We're putting the bookmark manager in tabs instead of having it take over the whole window. Just waiting until one of us has time to make a patch.
-Josh Aas On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:30:19 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Noemi Millman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's strange to me, and perhaps to others, is that the bookmark manager is > now essentially a big modal dialogue -- and I don't think people always use > bookmarks modally. > > The current manager, taking up the entire window, is really useful for > managing bookmarks but a bit irritating for visiting them. To use an extreme > example, if you wanted to open a bookmark from the bookmark menu, one from > the history, and one from the address book all in tabs, you'd have to reopen > the bookmark manager for each one. > > Certainly a standalone window would be better in this respect, although it > introduces screen real estate concerns. Would a sidebar pane (as in Firefox > and IE, or the sidebar of the current manager) have the same implementation > problems as the drawer did? > > -N > > > -----Original Message----- > From: marion moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Dec 30, 2004 12:03 PM > To: Camino List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Camino] Bookmark sidebar navigation > > Steve, I second your comments -- I too find using the > BM when visiting some sites disconcerting. > > Marion Moon > --- Steve Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 11:09 pm -0500 21/12/04, Mike Pinkerton wrote: > > > > >[snip] > > >For these reasons, it had to go. It is an old > > argument. People have > > >said to me "I must have the sidebar, you lost me as > > a user". That's > > >nice, drive through. The solution isn't easy. Maybe > > a standalone > > >window might be a good option. That's a future > > extension that i'm > > >kicking around in the back of my head. > > > > > > > I never really use bookmarks much myself -- such > > things as I visit on > > the web are usually of such fleeting interest to me > > that the thought > > of managing an accumulated list of things that have > > held my interest > > for a time leaves me cold -- so I've never really > > taken much notice > > of Camino's Bookmark Manager. Just recently, > > though, I've had > > occasion to use it once or twice and I would like to > > point out one > > feature that it has that currently makes its use > > less than intuitive. > > > > As it stands (2004122908 (v0.8+)), when invoked, the > > Bookmark Manager > > takes over the entire currently active Camino > > window. This means > > that when using Camino in tabbed mode (i.e. with > > more than one active > > tab) the BM content replaces not only the currently > > viewed web page > > but also the row of tabs. The result is that the > > user gets the > > impression that the BM has opened in a new window. > > > > Personally, I find it is not intuitive to use the > > same operation as > > got me here (click on Bookmarks icon, or toggle > > Bookmarks | Show/Hide > > All Bookmarks) to reverse the operation when the > > operation gives the > > impression that it opened a new window. > > Consequently, I find that I > > usually dismiss the entire Camino window without > > thinking about it > > when I've finished with the Bookmark Manager -- only > > to curse roundly > > when I discover that this lost me my entire opened > > tab-set. > > > > I would suggest the following changes need to be > > considered here: > > > > 1. Either the BM should open cleanly in a separate > > window, or a new tab > > > > OR > > > > 2. It needs to indicate far more clearly that it has > > put the browser > > into some new "mode"--perhaps hide most things in > > the toolbar except > > Back and Bookmarks, for instance? At the very > > least, the Bookmarks > > icon should indicate its 'latched' state so that it > > becomes visually > > obvious that releasing it will restore the browser > > to its previous > > state. > > > > Just my tuppen'orth :) > > > > -Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > Camino mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > > > > _______________________________________________ > Camino mailing list > [email protected] > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > > _______________________________________________ > Camino mailing list > [email protected] > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
