Bug 14837 - History page should reflect period of time individual pages were open
Summary: History page should reflect period of time individual pages were open
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New Bugs (show other bugs)
Version: 523.x (Safari 3)
Hardware: Mac (Intel) OS X 10.4
: P4 Enhancement
Assignee: Nobody
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: 14838 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2007-07-31 22:25 PDT by Sam Spencer
Modified: 2007-08-01 00:18 PDT (History)
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Description Sam Spencer 2007-07-31 22:25:06 PDT
Okay, I have feature request for the interface that has just now become of tantamount importance to me. After 3 hours of browsing doing research, opening tabs to the side for later, multiple windows, etc., I had to close the clamshell lid of my MacBook Pro, and switch rooms. Well, my laptop hated some part of that, because when I reopened the lid, the screen stayed dark and the fans revved to 100%. I don't know if Safari/webkit caused it, but I was forced to do a hard reboot. So I lost all my open windows, and the webpages buried in mounds of history.

Now, I realize that you've probably received about a bazillion requests to implement session saving in Safari/Webkit. I'm not looking for that. What I want to see is something that would be complementary to that, and is something that no other browser that I know of has:

I want to see the history section of the bookmarks page to reflect and be able to sort the results by the TIME spent with any given page in any tab open. The problem with the history page as it is now with tabbed browsing, is that it's completely linear. No matter what tab you're in you have the same history to refer back to. 

So in a case like mine where I had a window set aside for later, or perhaps a lengthy article, etc., I have no easy way of finding it again unless it's close to the top of the pile. If a user could track in the history recent pages as well as length of time spent at pages, you could find both your recent pages and your most important pages VERY easily. It would have saved my life, and I think it would do a world of good to include a relatively uncomplicated feature in the final release. Just my two cents.
Comment 1 Brady Eidson 2007-07-31 22:42:17 PDT
History and Bookmarks are an App feature of Safari itself, not the WebKit engine.

If you'd like to file an enhancement request with Apple, please use http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/

You'll need an ADC (Apple Developer Connection) account - you can sign up for a free one if you don't already have one.
Comment 2 David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) 2007-07-31 23:39:56 PDT
(In reply to comment #1)
> You'll need an ADC (Apple Developer Connection) account - you can sign up for a
> free one if you don't already have one.

http://connect.apple.com/

Comment 3 David Kilzer (:ddkilzer) 2007-07-31 23:40:35 PDT
*** Bug 14838 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Sam Spencer 2007-07-31 23:54:31 PDT
cool i wasn't sure where to go with this one. thanks for pointing me in the right direction.(In reply to comment #1)
> History and Bookmarks are an App feature of Safari itself, not the WebKit
> engine.
> 
> If you'd like to file an enhancement request with Apple, please use
> http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/
> 
> You'll need an ADC (Apple Developer Connection) account - you can sign up for a
> free one if you don't already have one.
> 

Comment 5 Brady Eidson 2007-08-01 00:18:25 PDT
No problem!  Thanks for your interest  :)

http://webkit.org/blog/101/back-to-basics/ is a great blog post to help point out where WebKit ends and Safari beings, if you're not sure when filing future bug reports ;)
Comment 6 Brady Eidson 2007-08-01 00:18:58 PDT
Clearly I meant to say "...where WebKit ends and Safari begins..."