Web Panels

nilson · Post by **nilson** » August 4th, 2003, 10:15 pm

I'm confused.

Did you remove the functionalty for websites being displayed in the sidebar?

Blake · Post by **Blake** » August 5th, 2003, 12:13 am

nilson wrote:I'm confused.

Did you remove the functionalty for websites being displayed in the sidebar?

Nope.

jedbro · Post by **jedbro** » August 5th, 2003, 12:59 am

Dave, thanks for working on this.
Web panels and Extension Uninstall are the two features I am looking forward to most in FB, and fortunatly both are going to be done by you! Thanks for making FB rock.

PageHolder I actually find extremly usefull, could you make it into an extension if you really want to keep it out of FB trunck?

The whole formating issue could easily be fixed by applying some javascript and css rules.
(check out <a href="http://daniel.glazman.free.fr/weblog/">Glazman's "small screen" script</a> on the top of the page)

Cheers
--Jed

seb · Post by **seb** » August 5th, 2003, 7:32 am

mozdave wrote:Yes, I removed the Page Holder. I do not think it adds any value above what's already implemented for Sidebar Bookmarks. Basically the idea of "transient" pages being placed in a holder makes little sense when the pages themselves aren't slim-lined or designed for display in the holder. If you want to keep a page around for easy access, tabs already solve that particular problem.

I actually found a very good use to the placeholder: the ability to automatically add bookmarks that open in the sidebar (instead of having to open the properties window of the bookmark).

It's also very useful when comparing pages, or blogging some stuff.

If it's not going to be checked in again, it'd be nice if someone could make an extension for the Page Holder. I guess the code is still in the CVS.

chrisgeleven · Post by **chrisgeleven** » August 5th, 2003, 7:35 am

Can't wait for this to get more polished, looks great Firebird devs!

DamianMoran · Post by **DamianMoran** » August 5th, 2003, 7:39 am

So why have the web panels gone from today's builds?

Post by **tve** » August 5th, 2003, 7:41 am

Crap, I really liked it. Already had a sidebar bookmarks folder wih all kinds of bookmarks..

Goldzilla · Post by **Goldzilla** » August 5th, 2003, 7:43 am

seb wrote:
If it's not going to be checked in again, it'd be nice if someone could make an extension for the Page Holder. I guess the code is still in the CVS.

http://www.geocities.com/mmoy/holder.html

DizzyWeb · Post by **DizzyWeb** » August 5th, 2003, 7:47 am

I'm confused.

Everybody's talking about it, saying it so great, so wonderfull, the next killer-thing, etc...
All the blogs talk about it.
And now it's gone. Not useful.

Am I missing something!?

talou · Post by **talou** » August 5th, 2003, 7:52 am

It seems to be no more web panel in the sources...
So what about working on a nice extension that do the same ?
I begin now !

Post by **shadytrees** » August 5th, 2003, 7:53 am

Yeah, I'm confused too.

David James · Post by **David James** » August 5th, 2003, 8:21 am

DizzyWeb wrote:I'm confused.

Everybody's talking about it, saying it so great, so wonderfull, the next killer-thing, etc...
All the blogs talk about it.
And now it's gone. Not useful.

Am I missing something!?

Yes

You can still open stuff up in the sidebar. Go to your Bookmarks Manager and find (or add) a page that you would like to display in the sidebar, the MozillaZine Index page for example. Select that bookmark and click on Properties. You'll find a checkbox - "Load this bookmark in the sidebar". Check that. Close the bookmarks manager and then select that bookmark from the the Bookmarks menu item or from the bookmarks sidebar. Upon doing so the sidebar will open (or reconfigure) and go to that page.

I too have since found new uses or the Page Holder feature (mainly annoying sites whose search results are all java links and hence can not be opened in new tabs until the advent of the Page Holder).

Post by **tve** » August 5th, 2003, 8:24 am

David James wrote:You can still open stuff up in the sidebar. Go to your Bookmarks Manager and find (or add) a page that you would like to display in the sidebar, the MozillaZine Index page for example. Select that bookmark and click on Properties. You'll find a checkbox - "Load this bookmark in the sidebar". Check that. Close the bookmarks manager and then select that bookmark from the the Bookmarks menu item or from the bookmarks sidebar. Upon doing so the sidebar will open (or reconfigure) and go to that page.

How can I close it?

There's no toolbar button, no menu entry, and Ctrl+J doesnt work either.

David James · Post by **David James** » August 5th, 2003, 8:37 am

tve wrote:
David James wrote:You can still open stuff up in the sidebar. Go to your Bookmarks Manager and find (or add) a page that you would like to display in the sidebar, the MozillaZine Index page for example. Select that bookmark and click on Properties. You'll find a checkbox - "Load this bookmark in the sidebar". Check that. Close the bookmarks manager and then select that bookmark from the the Bookmarks menu item or from the bookmarks sidebar. Upon doing so the sidebar will open (or reconfigure) and go to that page.

How can I close it?

There's no toolbar button, no menu entry, and Ctrl+J doesnt work either.

With the little "X" button at the top right hand corner of the <a href="http://members.rogers.com/dpjames/firebird/sidebar.png">sidebar</a>?

noririty · Post by **noririty** » August 5th, 2003, 8:39 am

tve wrote:How can I close it?

Ctrl+B * 2?

Web Panels

Why?

Re: Page Holder Removed

Re: Page Holder Removed

No more webpanel !