Re: [Vimprobable-users] Features for next version

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

Hi!

Daniel Carl <dan...@gm...> wrote:
> 1) (http://www.uzbl.org/wiki/flashblock)

As mentioned in previous discussions, I don't care at all about that -
simply because I don't have Flash installed, so I don't need to block
it. It seems to be a popular request, though. If it is done, my only
request is that it should actually *block* these elements, not just
*hide* them.

> 2) to have the ability to yank URLs into a list and to open them
> later - something like the 'u' command to open last closed page or
> the 'p' or 'P' command to load URL from clipboard.

This is an excellent idea and it should be very easy to implement. If
we get the future hinting policy straightened out, it could even be
possible to squeeze this into the 1.0 release.

Since we're planning, I'd like to bring up one very general point: the
future release/version number policy.

As announced already, I would put the version 1 branch into bug-fixing
mode. The question is: Should we do the same for the version 2 branch
and make future development on a completely new one?

The reason I'm proposing this is this: Adding more and more features
obviously makes the browser more 'fat' gradually. This might go too far
for some people. Continuing development on the same branch would mix up
bugfixes and new features, making it "all or nothing" for the users:
If they want bugfixes, they also have to take the new features they
probably don't even want. On the other hand, starting new branches
regularly allows people to either go on following the bleeding edge
development or sticking to a trusted, feature-frozen, but nevertheless
maintained version.

On a related note, there is the question of version numbering. Should
we have:
- Vimprobable1 1.0 and Vimprobable2 1.0 or
- Vimprobable 1.0 and Vimprobable 2.0?

What does everybody think?

Hannes