philc/vimium — Issue #493: inconsistent link-hint lengths on pages with many links
Author: dalehagglund
Created: 2012-03-01 22:37:00+00:00
State: open

I've been using vimium for a least a year or so now, and I'm very pleased with it. One place significant win for me is interacting with Outlook Web Access (OWA) which, without help from vimium, would be extremely mouse-heavy.

With the recent update, I've noticed some new behaviour that I find a bit awkward. Starting on a page with many (50-100+) links, when I type `f` to bring up the link hits, I see a mix of one- and two-letter hints. I find this quite awkward, because on link-heavy pages like this, I fingers learn that the right sequence is `f X Y`, and some hints being shorter than others is awkward for me.

I'd prefer it if, once vimium decided that there were too many links on a page for single-letter hints, that all hints were the same length. I can get a screenshot of the situation, if that would help.