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Bug 679908 - Make the smart bookmarks feature discoverable with a self-documenting interface
Make the smart bookmarks feature discoverable with a self-documenting interface
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Bookmarks
3.5.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 755378
 
 
Reported: 2012-07-14 02:02 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2016-10-07 21:27 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2012-07-14 02:02:04 UTC 
Smart bookmarks (being able to put a %s in a bookmark's URL) is one of the nicest features of epiphany. However, unless you're a geek who crawls obscure websites, you won't ever know about it.

The solution is simple. Along with the bookmark ui redesign (perhaps for 3.6 or 3.8) as illustrated in https://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Web/Bookmarks#Tentative_Design , 

Simply add, inside the bookmark UI, a short explanatory label that says: "Use %s to make a smart bookmark.", with a [Learn more] or [?] link to learn more about it from the contextual mallard documentation.

Also, highlight the %s strings in bookmark URLs by making them bold.

Epic discoverability will ensue.
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2016-09-28 16:49:35 UTC 
Hi, the bookmarks code has been rewritten from scratch. When you have a convenient opportunity to test the new version of the code (which will be present in Epiphany 3.23.1) please check to see if your issue is still a problem, and reply here. Thanks!
Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2016-10-07 21:27:54 UTC 
Hi, this is a mass close of all bugs in the NEEDINFO state. If you think this bug was closed improperly, just leave a comment, thanks!