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Bookmarks and tabs are there already in all major OSS browsers.

by gkya 10y ago

smsm42 10y ago
They are "in" there, but they are very far from being perfect. Managing bookmarks is a constant pain, and most browsers don't even offer things as simple as watching if bookmark has gone bad, let alone any added-value services. Tabs are not spectacular either - I regularly keep dozens of tabs open, and no browser I've seen handles this scenario very well, most just show something like "ok, you've got a lot of tabs, guess which is which". Handling them better, separating by importance, supporting grouping etc. - haven't see it anywhere. I'm sure there are also other places browser experience could be improved.
wongarsu 10y ago
Bookmarks and tabs are far from being easy, solved problems. For example adding a Firefox addon to display tabs vertically in a tree structure instead of a horizontal list has changed the way I use the internet (and I have always used a lot of tabs). In the end tabs are just like booksmarks, except that they keep state during a browsing session. I find it very weird that we keep those very similar concepts in completely different UIs. There's a lot of room for improvement in that area.
- gkya 10y ago
  > In the end tabs are just like booksmarks, except that they keep state during a browsing session. Agreed. I'd not say that there's no room for improvement WRT bookmarks and tabs, but this has nothing to do with the comment thread I responded to.
- wowtip 10y ago
  > For example adding a Firefox addon to display tabs vertically in a tree structure instead of a horizontal list has changed the way I use the internet Sounds interesting, which extension would that be?
  - isxek 10y ago
    Could be Tree Style Tabs (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...) or Tab Tree (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-tree/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-tree/).
    - wongarsu 10y ago
      Yes, I'm using Tree Style Tabs.
      - wowtip 10y ago
        Thanks

Bookmarks and tabs are there already in all major OSS browsers.

by gkya 10y ago

Bookmarks and tabs are there already in all major OSS browsers.

They are "in" there, but they are very far from being perfect. Managing bookmarks is a constant pain, and most browsers don't even offer things as simple as watching if bookmark has gone bad, let alone any added-value services. Tabs are not spectacular either - I regularly keep dozens of tabs open, and no browser I've seen handles this scenario very well, most just show something like "ok, you've got a lot of tabs, guess which is which". Handling them better, separating by importance, supporting grouping etc. - haven't see it anywhere. I'm sure there are also other places browser experience could be improved.

wongarsu 10y ago

Bookmarks and tabs are far from being easy, solved problems. For example adding a Firefox addon to display tabs vertically in a tree structure instead of a horizontal list has changed the way I use the internet (and I have always used a lot of tabs). In the end tabs are just like booksmarks, except that they keep state during a browsing session. I find it very weird that we keep those very similar concepts in completely different UIs. There's a lot of room for improvement in that area.

gkya 10y ago
> In the end tabs are just like booksmarks, except that they keep state during a browsing session. Agreed. I'd not say that there's no room for improvement WRT bookmarks and tabs, but this has nothing to do with the comment thread I responded to.
wowtip 10y ago
> For example adding a Firefox addon to display tabs vertically in a tree structure instead of a horizontal list has changed the way I use the internet Sounds interesting, which extension would that be?
- isxek 10y ago
  Could be Tree Style Tabs (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...) or Tab Tree (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-tree/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-tree/).
  - wongarsu 10y ago
    Yes, I'm using Tree Style Tabs.
    - wowtip 10y ago
      Thanks