RequestPolicy/tractest — Issue #185: Indicate Changed Policies in Menu (prior to reload)
Author: jsamuel
Created: 2011-12-22 02:45:41+00:00
State: open
Labels: extension

As I recall, the current menu is intended to reflect the original policy when the page was loaded, rather than track any subsequent policy changes.

As such, committing a series of policy changes becomes a cumbersome effort in memorization (did I change that one yet?).

After policy change and subsequently reloading the page, the menu then reflects policy at that snapshot; however, further changes are also subject to this issue.

There is also a possibility that policy may change between the time that the page was loaded and the menu is initially (?) populated (if I recall correctly) by inspecting src attributes, etc. Consequently, the "snapshot" may be inaccurate.

It would be very useful to users with reload disabled to either:
* track the state of current policy (including all policy changes after a page is loaded), OR
* indicate that a policy has changed, regardless of state or potential to result in a changed page on next load

Ultimately this should be a consideration for #100; however, in the interim, this could be accomplished with the current menu, either by changing color to match the new policy, or using a new indicator to show a changed policy (blue?)...