GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 107157
Bookmarks menu
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
It would be nice to at least have the option of having a bookmarks menu item where you could access bookmarks in the old fasion drop down menu method. Is there any chance that this will happen? I see no problem with such a menu item in terms of bloat or what not and it would make it much easier for folks with disabilities and/or laziness. The option could be a simple yes/no configuration item.
I dont think an option make sense here. I'm personally not keen of the traditional way of navigating bookmarks simply because submenus are terrible to use. People are very used to it, so I think your request is legitimate. Let's find a solution though, not add an option to work the problem around :)
I have been thinking about other options and am having trouble thinking of alternatives. I think whatever the fix is that it should probably be enabled/disabled via the preferences menu. This ensures that people who do not want to be bothered with it will not be bothered... Maybe I am thinking too much in terms of classical web browser though.
A possible solution to the bookmarks menu problem could just be to allow to drag the All item in the bookmarks editor to the toolbars. We already plan to have keywords draggable, adding this could be a good way to not piss off users used to the bookmarks menu, without adding clutter.
I would be interested in seeing that approach. I am still not totally conviced that a configuration item enabling/disabling the Bookmarks pulldown menu (such that the pulldown menu does not appear at all if the user does not want it) is a bad idea. It would add no clutter unless it was enabled by a user who wanted it. I think we may be overcomplicating this.
I'm marking this a dupe of 107478: 1. most of the ephy team is against a bookmarks menu. 2. the bme is toplevel window that can always be kept open if the user wants. 3. marco basically seems against it. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107478 ***
I do not see this as a dup or as resolved. It is still an issue. Ignoring is not the solution. Reading through the bug report, it does not seem to be resolved...
reduping as per conversation with marco and other ephy-devs. We don't want a bookmark menu, but dragging "all" to the toolbar will be supported in the future. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107478 ***