Feature #1115
closedBookmarks as homepage
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Updated by Soren Stoutner 6 months ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- Priority changed from 4.x to 3.x
I am generally opposed to the idea, mostly because then I would have to switch between a ListView and a WebView for the tab contents, which ads number of breakage points (there are already enough complexities with switching between tabs and maintaining the correct state on restart). It seems to me that the quick access to the bookmarks drawer is sufficient. If the purpose is to open a new tab and populate it with a bookmark, you can already do so by swiping open the bookmark drawer and long-pressing the bookmark.
Updated by ask low 6 months ago
This feature is not important at all btw. This is not about opening a bookmark quickly. It's about the new tab page. Generally, most privacy conscious people leave it blank, or use some local page. But local pages aren't a cup of tea for everyone. If we're able to present bookmarks menu into the new tab page, it would fairly do a great job of filling that empty new tab page.
Chrome based browsers can already do this if we set the homepage as chrome-native://bookmarks/folder/1, which sets bookmarks bar as the homepage.
I haven't understood what is ListView and WebView for tab contents though. How is it connected to bookmarks view ?
Updated by Soren Stoutner 6 months ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed
Bookmarks use a ListView, which is different from a WebView.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ListView
I am going to close this as homepages will be handled by Feature #289: Create a local homepage. I think it is unlikely I would ever implement displaying the bookmarks in the space usually occupied by the WebViews.
This is also a duplicate of Feature #446: Consider adding an option to display bookmarks in the body of new tabs, which I think I will also be closing.