lynx-dev Re: dev.16 patch 6 - Management of User Interface Pages; TRST fix

[Webmaster Jim]

On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 06:24:02PM +0900, Henry Nelson wrote:
> > >>   tracking mechanism.  Only the form-based Options Menu and Visited Links
> > > Would someone remind me why Visited Links had to be allowed?  It *seems*
> > > preferable to not have the Options Menu show up there.
> > Perhaps you have not visited "Visited Links":)
> > in recent dev.XX - it now have a tree-like presentation
> I'm running dev.16.  Oh, wonderful.
> So now we're to have options scattered throughout the supporting pages?
> It's rubbish, pure and simple.  Every line stolen from my 24-line terminal
> is just one more reason to trash the whole thing.  Before you know it
> we'll be peeping through a tiny keywhole like MSIE with all the "fool"
> bars and history frames turned on.

I agree with Henry -- the visited links page could have a note saying the
options page is the place to customize the "Visited Page" options, but
scattering options changes in different places is a bad idea.

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