Re: [Galeon-devel] Re: [Usability]Galeon feature implementation

[Yanko Kaneti <yaneti declera com>]

below read:
session = current windows/tabs/embedhistory state

On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 15:14, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Philip Langdale"/>
> > a) "Exit saving session", implemented as a File menu item in galeon 1.
> > I can't really see any other place to put this, but perhaps you can.

> I've been thinking about bookmarks a lot recently (in fact I have a really
> good idea for you guys that I should email soon), and mentioned a possible
> relationship between bookmarks and sessions on galeon-devel a while back.
> Yanko has described this discussion as "beating a dead horse", which is kind
> of unfortunate - I like taking out my aggressions on expired equines. :-)

> So, the idea: Galeon already has cool Smart Bookmarks (now "AutoBookmarks").
> It's dynamic, clever, and will floss your teeth if you ask it nicely. 

Confusion abound. galeon1 has AutoBookmarks (automatically generated
bookmarks folder representing the sites that are visited most often, 
statistically). And there are the SmartBookmarks (bookmarks with
parameters) which are completely outside the scope of this issue.

> So, what if Galeon also handled your sessions for you, automagically? Go to
> "Bookmarks > AutoBookmarks > Yesterday, 7pm" or "Bookmarks > AutoBookmarks >
> Thursday, October 31st, 2pm".
> 
> You wouldn't need to save them, because GALEON REMEMBERS! :) You could open
> them from the menu in a jiffy. This requires some more thought as to the
> design, please don't object to random implementation issues I've brought up
> here.

Do you claim that autosaving of session information will remove the need
for any UI for arbitrary saving a named session? I fail to see how.  I
want a session named "cisco VOIP" at this specific moment. Dont see how
autowhatever fits in this pattern.  
_If_ the code for session handing is moved to the bookmarks I will still
need a "bookmark this session" action somewhere in the UI.

> (Yanko also notes that extra session information cannot be saved with
> bookmarks. Given that you're using XBEL, I say "Bollocks to that!" Throw in
> an extra namespace for Galeon session information, and you're done.)

With this approach I sense complexity that outweights the potential
benefit (the mentioning of the poor animal was my gut reaction). Ricardo
as the bookmarks code author would have a better idea I guess.


Regards
Yanko