[rekonq] Re: GSOC Idea for Tab Grouping in Rekonq

[Andrea Diamantini]

On 03/20/2011 10:19 PM, Anton Kreuzkamp wrote:
> On Sunday 20 March 2011 21:44:18 Tirtha Chatterjee wrote:
>> Tabbed browsing, when it was introduced, offered huge breakthroughs in
>> browsing comfort. But there has been little changes in the way tabs
>> have been dealt with ever since. This has given rise to two important
>> use cases-
>>
>> 1. Many people use tabs as temporary bookmarks to mark whatever they
>> want to surf or check out later. They just open it up in a new tab.
>> For example, I find a good link or tutorial, and I open up a new tab,
>> so that I can look at it when I have the time. This has given rise to
>> many many unorganised tabs waiting to be viewed. They clutter up the
>> tab strip and make tabbed browsing a harder task.
>>
>> 2. Many users have this specific style of browsing - I look for xyz in
>> Google, then open up 4-5 relevant entries in new tabs. I open up links
>> in these tabs further in new tabs. This increases the number of tabs.
>> Many users today have an average tab count of over 20.
>>
>> Rekonq currently has "<  >" buttons at the end of the tab strip to
>> browse through tabs. But there is no way of organising or grouping
>> those tabs under groups, so that they can be expanded and collapsed at
>> will. This addition will add a logical and more intuitive way of
>> browsing through tabs. Firefox 4 has introduced the Panorama view to
>> group tabs. Opera has also made it possible to group tabs in clusters
>> which can be collapsed, allowing for smooth browsing. I wish to
>> implement this feature in Rekonq as a GSOC project this summer. I
>> would like to have somebody mentor me on this project.
>>
>> Any kind of reviews / suggestions are welcome.
> Maybe your idea goes in a different direction, but if I don't miss something it
> could be extended to something I'm waiting for in rekonq for quite some time:
> sessions. (I didn't find the time to implement it myself so I would love to see
> someone else implementing it)
> Sessions would not only allow to group tabs in to different tasks, but also to
> save, stop and load them independly of each other. Moreover they could easily
> be integrated into KDE's activites, by saving which session was open on which
> activity.
>
> Anyway +1 for your proposal (although my opinion doesn't matter)
All expressed opinions matter!  ;)

I'd like you to argue a bit more about how you "see" these sessions 
working, thanks.
> Cheers, Anton
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