Make link hints appear out of order

This has the effect of link hints 'spreading' out after the
first key is pressed on a link-heavy page.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/linkHints.js b/linkHints.js
index e3ecacfb..f4ffc768 100644
--- a/linkHints.js
+++ b/linkHints.js
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ var alphabetHints = {
     var hintStringLength = hintString.length;
     for (var i = 0; i < numHintDigits - hintStringLength; i++)
       hintString.unshift(settings.get('linkHintCharacters')[0]);
+
+    // Reversing the hint string has the advantage of making the link hints
+    // appear to spread out after the first key is hit. This is helpful on a
+    // page that has http links that are close to each other where link hints
+    // of 2 characters or more occlude each other.
+    hintString.reverse();
     return hintString.join("");
   },