[Companion] Re: Toolbar changes

[Shane Volpe]

All,
I have mentioned this before but received no comments:
 Would it be worth while incorporating a search
feature for searching through the bookmarks?  I have
quite a few bookmarks and sometimes forget where I
have filed something but can remember part of the
description or address.  Maybe I'm the only absent
minded person here :)
Regards,
Shane
--- Jesse Savage <mozdev at jsavage.fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Hey Brian,
> 
> Looked over all your changes, everything looks good
> to me. Thanks for
> all the improvements.
> 
> I agree with all the defaults. We definitely don't
> want to confuse new
> users. Truthfully I didn't intend for these defaults
> to be the final
> final, but I did want folks to see/try out the new
> features. As I've
> mentioned to you outside of the list, I think we can
> further improve
> this by building a preferences/options screen.
> 
> As for the import/export changes, I'm not sure what
> you or the rest of
> the folks think, but I'm tempted to just remove this
> functionality
> altogether. Originally I was thinking that this
> might help new users
> know that there is import/export functionality and
> help them adopt the
> toolbar etc. But I'm not sure that it cons don't
> outweight the pros.
> (BTW, I'd be happy to remove these changes if we
> agree - or you can,
> whichever.)
> 
> Lastly I think your tooltip modifications are good.
> The empty tooltips
> were just bothering me. Not sure if long URLs will
> end up being
> problematic but I wouldn't expect this to be the
> common case.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:05:21 -0700, "Brian Kennelly"
> <brian at bkennelly.net> said:
> > This version of the toolbar includes Jesse's
> changes, with a few 
> > differences:
> > 
> >     * The preferences are now checked each time
> they are referenced
> >     * I added a preference for the refresh count -
> >       "yahootoolbar.refreshCount", defaulting to
> 8.
> >     * The searchURL preference is checked, but not
> initialized.  If it
> >       is not set, the default URL will be used.
> >     * I changed the defaults for hiding and
> creating bookmark menus so
> >       they match the current toolbar
> >           o I am concerned about first time users,
> who would be confused
> >             and upset if their browser bookmarks
> disappear when they
> >             install this toolbar.
> >           o Power users can still change them
> through 'about:config'
> >     * The toolbar bookmarks menu is recognized
> from context, rather than
> >       title, so it should work in all languages.
> >           o I am starting to externalize the text
> strings into string
> >             bundles, so we can assign values to
> inserted menu items by
> >             locale.  (Originally I was only
> concerned about the text in
> >             the alert boxes, but if we are adding
> menu items...)
> >     * The browser bookmarks menu can now be found
> in both Firefox and
> >       Mozilla
> >     * I restored most of the tooltips, but gave
> them values (I miss a
> >       couple, but I will get them next time.)
> > 
> > 
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