Mozilla Corp. has posted mock-ups of Places, one of the most-awaited new features in the upcoming Firefox 3.0., on its Web site. As part of the weekly Firefox 3.0 status update that Mozilla posts to a wiki, the open-source developer included screenshots of Places Organizer, the interface users will see later this year or early next when the browser goes to its final release.
Places, the name given to the new unified history and bookmark manager, was originally scheduled to be included in Firefox 2.0, but it was yanked last year from that version because Mozilla decided it couldn't finish the feature in time. Unlike current browser bookmark tools, Places will use a database -- the SQLite database engine powers it -- so users can search for saved pages. Places will also support the use of tags, or user-defined labels that are applied to categorize bookmarks and make them easier to retrieve via searches.
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Places, the name given to the new unified history and bookmark manager, was originally scheduled to be included in Firefox 2.0, but it was yanked last year from that version because Mozilla decided it couldn't finish the feature in time. Unlike current browser bookmark tools, Places will use a database -- the SQLite database engine powers it -- so users can search for saved pages. Places will also support the use of tags, or user-defined labels that are applied to categorize bookmarks and make them easier to retrieve via searches.
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Looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11 :|
Looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11 :|
It does actually
Looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11 :|
I think they're trying to appeal to the IE7 crowd a bit too much.
except in this one, it does look REMARKABLY like WMP11, even the skin.
More images at http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/granParadisoUI/
OK, tags I don't mind, but I just wonder what kind of performance hit this will entail. I imagine it will hinge on one thing: will the sqlite db be just accessed when needed (as would seem sensible), or loaded into memory like the current bookmarks file?
I always disliked the single-file-in-memory bookmarks system, because it means this resource isn't available to other apps to read or modify while Firefox is running. This is one area where IE did it better: Favorites were always intended to be available throughout the UI, so a file-hierarchy model was used, and this means it can be accessed and changed dynamically by any number of applications at once. At my work the Favorites collection gets synced across 2-3 desktops constantly, which wouldn't work with Firefox. (Except it sorta does, but only thanks to the PlainOldFavorites extension
If Places syncs to disk on every access, then it could open it up to a lot of other apps that could benefit. That'd be good.
"This functionality is based on the safari extension Inquisitor by David Watanabe."
Too bad it doesn't share the cosmetic similarities. Windows applications are looking more and more like **** with each passing month, you'd think with Avalon/.net framework 3.0, that the applications would look nicer..
Its also not terribly clear how to search for the contents of a page in history, which is what most users want by default.
I think that they would do better if they left this "Places" as an extension rather than part of the core to Firefox. I'm afraid that Firefox is starting to drift into bloatsville. They don't have to be pushing the version number to new heights and coming up with useless features to keep the users happy. Just stick with the original goals of the project: a fast web browser that is secure and easy to use.
Important phrase.
nevermind lol
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