Comment 4 for bug 735840
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| Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote Re: Remove the separate searchbar as an option in Midori | #4 |
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Not angry, just stating the reasoning behind the report and the desire for a change in design.
Building an application isn't just about what works technically, you have to take into account users that don't necessarily understand your intent with the application (and for some developers you have to understand what your intent with the application actually is). The reasoning behind changing the icon in that particular report has to do with feature discovery. Not everyone knows you can click that icon to get more options. Having the type of engine hinted in the field and changing that icon helps a user to not only understand what that field does in the immediate term, but also helps a user understand what that field is *capable* of doing.
It's not about personal tastes at all, it's about creating a better browsing experience (and in this case, also helping make Midori more maintainable for it's developers) ;)