jtackaberry
commented
10 years ago Moving to a proper toolbar button has been part of the plan for a long time (issue #4).
But the main problem at the moment is that due to my work/life commitments I have essentially zero time to hack on NoSquint.
I'm somewhat at the mercy of the contributors to submit patches until I can scrounge enough time to work on this. Theoretically a simple button that exactly replaces the functionality of the current status panel wouldn't be too difficult, but it all comes down to time.
trlkly
SpiritWolfe
Based on my use of the UX branch, Australis is doing away with the addon status shim--the one that allows old style icons on the status bar, and the one that only NoSquint even seems to use anymore. In fact, Australis is likely going to get rid of the addon bar altogether--if not concurrent with the new UI, then soon after.
Development needs to start on using a standard icon to convey the same information. If displaying text in a button is difficult, my suggestion is to use canvas to modify an icon. To get everything to fit, drop the percent sign and stick the magnifying glass on top. Maybe use color to distinguish between text and page zoom.
Displaying both types of zoom at once will be more complicated, but I have ideas for that, too--ones that won't leave us with an icon that is just two numbers on top of each other. One solution is to only display both if the user chooses an option--an option that will add a second toolbar icon to the left of the main one. This one will ordinarily just show a magnifying glass, with the main button showing just the zoom level. But if both page and text zoom are not at their defaults, the magnifying glass will scoot up, and both numbers will be displayed, one on each button.
Even if you don't like my ideas, we need to, at the very least, do something, so this basic functionality doesn't break.