I gathered comments from several contributors, some of them key developers: We need to have a very simple, generic XUL structure and aesthetic design, in order to be able to add multiple skins. Currently, there are problems where design decisions that appear to have been made for the Netscape/Netcenter appearance severely constrain the ability to add other skins. Menubar should be a toolbar. All windows should start with a toolbox containing 3 toolbars: the menubar, the personal toolbar, and the command toolbar. Each of these should span the full width of the window. The throbber should be on top of the right edge of the command toolbar. Rounded corners should only be done in CSS, even then they make reordering ugly. Note: This bug report may turn out to be merely a tracking bug for dependent bugs filed against specific issues.

For `in order to be able to add multiple skins', read `in order to make constructing multiple skins easy, and also to focus attention on the content rather than the chrome'. The rounded corners problem is dealt with in bug 23392. For `Menubar should be a toolbar', read `Menu bar should be a toolbar (except on those platforms with a single menu bar, e.g. MacOS)'. For `on top of the right edge of the command toolbar', read `on top of the right edge of the uppermost toolbar, not counting the menu bar (unless the menu bar is the only toolbar present)'. This is covered in bug 20058.

Adding 'skins' keyword to appropriate bugs en masse, sorry about any mistakes...

Added 'skins' bugs to dependency list, targetted m16

Mass-adding beta2 keyword to all skins bugs.

Added a few new skins bugs, fixed a couple that were in the wrong dependency field. Still looking for expected landing dates (mm/dd, not durations) in the whiteboard summaries of these bugs.

reassigning to hangas, who now owns skinnability

QA Assigning non-confidential New/Assigned User Interface: Design Feedback bugs to Matthew Thomas (mpt@mailandnews.com). Matthew Thomas is now the QA owner for the User Interface: Design Feedback component. (Bugs that involve UI issues in the Netscape-branded Mozilla browser should continue be QA assigned to elig@netscape.com.)

A tracking bug, nsbeta-

Upating [nsbeta-] to read [nsbeta2-] in Status Whiteboard.

M16 has been out for a while now, these bugs target milestones need to be updated.

->Skinability

Let's get rid of this meta bug. Only 4 of the dependancies are still open, and this is why the skinability component is for. Peter, any idea if this can be resolved without further work or if we actually need to open new bugs, reassign, re-target, etc? Also M18 milestone is over.

I have no need for this bug, Paul & Blake can do whatever they like with it.

In that case...

Marking verified on all platforms (commercial build: 2001-06-01-08-trunk).