Help us create a better address bar experience

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I would like to understand how the top sites work. Sometimes a page that I visit once or twice already shows up there but other pages that I visit more often never appears on the list.

[Grringo]

Grringo last edited by

Gmail/webmail and Facebook/social notifications

[JurajKovac]

JurajKovac last edited by

I for one would be psyched if the address bar pop-up would be touch-friendly. Right now, I can't tap on a URL suggestion to open the page.
If the new shortcuts updated seamlessly based on input, i.e. filtering as I type, that would be quite useful.

[unrealmirakulix]

unrealmirakulix last edited by

the draft looks great

[kamil7165]

kamil7165 last edited by kamil7165

Your idea is good if only it will be possible to disable these shortcuts in settings. With the URL there are other things to improve. 1) When I'm typing, it prompts random previous pages from history even though in history there are exact web pages' titles and addresses which are more relevant. 2) Maybe it would be better to list more results from history and google prompts or allow us to set limit of number of lines. 3) I'd love to see better prompts from google. At the moment google prompts whole passphrases even though many often times I want to enter single word. So prompting one word at a time (the first words of a whole google prompt) would be some relief when searching.

[andrew84]

andrew84 @kamil7165 last edited by

@kamil7165 said in Help us create a better address bar experience:

When I'm typing

You're talking about the address bar dropdown, I guess. Enhanced address bar and address bar dropdown are two different things. Dropdown appears when you type, enhanced address bar appears (optionally) when you click on the address field.

[mahotilo]

mahotilo last edited by

1. Search engine selection
2. Search in page

[kamil7165]

kamil7165 last edited by

I also think that the green padlock was way better as you could quickly check if given page is secure (I know that in fact that's simplification but still way better). And the protocol prefix (like http/https) displaying was also nice.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kamil7165 last edited by

@kamil7165 Many browsers are stop using the green padlock icon to avoid giving an unreal sensation of total security.

[taroj1205]

taroj1205 @mahotilo last edited by

@mahotilo: Your first idea is good, but for 2nd one, you can use [ctr]+[f] to search in page.

[taroj1205]

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[avl]

avl Opera @gik-team last edited by

@gik-team: It's being worked on, we're resolving problems with video playback on content-protected steaming sites.

[mahotilo]

mahotilo @taroj1205 last edited by

@taroj1205 I can also use the search engine shortcut in the query string. But we are talking about how to make our life easier.

[gik-team]

gik-team @avl last edited by

@avl Thank you!

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[oskarwik]

oskarwik last edited by

As long as it is customizable, I don't want to risk seeing Alibaba, Booking, Facebook or Amazon every time I click at the address bar. The mockup looks good!
I really miss keyboard short cuts (such as ctrl+1 for the first tab) and that I have to use the mouse more nowadays.

[gcg1000]

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[taroj1205]

taroj1205 @mahotilo last edited by

@mahotilo But isn't [ctr]+[f] easier?

[mahotilo]

mahotilo @taroj1205 last edited by

@taroj1205 What about touchscreen display?

[taroj1205]

taroj1205 @mahotilo last edited by

@mahotilo You can buy a keyboard.

[luca786toni]

luca786toni last edited by

Allow some bookmarks to be placed there?
I've wanted auto-hide bookmarks bar for a while. It saves the extra click or mouse gesture to open a new tab - besides, the speed dial can get too crowded. You can also use JavaScript shortcuts from the bookmarks bar, unlike from the speed dial.
If you add bookmarks to the address bar (bookmark bar style) then it solves both matters.

Or allowing to select search engine from a scrollable list - having to remember every unique keyword to trigger the engine can get bothersome.