[27594] in Athena Bugs
Re: Precise bugme timer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Wed Aug 22 19:46:49 2012
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:46:40 -0400
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To: Tim Stumbaugh <stum@mit.edu>
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Hi Tim,
Thanks for reporting this. We'll consider moving the bugme timer to the bottom right, where it should have less of an impact.
-Jon
On Aug 22, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Tim Stumbaugh wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using QUICK-W20-COPY2, a quickstation running Debathena Precise. I wanted to point out that since the bugme countdown is immobile, Firefox usability is significantly impaired when maximized (which it seems to want to do by default).
>
> Specifically, the first part of the address bar is covered (making it hard to know how much of the address one has selected; making it impossible to know what the first few characters of the URI are). Additionally, since the timer is also covering the window buttons (since they are on the left these days), it isn't immediately apparent how to unmaximize the window.
>
> Some of these issues may have been present on earlier versions, but I just noticed these today when using the quickstation.
>
> Thanks for your attention-
> tjs
> --
> -Tim
> "There is no passion, there is serenity."
