Forum: Weblog comments

By pretending that the topic of the post is not a serious one, I'd like to mentioned a couple of usability issues that the already solid SeaMonkey's DM has. Both of the issues are concerned with not seeing and being able to copy URL of a download in the DM manager. After a few futile attempts to see the URL, I figured out that there is a column one can add to the DM to see it. While it's a good start, it's not easily discoverable or usable - I cannot copy URL from the column.

There are two separate fixes that can improve the situation. First, the DM needs to have the URL of a download as part of a tooltip for each of the items. Second, Properties pop-up needs to have URL in it, and the URL should be presented in such a form where one can copy it from.

Walter K:
Did you try right click and "Copy Download URL"?

Thanks for pointing it out. I right-clicked it a dozen of times, and I sure didn't see it then! Now that you told me, I see it every time I even discovered that download's Properties dialog has source URL tooltip if one hovers over the From label, and if ones right-clicks on the label (no indicator that it's clickable though), popup with Go To Download Page and Copy Download Link shows up.

So, all my functional issues are moot. Now only usability, i.e. ability to discover, remain. It would help that any text that has right-click menu can act like a menu item and can inverse its colors when one mouses over it. BTW, I'm on WinXP.

Walter K:
The discovery improvement to the Properties dialog is already in SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha 1