For instance, users in a corporate environment where setups are exactly defined and IT can check out in advance what works. This would be particularly good in the enterprise (if it handled updates well). Technical users who need to approve new software could have the good ol' deny/allow dialog, and everyone else can have a "Not approved, see your sysadmin" message.
I guess this isn't about creating a whole new feature, but rather a significant improvement to an existing feature.
Using a SQL database to store bookmarks seems obvious to me, even more obvious to use something like SQLite.
Now, keep in mind that places is about more than just bookmarks (it will encompass history as well) and it begins to get clearer what sort of extra functionality you can provide, such as:
Bumping frequently accessed pages into favourites
Improving autocomplete (in the address bar) to rank by relevance
Tagging
If someone was to implement these features now it would be harder than it should be and certainly not as fast as it should be. At the core, most of these sort of features only need 1 simple SQL query.
I don't use bookmarks for the sites I visit frequently. Mainly because it's a pain to maintain them (compared to the value extracted from using them).
Bookmarks have pretty much remained unchanged for years. This isn't because they can't be improved, but because they aren't necessarily the most glamourous part of the browser. Sites like del.icio.us are evidence that people are looking for more.
I have to disagree. If the ad resembles Apple's ads it isn't far-fetched to assume that Apple is either endorsing or producing the product. Whilst I'm sure the ad would be quite something to see, this connection is probably not desirable for Apple.
My feeling would be that Apple doesn't want to stop them selling the iGasm, merely from associating the iGasm so strongly with Apple.
Totally agree. One of the worst instances of this showing up is on a lot of TV shows on DVD. If you don't press menu by the end of the credits for the episode it will go into the copyright screens and it then makes you go through the same message in every language they know about. I might be able to understand why they want to force a copyright screen on you, but when 90% of the screens are in a language you don't understand, that's just stupid.
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- Bumping frequently accessed pages into favourites
- Improving autocomplete (in the address bar) to rank by relevance
- Tagging
If someone was to implement these features now it would be harder than it should be and certainly not as fast as it should be. At the core, most of these sort of features only need 1 simple SQL query. I don't use bookmarks for the sites I visit frequently. Mainly because it's a pain to maintain them (compared to the value extracted from using them). Bookmarks have pretty much remained unchanged for years. This isn't because they can't be improved, but because they aren't necessarily the most glamourous part of the browser. Sites like del.icio.us are evidence that people are looking for more.I have to disagree. If the ad resembles Apple's ads it isn't far-fetched to assume that Apple is either endorsing or producing the product. Whilst I'm sure the ad would be quite something to see, this connection is probably not desirable for Apple. My feeling would be that Apple doesn't want to stop them selling the iGasm, merely from associating the iGasm so strongly with Apple.
Totally agree. One of the worst instances of this showing up is on a lot of TV shows on DVD. If you don't press menu by the end of the credits for the episode it will go into the copyright screens and it then makes you go through the same message in every language they know about. I might be able to understand why they want to force a copyright screen on you, but when 90% of the screens are in a language you don't understand, that's just stupid.