Yes, this is very interresting !
I completely agree with "the idea that a user's daily browsing
represents only a few key tasks or objectives. "
And build a feature in this way would allow more restore the tabs : no
more problems with history or bookmarks, because history was split by
task (with the possibility to have it in all, but for a research about
Iphone, no need my daily news-reading-half-hour on his history.
On the other han, I don't trust too the browser to understant itself
my sessoins : he can base him tabs opened from this or this page, on
title, but there are lot of generality websites on wich y go for a lot
of different tasks (like portals, or wikipedia). And I can consult the
stock prices to determine when to buy it, so...
So for this reasons, I think it would be better to rely on the user :
a button who allow to start a new "task", easily, who create a new
session with blank history (and somes littles things in addiction)
I made a reflexion on this, for division of the history and sessoin,
you can see it here http://delavy.hyperficiel.com/index.php?art=35
(with pictures) and discuss it
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-concept-series/browse_thr...
here or on this page. (i'm doing the video demonstration next week)
But the idea of the page that you make is awesome, yes, and I'm happy
because I feel that my project help it a little, and that we are
several to think in the same direction.
On Jan 6, 2:26 am, Rob Szumski <hub6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My entry for Mozilla's Winter Design Challenge revolves around the
> idea that a user's daily browsing represents only a few key tasks or
> objectives. Even for these few tasks, you might open hundreds of
> webpages in your browsing session. For example, if you are looking to
> purchase an iPhone, you may start with Apple.com to check out the
> marketing material they have prepared. To get a more balanced view,
> you look to CNET or Engadget to find a third party product review.
> Perhaps Engadget tips you off to some of the network issues that AT&T
> has in the US, and you do a quick Google search to confirm it. Note
> that even in this quick session you've already spawned at least 4 tabs
> or windows.
> Now imagine that you are interruped during your search before you've
> made your decision about the iPhone. Shouldn't the browser provide you
> with a way to easily group all of the tabs and windows related to your
> search so you can continue it later? My concept automatically groups
> these tabs together and offers several options to restore all or parts
> of your session.
> I welcome all feedback on the concept, design, execution and all other
> aspects. I want to make this awesome!
> More Information:http://blog.robszumski.com/mozillas-winter-design-challenge-the-home-tab
> Interactive demo of Draft 1 (use Firefox for best results):http://www.robszumski.com/mozilla
> Screenshot:http://www.robszumski.com/mozilla/screenshot.png
