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List:       mozilla-ui
Subject:    Re: sorting in location bar history
From:       Matthew Thomas <mpt () MailAndNews ! com>
Date:       2001-04-30 17:37:13
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Jesse Ruderman wrote:
> 
> What ordering of location bar history items would be the most useful
> and user-friendly?
>...

Alphabetical order.

> - parent directories first

Alphabetical order is practically identical to putting parent
directories first.

If I remember a URI, it'll be much easier for me to work out where it is
in an alphabetical list, than to remember

> - most visited first

how often I have visited it in the past 9 days (in comparison with other URIs),

> - most recently visited first (69265)

how recently I have visited it (in comparison with other URIs),

> - typed urls first (and/or make typed urls a different color)

or whether I got there by typing or clicking (or both).

-- 
Matthew `mpt' Thomas, Mozilla UI Design component owner
<http://mozilla.org/>

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