A-har, I have discovered Adam Hooper's guide to writing
Epiphany
extensions... Python, you say?
On 10/5/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond gmail.com> wrote:
> From that history+bookmark integration wiki page, I
particularly like
> EmmanueleBassi's idea of using f-spot's time-slider
widget. Especially
> if Epiphany were to combine the time slider with
thumbnails of the web
> pages visited, in the same way that f-spot combines it
with thumbnails
> of images.
>
> The f-spot time-slider & thumbnail approach could
be used to browse
> history. Bookmarks would be history items that were
'tagged' or
> 'dog-eared' or 'starred' as bookmarks. There should be
a widget that
> allows you to toggle between browsing all history (with
some form of
> emblem denoting bookmarked items) and browsing
bookmarked items only.
>
> Beyond that... you could allow people to further sort
the bookmarked
> items by creating tags to tag items with, make tags as
children of
> other tags, and apply multiple tags to one item. Then
display emblems
> suggesting the applied tags on the thumbnails, and
allow to browse
> only certain tags, or combinations of tags, at a time.
Much like
> f-spot does.
>
> But f-spots tagging is a fairly complex and involved
process that a
> lot of people can't be bothered with. So the simpler,
more generic but
> less powerful tool of simply 'bookmarking' some history
items should
> be there for the lazy/people without much time.
>
> That sounds like a fun project, no? A SoC maybe?
>
> Here's a screenshot of f-spot so you can see what I'm
talking about:
>
> http://f-spot
.org/Image:Main-window.png
>
> You drag the slider on the timescale at the top, and
the thumbnails
> view (which is displaying images ordered
chronologically)
> automatically jumps to where the slider is. The stuff
on the left is
> user-created tags. Epiphany's bookmarks view just be a
simplified
> version of f-spot's main view.
>
> On 10/5/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammondgmail.com> wrote:
> > What language is Epiphany written in and what
toolkits and libraries
> > does it use? Any guides or tutorials for
interested developers?
> >
> > On 10/4/06, Reinout van Schouwen <reinoutsgnome.org> wrote:
> > > Hi Sean,
> > >
> > > 2006/10/4, Sean Hammond <sean.hammondgmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > I wondered if any thought had been given
among web browser developers
> > > > and designers to ordering bookmarks
chronologically (by the date the
> > > > user created the bookmark), instead of
by subject or tagging?
> > >
> > > Among web browser developers in general, I'm
certain quite a bit of
> > > thought has been given to the subject.  As far as
Epiphany is
> > > concerned, please have a look at this page:
> > > http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany/BookmarksHistoryIntegra
tion
> > >
> > > It contains some (not very organized) ideas
about how a future
> > > history/bookmarks implementation might look
like. Unfortunately, we're
> > > rather short on developer manpower and this
is not very concrete yet.
> > >
> > > > hierarchical sorting, but I still find
that my list of bookmarks is
> > > > usually a mess, and that aside from a
handful on the toolbar, I don't
> > > > really use bookmarks.
> > >
> > > Are you talking about the bookmarks in the
bookmark editor window, or
> > > in the Bookmarks menu? Generally, the most
efficient way to work with
> > > bookmarks in Epiphany is to use the address
bar to find them by name
> > > or by topic. Just type a few letters of the
bookmark's name or of one
> > > of its topics and you'll see a dropdown list
of possibilities. It
> > > allows very fast bookmark selection.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your feedback, and for using
Epiphany! =)
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Reinout van Schouwen
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Reinout van Schouwen
> > >
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