Closed
Bug 310960
Opened 19 years ago
Closed 6 months ago
Integrate the top ten list with the addressbar or the bookmarks bar
Categories
(Camino Graveyard :: Bookmarks, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
INCOMPLETE
Future
People
(Reporter: mozillabugs.3.maxchee, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 Basically, the top ten list will be displayed in the drop down list when the user clicks on the icon inside the addressbar. This feature will make the top ten list a lot more accessible to the user. An alternative idea would be to move the top ten list "folder" to the bookmarks bar folder. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1•19 years ago
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You mean add another icon to the location bar? No thanks. The bookmark bar isn't too bad of an idea (if it could be turned off), but weren't we talking about removing the top 10 list altogether? Simon, do you remember any of that?
I think it makes a good Dock menu. As for removing it, perhaps you're thinking of bug 300408 comment 9?
First of all, I want to clarify one thing: I am not asking to add any icons to the location bar. Normally, this kind of drop down list are displayed when the user cilcks on the favicon or the default page icon in the location bar I think the Top Ten List is a great feature. Many people (I learned this from observing my friends and my parents) access their frequented site using the drop down menu in IE (which is not nearly as good as the top ten list) As for the Bookmarks Bar integration, why not simply allow the User to Drag and Drop the top ten list to the Bookmarks Bar folder? Personally, I am not too fond of the dock menu idea, simply because Macs are so single-button oriented (despite the introduction of the Mighty Mouse)
Adding an optional virtual folder/proxy for Top10 to the Bookmarks Bar (perhaps on by default) might make the Top10 more discoverable, but I'm not sure how much effort it would take or even if it's possible. It might also cause problems/UI inconsistency if people delete/remove it from the bm bar and wonder why the Top10 collection is still there in the manager.... (And Top10 is already sort-of one of the touted features of the "new" bm manager.)
How about the location bar drop down list idea? Although it isn't as discoverable as the second idea, the drop down list should be a lot easier to implement. As for implementing the second idea, how about using Spotlight API to implement generic smart folders? The old routine can be retained for users who haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. There is also the option of adding a Top Ten list toolbar button with a dropdown list, but I think it's extra UI bloat.
After thinking about this problem, I think creating a Top Ten List toolbar button which will display the top ten list in a drop down menu seems to be the easiest way to integrate the list with the bookmarks bar: The user can just drag the button to the bookmarks bar. We might even want to add this button to the bookmarks bar by default to advertise this amazing feature to our users.
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Comment 8•19 years ago
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It seems that to fix this we'd have to allow "smart" folders to be placed anywhere in the bookmarks hierarchy. That will make drag & drop fun.
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Comment 9•19 years ago
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Confirming as a RFE (targeting for FUTURE) since there's still debate on whether this is wanted and it'd be nice to have it of the unconfirmed list. :)
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Mass-reassign of bugs still assigned to pinkerton to nobody; filter on "NoMoPinkBugsInCamino".
Assignee: mikepinkerton → nobody
QA Contact: bookmarks
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 months ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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