[orca-list] Some ideas about the current bookmark functionality

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey all.

Looking more at the bookmark code, I've got the following ideas and
would love your feedback to see if you agree or if I should just leave
well enough alone. <smiles>

1. I think a list-of-bookmarks dialog would be helpful, just like we
have for structural navigation objects.

2. I think the next and previous bookmark commands are useful, and are
also like structural navigation objects.

3. I question the value of having all these keybindings for numbered
bookmarks. (i.e. there are 6 separate bindings for adding bookmarks,
there are another 6 separate bindings for then going to a numbered
bookmark.) Are these really needed, or would it be sufficient to have
next, previous, and a list-of? Furthermore, if we get away from these
numbered bookmarks, you could add however many you wanted and then use
the list-of dialog to get at them if next/previous was too far away.

4. I would like to remove the "where am I" bookmark functionality. To
begin with, it's unbound and broken. Secondly, it appears that when
working the functionality would be something like this: You press one of
the numbered bookmarks. Let's say bookmark 5. Then Orca would tell you
if the current object you're on is: a) the same as bookmark 5 b) has the
same parent as bookmark 5, c) shares some common ancestor with bookmark
5, or d) can't figure it out. I cannot imagine how knowing this
information would be of any use. And since it's been broken for a while,
and is also unbound, I'm guessing you all haven't found a use for it either.

I have other ideas and questions, and I'm sure you do as well. But let's
start with the above.

Thanks!
--joanie