• HELP CENTER
  • TUTORIALS
  • EXTENSIONS
  • BLOGS
  • CHAT

  • logos
  • logo requests
  • themes
  • backgrounds
  • forums
Home › Forums › Support › Fast Dial

Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by mafi0z on Sun, 11/02/2008 - 21:41.

hey all. i just came up with what i think is a very interesting concept..

Wouldnt it be cool, if Fast Dial came with a Toolbar Mode Option?
So that a user could enable the fast dial toolbar, and have some or all of his links(cells) in the toolbar, as icons?
Then there would be an area on the site where users can share toolbar icons..!

I have created a picture of the concept to help explain (click to enlarge) :
Photobucket

NOTICE: The above image is Photoshopped, and is FAKE! As i said this is a suggestion, not a feature yet!

WARNING! This is in no way guaranteed to become a feature of Fast Dial! It is a concept that MAY be implemented!

SO, what do you guys think?

‹ fast dial keeps resetting Suggestion: Web-pPage SubSections by right mouse click, VERY useful, I promise 8:) ›
  • Fast Dial
  • 3(5 votes)
Grawl's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by Grawl on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 14:57.

it will be good, telega ;)

  • reply
sjdvda's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by sjdvda on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 17:56.

My version of the miniaturized FD:

Fast Dial Concept

Inspired by the Firefox Add-on "Tab Scope"

  • reply
chiaroscuro's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by chiaroscuro on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 20:11.

@sjdvda

My version of the miniaturized FD:

Thanks for that.
Very helpful
Gives a much better idea of what I was after

  • reply
mafi0z's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by mafi0z on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 20:15.

sjdvda,

nice..

  • reply
ZedoMann's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by ZedoMann on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 22:12.

I kinda liked the first idea, but If I want something like that, I'll use the bookmarks toolbar...
--------------------------------------------------
If I make a request for logos, make it on a transparent background.

  • reply
jmarkybb's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by jmarkybb on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 23:51.

I am with Mafia_Pengiun

I would like two different FD's... one for about:blank and one for toolbars...

Mark

  • reply
Raazy's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by Raazy on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 17:19.

Yes, I am using smaller grid (6x4) and frankly I can't imagine, how to get this stuff into any toolbar.
Big thumbnails are what we(at least me) like on FD not another "favorites" bar.
Isn't pressing Ctrl+T quick enough ?

Its my opinion.

  • reply
chiaroscuro's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by chiaroscuro on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 17:52.

@ZedoMann

I kinda liked the first idea, but If I want something like that, I'll use the bookmarks toolbar...

@Reazy

Big thumbnails are what we(at least me) like on FD not another "favorites" bar.

I think I sort of agree.
One click on the Fast Dial Toolbar is sort of fine with me.
I like getting back to the Fast Dial Page.
I think I would miss it otherwise.

  • reply
Kaelri's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by Kaelri on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:17.

You can get exactly the same effect by putting a bookmark on your Bookmarks Toolbar and giving it a blank name.

Granted, they're a little smaller, and you're stuck with the site's favicon. But as far as usability is concerned, what you're looking for is already built into Firefox.

Not that I have any authority to speak on this, but as a user, the reason I value Fast Dial is in the name: it's fast. Its strength is in taking over the blank tab. Most people have a "New Tab" button on their toolbars. Those who don't just press Ctrl-T. Both methods are a lot faster than menus and hovering frames. You guys are all rightfully excited about Fast Dial's potential, but I think it's important to be very discriminatory when deciding what to add to the actual extension. Fast Dial shouldn't do everything. I've seen extensions that try to do a full-browser makeover all by themselves, and it's never been pretty - they don't play nice with other extensions, they're limited by the designer's personal vision of the browsing experience, and the feature bloat slows performance down to a crawl. Extensions work best (and are most successful with users) when they're simple, efficient, and modular. And that's what Fast Dial is right now.

  • reply
chiaroscuro's picture

Re: Suggestion: Fast Dial Toolbar!

Submitted by chiaroscuro on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:42.

@kaelri

You guys are all rightfully excited about Fast Dial's potential, but I think it's important to be very discriminatory when deciding what to add to the actual extension. Fast Dial shouldn't do everything.

Extensions work best (and are most successful with users) when they're simple, efficient, and modular. And that's what Fast Dial is right now.

Good post.
I agree

  • reply
« first‹ previous123456next ›last »

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <img> <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol><s> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd><font><center><b><hr>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • You may post code using <code>...</code> (generic) or <?php ... ?> (highlighted PHP) tags.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Search

Recent Comments

  • Re: finance folder, banking folder
    euphonicnight
    1 hour 48 min ago
  • Re: Problems with Fast Dial 2.22b and Firefox 3.5
    chiaroscuro
    3 hours 43 min ago
  • Re: Zalgo logo request
    chiaroscuro
    5 hours 50 min ago
  • Re: New logos requests (19)
    chiaroscuro
    7 hours 18 min ago
  • Re: "nulljcolor" and blank cells!
    chiaroscuro
    7 hours 35 min ago
  • Re: "nulljcolor" and blank cells!
    kail
    7 hours 53 min ago
  • Re: linkinparkunderground
    Philly Willy
    7 hours 55 min ago
  • Re: Open all webpages with one click
    chiaroscuro
    8 hours 50 min ago
more

Recent topics

  • hypnosis, and meditation all have in common? Yes pls logo
  • Meditation: The Magic of Yes! logo
  • Problems with Fast Dial 2.22b and Firefox 3.5
  • Posting a larger Image on Userlogos using Picamatic
  • Insert your own Green Logo into Google - Iran - Election - Mousavi.
  • Posting a small image in Userlogos using Picamatic
  • Restoring Bookmarks in Firefox (for Fast Dial)
  • logo for mobile
more

Recent Polls

  • Twitter or Facebook?
  • What colour of the logo do you often use??
  • What do you think of the "Effects" section when submitting a logo?
  • Are you concerned about your online privacy?
  • What software would you rather have for free?
more
  • logos
  • logo requests
  • themes
  • backgrounds
  • forums