. Items below the splitter are applicable to other apps. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02. Agreed to give this a try. If there are problems, will re-evaluate.
2. File Menu. Move "Close" to be grouped with New and Open items. Last item in top group before separator, instead of with "Save" items. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
3. File Menu. Order of Print items. See examples below. Leave as is in current product. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
4. File Menu: Quit vs Exit. OS specific. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
5. File Menu: "Edit Page" moved to 2nd grouping instead of by itself. Keep it by itself. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
6. File Menu: Save Frame, Edit Frame, Send Frame, Print Frame. Do these all need to be added? Can any of them toggle with their "Page" version? Frames flyout menu --> Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
7. Edit Menu: "Manage Saved Data". This is already in the Forms Manager flyout menu. Does it need to be duplicated? Especially since FM is more prominent now. Remove. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
8. Edit Menu: "Prefill Form" and "Save Form Data". Move to top of Forms Manager flyout. Change to "Fill in Form" and "Save Form Info" and leave in Edit menu. Duplicate in Forms Manager flyout as well. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
9. View Menu: "Full Screen?" Why is this here if OS controls already do this? Leave in. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
10. View Menu: Move "Sidebar/My Sidebar" from the top of View menu into the Show/Hide flyout with rest of related show/hide items. Agreed. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
11. Mail. View Menu. Change "Message" to "Message Pane" and move it into the "Show/Hide-->" menu. Agree. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
12. View Menu: "Text Size" or "Text Zoom"? Which will users understand better? "Text Size" for now. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
13. View Menu: Group "Character Coding" with "Text Size" and "Use Style Sheet"? Yes. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
14. Search Menu. Should it be its own separate menu or broken into the Edit Menu (Find, Find Again) and the "Tools" menu? Get rid of top level Search menu in order to break Task menu into two menus and still keep menu number from growing. "Find" items into Edit menu. Other stuff, potentially in Tools or Go menus. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
15. Go Menu. Browser. Brief History or Long History. See examples above. Brief History. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
16. Go Menu. Should it be its own separate menu or a submenu of View Menu? Leave as separate menu. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
17. Bookmarks: "Manage Bookmarks". Group with first two menu items. Agreed. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
18. Bookmarks: "Add Bookmark" and "File Bookmark..." OR "Add to Bookmarks" and "Add to Bookmarks In...". One adds the bookmark to end of list, other opens a dialog and allows user to customize the new bookmark. Leave as is for now (Add and File). Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
19. Preferences and Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings. These belong in Edit menu or a "Tools" menu? Edit Menu. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
20. Tasks Menu is not working well. Users unsure of what they will find in this menu. Mixes the components and the features/tools and window management stuff in one menu. There doesn't seem to be a good menu name to convey everything it contains. Plus, features/tools get buried in flyout menus.Proposal 1 - leave contents intact and try and find a better name for menu (Windows, Tools).Proposal 2 - break the contents into two menus (yes it adds another menu, but users will more easily be able to find what they are looking for). (Tools/Windows/Applications/Features). Lets try Proposal 2, Tools and Windows menus. Pixeljockeys 3/20/02.
21. Tools Menu. Change "Utilities" flyout to "Web Development" flyout. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
22. Work Offline moves to Tools menu. Leave in File menu. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
23. Tools: Forms Manager. Manage Stored Form Data changes to "Edit Form Info" to match wording changes of related items in Edit menu. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
24. Translate moves to Tools menu. According the PM, this won't be available in next release. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
25. Password Manager. Change "Log Out" to Lock/Unlock Password toggle for better explanation. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
26. Password Manager flyout. Most of the menu items here correspond to an individual setting in Preferences. Why are they duplicated here? How often do users Change or Reset their MP? Encrypt/Obscure Info is a toggle pref setting. Maybe a "Password Manager" item that opens the Pref if necessary. Remove: Change Master Password, Reset Master Password, Encrypt Sensitive Information. Obscure Sensitive Information. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.
27. Move "Understanding Privacy" to Help Menu. Yes. Verify with Sean Cotter, Tech Pubs. Pixeljockeys 3/22/02.

5. Updates Since PJs Meeting

1. 135204. Remove duplicate search items/"Search" flyout menu from Tools menu.
2. Remove "Understanding Privacy" from the Help menu. It is already covered as a top level help topic. Per Tech Pubs team. 4/5/02.
3. Bug 135862 - "New Composer Page" menu item is missing from Composer menus.
4. Remove Understanding Privacy from Help menu since it is already a top level item in the Help Index. Per Steve Rudman. 4/02. Bugscape 13188.
5. 135572 - Remove Theme Preferences from the View > Apply Theme submenu. Agree-PJ's 4/29/02.
6. 135784 - Cookie Manager menu and Image Manager menu is not consistent. Make it match other menus-PJ's 4/29/02.
7. 135022 - Apply Theme missing from View Menu for Components other than Navigator. Remove theme switching from menu completely since switching themes on fly doesn't work. PJ's 4/29/02.
8. 135204 - Search Messages... and Search Addresses.. appear twice under Tool | Search. Agree-PJ's 4/29/02.
9. Leave Translate in Tools menu for Mozilla builds. PJ's 4/29/02.
10. "Translate" becomes "Translate Page" and moves above the Managers. Yes. Neil and timeless 11/17/03.

6. Foot Notes *

1. Mac OS X declares command-h and command-m as the keyboard shortcut/accelerator for Hide and Minimize respectively. We collide with these shortcuts/accelerators with our commands for History and New Message. In order to solve this collision it is the consensus of the Mac development community to change our shortcuts/accelerators to shift-command-h for History and shift-command-M for New Message. Steve Dagley