[Vimperator] Hints in vimperator 0.6

[calmar]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:53:11PM +0400, Dmitry Teslenko wrote:
> Hello, all! Here's my stone for new hint system!
> 
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM, calmar <mac at calmar.ws> wrote:
> >  Since you're not the only one so, there's a char-hints plugin
> >  http://vimperator.mozdev.org/scripts.html
> 
> I'm using vimperator for ~2 months and I'm a vim-user for ~2 years.

ok, a newby on both.

> And I can say new hint system sucks! Old char hints was exactly under
> your fingers: that was in "vim way". New hints don't:
> 1. New yellow flashing irritates!

well, when this is your concern number 1, help yourself and change
it? Or request an option to change it, it there is not yet one. Or
do that yourself.

> 2. Numbers instead of chars for links means 10*10=100 links maximum
> instead of 26*26=676 for links that could be accessed with two
> key-presses. 6 times smaller range! Visit website heavy-loaded with
> links and you would see three-digit hints. three key-presses instead

so so, a site what displays 676 links on a singe page-view - very
nice.

> of two means 50% more key-presses. THAT ISN'T VIM WAY at all!

it's not a matter of keypresses - what produces speed - having
them in some kind of logical order helps as well - both is valid
for the new hints-system - for me at least.

> 3. Old hints was easy to use and they gave production boost as they
> introduced something new nowhere to be seen: you could mark few links
> at once, separating them with comma: hh, hj, hk, etc. and then finally
> choose what to do with then: t for open them all in new tabs or s to
> save and so on. New way is to press f or F for following link/opening
> in new tab and then press link number. To open three links in new tabs
> its F21, F22, F23 and so on. That's far less convenient.

it's only, when you can't type numbers less convenient.

Solution: 
1. learning typing numbers, may helps
2. use the old-hints plugin (especially done for people with this
   kind of preferences)
3. implement a plugin you prefer yourself onto cvs vimperator.
4. pay someone to code it for you - respectively to port it 1:1 to
   the new vimperator.

Well i'm a little bit biased, because I also set hintchars to
numbers on the old system.... e.g. used by elinks etc.

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