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I've been wondering why the menus for NoScript are different depending on if it's opened from the bottom notice bar or from the Firefox toolbar. Some options are missing when opened from the toolbar and the list seems to be reversed which is pretty annoying. Consistency makes it easy to do what you want while on the other hand having things flip flop around can be disorienting.

Wouldn't it be easier for both development and the users if both simply displayed the same menu, so it's in a same order with the same options.


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Scripty wrote:I've been wondering why the menus for NoScript are different depending on if it's opened from the bottom notice bar or from the Firefox toolbar. <snip> ... and the list seems to be reversed which is pretty annoying.

I guess it's all personal opinion, but to me, it makes perfect sense for the menu that "hangs" from the top to be read from the top down, and for the one that jumps "up" from the bottom to be read bottom-up.

Or in other words: Read from the NS logo to the end. But that's just MHO, and definitely everyone's tastes will vary.

Consistency makes it easy to do what you want while on the other hand having things flip flop around can be disorienting.

Which is why I try always to be consistent in opening *only* the top menu or the bottom one, whichever you prefer.

Some options are missing when opened from the toolbar. ... Wouldn't it be easier for both development and the users if both simply displayed the same menu, so it's in a same order with the same options?

See above about the order, but I agree that it's odd that the Notification options are in one and not the other. IMHO, that's a more-or-less permanent config choice in the GUI, and not one that needs to clutter the menu.
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