On 03/20/2011 10:19 PM, Anton Kreuzkamp wrote: > On Sunday 20 March 2011 21:44:18 Tirtha Chatterjee wrote: >> Tabbed browsing, when it was introduced, offered huge breakthroughs in >> browsing comfort. But there has been little changes in the way tabs >> have been dealt with ever since. This has given rise to two important >> use cases- >> >> 1. Many people use tabs as temporary bookmarks to mark whatever they >> want to surf or check out later. They just open it up in a new tab. >> For example, I find a good link or tutorial, and I open up a new tab, >> so that I can look at it when I have the time. This has given rise to >> many many unorganised tabs waiting to be viewed. They clutter up the >> tab strip and make tabbed browsing a harder task. >> >> 2. Many users have this specific style of browsing - I look for xyz in >> Google, then open up 4-5 relevant entries in new tabs. I open up links >> in these tabs further in new tabs. This increases the number of tabs. >> Many users today have an average tab count of over 20. >> >> Rekonq currently has "< >" buttons at the end of the tab strip to >> browse through tabs. But there is no way of organising or grouping >> those tabs under groups, so that they can be expanded and collapsed at >> will. This addition will add a logical and more intuitive way of >> browsing through tabs. Firefox 4 has introduced the Panorama view to >> group tabs. Opera has also made it possible to group tabs in clusters >> which can be collapsed, allowing for smooth browsing. I wish to >> implement this feature in Rekonq as a GSOC project this summer. I >> would like to have somebody mentor me on this project. >> >> Any kind of reviews / suggestions are welcome. > Maybe your idea goes in a different direction, but if I don't miss something > it > could be extended to something I'm waiting for in rekonq for quite some time: > sessions. (I didn't find the time to implement it myself so I would love to > see > someone else implementing it) > Sessions would not only allow to group tabs in to different tasks, but also to > save, stop and load them independly of each other. Moreover they could easily > be integrated into KDE's activites, by saving which session was open on which > activity. > > Anyway +1 for your proposal (although my opinion doesn't matter) All expressed opinions matter! ;)
I'd like you to argue a bit more about how you "see" these sessions working, thanks. > Cheers, Anton > _______________________________________________ > rekonq mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/rekonq -- Andrea Diamantini, adjam GPG Fingerprint: 57DE 8E32 7D1A 0E16 AA52 59D8 84F9 3ECD DBF9 730F rekonq project WEB: http://rekonq.kde.org IRC: rekonq@freenode _______________________________________________ rekonq mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/rekonq
