Maybe you could have a "bookmark site" item in the menu. On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 14:58, Jorn Baayen wrote: > Hrm, I'd need editing of url myself since I tend to work like this: > I visit a site, browse around a bit, and at some point I decide I want a > bookmark. So I add it, but it's a pointer to a specific page in the > site. But I sometimes want a bookmark to point to the main site, so I > edit the url. (It'd also be nice to have an url field in the 'add > bookmark' dialog.. maybe even a 'use main site' button next to it, or > something) > > Cheers > > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 14:20, bordoley@msu.edu wrote: > > Marco Pesenti Gritti <mpgritti@oltrelinux.com> said: > > > > > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 04:09, bordoley@msu.edu wrote: > > > > I'm concerned about a recent change to the bookmarks ui which allows a user to > > > > change the location of a bookmark. In particular, this makes accidentally > > > > changing the location of a bookmark trivially easy, with no way to undo. > > > > Furthermore, these are bookmarks right, does it even make sense to allow the > > > > user to change the location... > > > > > > Thanks for this mail, I was about to ask to you to do so ;) > > > The reason I did that change was mostly to not have all the uris clutter > > > the list. I think that's a good change and we should keep it. I have no > > > > Nod...from a layout perspective i agree with you it definately makes the > > editor less cluttered looking and I support the change. > > > > > objections making it read only myself (or a label). The reasons I had to > > > not make it editable at beginning was more or less these you are saying. > > > Someone argued it's sometimes necessary to change the url a bit, I'd > > > like to learn about these cases. (ccing the man) > > > It would be really cool if we could get a comment by some usability guru > > > about this :) > > > > I really fail to see the benefit of changing the address of a bookmark, since > > its a pointer to a location. Admittedly, some times links go stale, but isn't > > the prefered method of fixing a dead bookmark to delete it and create a new > > one pointing at the new location? > > > > Regardless of whether you should be able to edit the address as a matter of > > principle, the potential for loss of data is quite high and in the absence of > > undo, i'm very uncomfortable with allowing editting of addresses in the > > bookmark editor. > > > > dave > > _______________________________________________ > > Epiphany mailing list > > Epiphany@mozdev.org > > http://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/epiphany > > _______________________________________________ > Epiphany mailing list > Epiphany@mozdev.org > http://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/epiphany -- .--= [ MArk Finlay - sisob ] =--. [ Gnome User's Board : www.gnomesupport.org/forums ] [ Public Key: http://evolvedoo.sf.net/sisobatericomdotnet.asc ]
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