7twenty Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 So this is something that i've brought up a few times before. Consistency in Maxthon's UI is somewhat lacking. There are a number of different dialogs, and each one of them has its own differences. I haven't even included SkyNote, which is still stuck in the MX3 style. 1 (orange) / Different sized titles 2 (red) / Different sized tabs 3 (red) / Different styled tabs (greyscale flat images & text / coloured images & black text / no icons & black text) 4 (green) / Different sized buttons (and naming? Done/Close) 5 (blue) / Buttons/tabs not aligned to any elements (Resource Sniffer is good, Adblock dialog elements are all over the place) 6 (purple) / Icon on title only on ABP dialog (i'm guessing this was requested by ABP - their logo plastered everywhere possible) 7 / Windows standard chrome on Resource sniffer, but MX chrome on other dialogs. Why not drop the chrome from Sniffer? The ABP dialog might still be a work in progress, but even so the framework is there so I don't see how it's that hard to make it correct from the start. It might seem a somewhat petty thing to bring up, but the UI is what every user sees and interacts with every day, it should make sense and not make the user wonder if they've started another program because elements look different (i know i'm pushing the point there, but you see what i'm getting at). Can whoever does the UI design please spend a few hours (if that) and at least fix some of the above. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_ta_s Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Your appeal to the Maxthon developers is useless, IMHO. Much more serious errors are not corrected for many versions. There are still white elements in a dark skin in the new QA and it seems to be forever. Perhaps something will be corrected in the MX5... or not. If you consider this very annoying, you have to make your own skin or edit files ui.dat and qa.dat (as I did). Or move on to another more user-friendly browser, as some users already done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 s_ta_s replied at 2015-1-4 15:14 Your appeal to the Maxthon developers is useless, IMHO. Much more serious errors are not corrected ... fully agree - any appeal to the devs is ignored - we are told they read on here - if they do its not for our input Tony - Vivaldi 4 on Windows 10 64Bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev CZ Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I agree, it looks bad. I hope some developer will notice this finally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 s_ta_s replied at 2015-1-5 01:14 Your appeal to the Maxthon developers is useless, IMHO. Much more serious errors are not corrected ... I know, and I do but I don't think it should just be swept under the rug. ABP users got what they wanted Also it's one thing to create a skin for the main chrome, but dialog boxes etc are generally not part of a skin (although can be done with a ui/page.dat mod). It's not like this is something that needs to be changed every other release (as we've clearly seen). Fix it once and leave it till whenever. What annoys me the most is that it's all quick fixes that any decent coder should be able to do in their sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugSir007 Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hi guys, Thank you very much for your opinions about Maxthon UI. You guys are right, here we have different UI preferences in different dialogs. I have already noticed our designer to make UI consistent. Let's wait and see. Thanks again for your support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Another thing. Keyboard shortcuts seem to do different things depending on what it is. Skynote CTRL-G opens and closes Esc does nothing Downloader CTRL-J opens but doesn't close Esc hides to background No way of closing the dialog unless you press the close button on the dialog or close via the taskbar button. Find dialog CTRL-F opens and closes Esc closes Main Menu Alt-F Opens but doesn't close Esc does nothing If it was me i'd have the shortcut work as a toggle like it does using Skynote and Find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No.1MaxthonFan Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 7twenty replied at 2015-2-4 02:51 Another thing. Keyboard shortcuts seem to do different things depending on what it is. Anyone notice the date on BugSir007's post? He posted it tomorrow? :lol11678 Windows 10 64-bit build 10525/Windows 10 Mobile build 10512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 So... what's the news on this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 So looks like this went into the too hard basket... Maybe for MX5?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxthonJeff Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 yes. In mx5 we will try to improve the UI and have consistancy among all platforms. 2 ??Set your payment address in profile if you have not. Let's reward people who contribute to Maxthon community. ❤️❤️ Click Here ❤️❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted August 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 yes. In mx5 we will try to improve the UI and have consistancy among all platforms. While that would be nice, consistency within the one platform would be a nice starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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