From 325e8b8e3b31ae2a7379f32e657bdade8a2efe0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nazri
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:35:32 +0800
Subject: 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.
---
 linkHints.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'linkHints.js')

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("");
   },
 
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