Re: [Epiphany] Re: Bookmarks usability

[Igor Lev <hyperf earthlink net>]

On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 15:13, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 13:44, David Adam Bordoley wrote:
> > Igor Lev writes: 
> > 
> > > I have been using the epiphany bookmarking system pretty extensively
> > > over the last couple of weeks now and I am really starting to appreciate
> > > it's usefulness. However, a pet peeve keeps coming up again and again.
> > > Each time I want to bookmark a page I instinctively click on the add a
> > > bookmark button and then realize that the topic I want to use for this
> > > bookmark does not exist yet. This means that I have to go to the
> > > bookmark menu again and choose edit bookmarks, then file in that window
> > > then create new bookmark. I believe that there might be some user
> > > support for a quick "Create Topic" button in the _add bookmark_ menu.
> > > Since that operation is very minimal in the edit bookmarks menu, I don't
> > > believe that this will disrupt the current layout of the bookmark system
> > > too much. I was just wondering what everyone else thought about this
> > > idea, since it would make adding bookmarks a much easier and smoother
> > > process but at the same time it does "ruin" the clear adding/editing
> > > separation hierarchy Epiphany has right now. 
> > > -- 
> > 
> > I think that putting a new topic or maybe add topic entry in the bookmarks 
> > menu might be a good idea. My main objection has always been that 
> > adding/removing topics should not be done from within the new bookmark 
> > dialog since it adds unneeded complexity to it. Your proposal should work 
> > well actually. Since the new bookmark dialog is not modal, a user could do 
> > bookmark->new topic, the new topic magically gets added to the existing new 
> > bookmark dialog and then the user can add that topic to the bookmark. Please 
> > file a bugzilla bug with this suggestion although i'm not sure if this could 
> > get into 1.0. (up to marco) 
> 
> I agree it's a good idea. I think it can go in 1.0, it's a small
> interface change, not a feature.
> 
> Marco

In fact as long as it has an appropriate keyboard shortcut, the problem
of it's placement in the add bookmark dialog is solved. Since it doesn't
confuse a new user/separation of UI and an advanced user can just use
the shortcut to bring up the dialog when they realize they need to add a
topic while adding a bookmark. Just to make sure, the "Add Bookmark"
dialog  will update the topics if they're created after it's opened?


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-Igor