+1 Here. One of the few features that IE 8 has that I actually liked. Saves
toolbar real estate. [?]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Zenexer <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Actually, I think Mathew Link brings up a point that could lead to a
> very cool feature.  What if hovering triggered a thumbnail of the page
> to appear?  A thumbnail system is already in place, and is accessible
> via a simple URL.  I, too, find that text is a bit cumbersome.  I'm a
> big fan of the refined half-taskbar, half-dock in Windows 7; I'd live
> to see something similar done to the bookmark toolbar.  There'd be
> room for more bookmarks, and usability would be increased as a result
> of the clutter-free interface.
>
> On Jun 16, 8:31 pm, Brett Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jun 16, 11:24 am, "Matthew Link" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to know how to get the Chrome bookmark bar to display
> favicons of my choice rather than the ones it loads from the page, or even
> worse, the generic favicon if none is on the page.  As there is limited
> space on the bookmark bar, I never include the text, but if the icon being
> used is the generic one, the only way to tell what it links is to hover over
> it.  And if the URL is not memorized, such as via obfuscation or an unusual
> domain name, not even hovering works.  Thus, it is important that the URL be
> identified with a certain icon.  Also, there should be a way to suppress the
> text title so that it is only displayed when hovering; the only way to
> prevent the text from taking up space on the bookmark bar now is to delete
> it altogether.
> >
> > It is not possible to change the favicons. It wouldn't be super hard
> > to add support for this for extensions (needs bindings and a bit of
> > backend work to keep from updating them), but it has not been
> > something that's a priority.
> >
> > Just guessing: I don't think title text on hover but not on the bar is
> > something we'd likely ever support.
> >
> > Brett
>
> >
>


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