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== Use cases == | == Use cases == | ||
Amy often needs to work when she has no internet connectivity | |||
=== Saved files, working offline === | |||
Amy often needs to work when she has no internet connectivity | |||
So she has saved many of her key reference files locally | So she has saved many of her key reference files locally | ||
* Places should know which files in bookmarked and history have been saved locally | * Places should know which files in bookmarked and history have been saved locally | ||
* Places should intelligently offer to launch the saved file if you have no connectivity or are in File > Work Offline mode. | * Places should intelligently offer to launch the saved file if you have no connectivity or are in File > Work Offline mode. | ||
* When back online, Places should have a built in auto-generated tag for "local saved files that have been updated on the Web". | * When back online, Places should have a built in auto-generated tag for "local saved files that have been updated on the Web". | ||
* Places | * Places can't tell the difference between the intent "I have archived a particular version of this file" and "I want to keep the most recent version of this file locally" | ||
** So let the user choose between these by providing an easy way to launch the saved file://path URL and the URL saved, so the user can compare them. | |||
** A web-page "diff" utility could be an extension opportunity. | |||
Related: ScrapBook and ScrapBook+ add-ons, see [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Archiving and Offline browsing]] | Related: ScrapBook and ScrapBook+ add-ons, see [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Archiving and Offline browsing]] | ||
=== Download management === | |||
Jill has downloaded various huge games and installers from the web. She then runs low on disk space. | Jill has downloaded various huge games and installers from the web. She then runs low on disk space. | ||
She should be able to go to Places and: | She should be able to go to Places and: | ||
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* Based on this investigation, delete some downloaded files and replace other local file with a URL pointing to the web, confident that she can get the info back. | * Based on this investigation, delete some downloaded files and replace other local file with a URL pointing to the web, confident that she can get the info back. | ||
=== Viewing downloaded files in the file system === | |||
Frank revisits a project he worked on last year. In its directories, many of the documents are things he downloaded from the web. He should be able to ''visit that directory in Places'' and quickly get back up to speed, to see information like | Frank revisits a project he worked on last year. In its directories, many of the documents are things he downloaded from the web. He should be able to ''visit that directory in Places'' and quickly get back up to speed, to see information like | ||
* how the pages were tagged | * how the pages were tagged | ||