User experience suggestions

[evertonfraga]

This is a list to gather and discuss UX improvements on Mist, to be a friendly tool for the general public. Will be done as time allows.

Sidebar and Tabs

• Select tabs via Control or command + [1-9] [UX] Adds shortcuts to select tabs: Cmd + [1-9] #1454.
• Move forward on tabs with Ctrl/Cmd + Tab and Ctrl/Cmd + Shft + Tab backwards [UX] Adds shortcuts to select tabs: Cmd + [1-9] #1454.
• Deal with large amount of tabs Effectively deal with large amount of tabs #974. Fixed in Sidebar revamp #1640.
• Make sidebar and url bar consistently aligned among OSes.
• Active links not behaving well on the sidebar [UX] active links not behaving well on the sidebar #1471.
• Focus on browser bar using F6 or Cmd + L (os-specific).
• Cmd + T to open a blank page.
• Add tab indexes to sidebar and other buttons Add tab indexes to sidebar and other buttons #16.

General

• Fix blank bar at the bottom of wallet [UX] Fixing blank bar at the bottom of wallet after starting Mist #1457.
• Remove page from history.
• Confirmation window: Autofocus on password field.
• Minimize to tray - Linux Minimize to tray #85.
• Minimize to tray - Windows.
• Keep on menubar option - Mac.
• Open link/file with Mist.

Please collaborate ✌️

[ajw107]

Just for those of us without perfect eyesight, the option to choose:

• font colour (especially when fetching blocks on start up, as grey against grey is a bit mad)
• style (bold font for people with double vision or just generally poor viison can be a life saver)
• size (again some people can only see through a small field, others through a large field)
• face (some fonts can be too complex to make out, eg arial over times)
  This would be an invaluable addition to a great app.

[evertonfraga]

Thanks for your input @ajw107. As Mist is getting more mature (and have more staff), we're starting to look more closely to those issues.

[timelinefunds]

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[MysticRyuujin]

I'd like to see "Minimize to System Tray" as well in Windows. I'd like to run it as a background application so having it hidden in the system tray as opposed to the taskbar would be great.

[luclu]

@MysticRyuujin there is already an issue for the tray functionality, here you go: #85

[jamesray1]

I agree with @MysticRyuujin. I also would like to see Mist start with system startup.

[jamesray1]

Update: it is fairly easy (but not obvious how to do) to make a program startup, at least in Windows, so that particular UX improvement is not a high priority. This article here outlines how to do it for Windows 8–10.

[agilob]

+1 for hiding to tray support

[ZyXoid]

+1 for hiding to tray for Windows