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This page is meant for describing particular behaviours you would like to see in a revamped Bookmark system. | This page is meant for describing particular behaviours you would like to see in a revamped Bookmark system. | ||
== Reintroduction of a Necessary feature== | |||
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<li>why can't you use Alt-Enter to access the properties of a bookmark? </li> | |||
<li>I really like Firefox but I find that it is missing one key feature for me to transition from Mozilla 1.7.12 to Firefox 1.5.0.4, that is the lack of the same Mozilla "Bookmark This <u>G</u>roup of Tabs" feature in Firefox. | |||
Now I know that Firefox has a "Bookmark All Tabs..." option but unlike Mozilla it creates a folder just like any other and has an option to "open in tabs" at the bottom of the folder. I can see why they did this and it would be nice to be able to enter a bookmark group to access only one tab... Yet it is something that is really rarely needed and could be done by hovering over the tab group for a short while. | |||
Now this might seam like a minor gripe considering all the other positives Firefox has over Mozilla, Yet I am truly addicted to the bookmark group in Mozilla and there are a few main reasons behind this: | |||
*it looks different than the other folders and is easy to distinguish | |||
*one simple click on the bookmark group to open it | |||
*The "Bookmark This <u>G</u>roup of Tabs" defaults to show you the file tree (for lack of a better term) giving you a quicker way to save the bookmark group. | |||
Now I have been unable to find any extention that would allow me to use the same Mozilla bookmark group functions inside of Firefox. Is it possable that this could be included? Pretty please! </li> | |||
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I REALLY would LOVE a solution to this Please help.... Thanks! -- [[User:UKPhoenix79|UKPhoenix79]] 23:21, 13 July 2006 (PDT) | |||
== Smart Folders and Tagging == | == Smart Folders and Tagging == | ||
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The "Add Bookmark" dialog should have some way to add comments or tags. And these comments or tags should be searchable from the side bar. Just a small dialog box below the "Create In" dropdown would be great. | The "Add Bookmark" dialog should have some way to add comments or tags. And these comments or tags should be searchable from the side bar. Just a small dialog box below the "Create In" dropdown would be great. | ||
== Add/Edit Bookmark in Sidebar | == Add/Edit Bookmark in Sidebar –�Information Management == | ||
Bookmarks could become an active workspace when the | Bookmarks could become an active workspace when the �Add Bookmark�? form would be placed in the sidebar and when the same form in the sidebar would be used to show all saved tags and descriptions simultaneously with the opened website. The Flat Bookmark Extension is a good example of improved usability within the bookmark manager because it avoids the extra step to open the dialog every time a note needs to be changed. Unfortunately, it is not yet integrated in the sidebar nor associated with the opened website. The flat editing of tags, annotations, citations, notes, etc. in the sidebar every time the website is loaded would make it to an information management because it can recall information and changes are easy to enter. Direct access to the description field and to the tags of a bookmark could be a major step forward and improve the usability of web browsers. | ||
== Keyword Option for Bookmark Folders == | == Keyword Option for Bookmark Folders == | ||
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Obviously, this wouldn't be trivial to do, and is very hard to do well. At the moment, I don't think it's possible at all. The bare minimum support that I think is needed from Firefox is the ability to combine bookmark subtrees from different sources. That is, that at some point in ''bookmarks.html'' there can be a 'linked folder' which renders just like an ordinary folder but whose content is stored in a separate file; ''bookmarks.html'' just contains the folder's label and the path to that file. | Obviously, this wouldn't be trivial to do, and is very hard to do well. At the moment, I don't think it's possible at all. The bare minimum support that I think is needed from Firefox is the ability to combine bookmark subtrees from different sources. That is, that at some point in ''bookmarks.html'' there can be a 'linked folder' which renders just like an ordinary folder but whose content is stored in a separate file; ''bookmarks.html'' just contains the folder's label and the path to that file. | ||
Then all the synching can be managed outside Firefox (or with extensions or whatever) | Then all the synching can be managed outside Firefox (or with extensions or whatever) —�so long as the basic 'subtree combining' feature is there (even if it requires manually setting up) other things can be added on top of it. | ||
This could be done in conjuntion with tagging. Create an option to export either subfolders or bookmarks with certain tags into a portable XML file that can then be imported elsewhere. | This could be done in conjuntion with tagging. Create an option to export either subfolders or bookmarks with certain tags into a portable XML file that can then be imported elsewhere. | ||