Re: Using Bookmark editor as a favourites list.

["Dylan McCall" <dylanmccall gmail com>]

Hm... so you like using the Bookmarks editor as a component sort of separate from Epiphany?

I've just joined this list (sorry if this doesn't get recognized as a response, by the way) for that very reason :)
A little experiment that I am pondering is a "Locations" system with some features that go a bit beyond regular old bookmarks. (It should cure, once and for all, the problem of forgotten web sites and overfilled Bookmarks lists, as well as help ease the pain of temporarily dead web sites). The basic plan was to shove it right into Epiphany, but then I realized that practically every program uses some kind of bookmarks. Our poor desktop search tools have to try really hard to keep up with all these different kinds of catalogues... so why not just have a stand-alone program specialized for bookmarks that does it all? With some useful features, it could enhance the Gnome desktop experience immensely!
Of course, "enhancing the Gnome desktop experience immensely" is a long way off; this is an Experiment. (Err... don't let your hopes up; all I have so far is an Anjuta project file, a UI built in Glade, a dream, a bunch of notes and a copy of Epiphany's source code).

So your question interests me because it relates directly to what I am trying to do: A Bookmarks manager that works outside of the web browser.
Since I'm at a bit of a loss for how to fit this all together and where really to point this system, perhaps you have some thoughts of your own for what is needed to make it useful?

As for your question #2, I believe a program called devilspie may help;
it lets you create scripts that perform actions on particular windows.

Bye,
-Dylan McCall