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A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by recursive »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #49
eek2121 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I leave it on. It acts as a larger scrollbar when I use the mouse/trackpad/whatever pointing device to scroll. Operating systems these days are all about hiding the scrollbar and/or making it as small as possible. The minimap not only solves that issue, but also gives a bit of a visual representation of the file contents. Sure, you can't read the text, but if you've worked with a file long enough, you know exactly wh…

I just use the scroll wheel / touch pad, especially the one on Apple's mouse is really intutive. But I also try to not have my files get too large, or use the search function to quickly scroll to somewhere I know.

I do all that. But sometimes I find myself editing a file I did not create. Sometimes that file is large. Actually, that seems to happen a lot.

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by ryandrake »

Why have a "minimap" if your content itself is already the size of a minimap? I have a 27" monitor, and this site's content takes up a ~5 inch strip down the center of my browser, with 9 inches on each side full of whitespace. Over 75% of the page is whitespace. If you let the content grow to fill the browser window, you could read the whole thing without scrolling.

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #49
eek2121 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I leave it on. It acts as a larger scrollbar when I use the mouse/trackpad/whatever pointing device to scroll. Operating systems these days are all about hiding the scrollbar and/or making it as small as possible. The minimap not only solves that issue, but also gives a bit of a visual representation of the file contents. Sure, you can't read the text, but if you've worked with a file long enough, you know exactly wh…

I just use the scroll wheel / touch pad, especially the one on Apple's mouse is really intutive. But I also try to not have my files get too large, or use the search function to quickly scroll to somewhere I know.

I think probably most of us use the scroll wheel (or equivalent) to scroll, but the advantage of the visible scroll bar is the immediate feedback of both document length and current location.

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by masswerk »

For me on FF 115.0.2 (64-bit), the "how it looks like" pane was stuck, and only revealed on mouse-over what is instantly visible on Safari Desktop. On reload, the same state is still visible for a short period, before it's replaced by the intended content ("Screen_Shot_2021-10-17_at_21.45.35.png" – hey, built on FF/macOS!). This is also repeatable (and somewhat ironic.)

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

iends wrote: post #15
williamdclt wrote: post #4

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I exclusively use firefox, have a pretty normal browsing pattern, and that almost never happens to me! Much less that once a month, maybe once every 3 months

Finding one once every few months sound about right but usually the bugs impacting Firefox users are major PITA. Some I’ve had over the past few years: * myADP had some kind of bug preventing firefox authentication that lasted months. * Elan financial redid their credit card site for fidelity visa and had a CSS bug that hid the card total balance. This lasted for about a month. * bitbucket (work required) had this bu…

vanguard's website can't edit holdings with firefox. I reported it years ago and literally nothing's been done.

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

jjice wrote: post #7
aetherspawn wrote: post #2

Every day I hit sites that literally only work in Chrome.. it’s time to fight back :)

Yeah it's upsetting the sites that I run into this on, especially since there's no excuse in 2023. On more obscure pages on Vanguard's website I've run into some broken stuff that results in console errors I don't remember, but switching to Chrome made it work :/

yeah the edit holdings page is broken in FF

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by silon42 »

eek2121 wrote: post #35
RandomWorker wrote: post #21

The first thing I do when I work in an editor with a mini-map is -- turn it off. I find it mostly the most useless feature for coding, and for sites it seems to be equally useless. Why? 1. Stuff is too small to really make out where I'm going or navigating. 2. Short or long pages, both don't really benefit from the loss of screen real-estate. Or the distraction really. 3. Other tools like a proper index with descript…

I leave it on. It acts as a larger scrollbar when I use the mouse/trackpad/whatever pointing device to scroll. Operating systems these days are all about hiding the scrollbar and/or making it as small as possible. The minimap not only solves that issue, but also gives a bit of a visual representation of the file contents. Sure, you can't read the text, but if you've worked with a file long enough, you know exactly wh…

It's closer to proper width of the scrollbar than many modern ones :)

Re: A Firefox-only minimap (2021)

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Post by jacknews »

_joel wrote: post #57
jacknews wrote: post #27

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Not working for me on macos. otoh firefox has been really weird since the 115 update - rock solid before that, but now all kinds of weird graphic glitches and hangs.

Working fine here for me on macos, latest FF, uBlock enabled

ok, it works in private mode, so must be one of my plugins - maybe vimium.

Anyway this is definitely cool, but it's a shame you can't use it as a scrollbar.

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