Fenix: Bookmarks Menu item should open last viewed bookmark folder
Why/User Benefit/User Problem
As a user, I would like to maintain context when viewing bookmarks in Fenix, especially if I am a switcher where this is a common feature.
What/Requirements
- When I open the bookmarks menu item, I am taken to the last bookmark folder I had viewed
- Fixing https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/10462 so that users do not have to descend back to the root of bookmarks when exiting bookmarks
Acceptance Criteria (how do I know when I’m done?)
If I was last looking at my desktop bookmarks toolbar in Fenix and closed the page and reopen Bookmarks, I am taken back to that folder.
yoasif
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I really think this is a must-have feature UX-wise. Current mechanism is very cumbersome and frustrating to use, took users too many steps to do such a straightforward thing.
An app with good UX design should be able to quickly navigate/guide users to the feature/option/location they demand, this is even more important in mobile platform since the screen is smaller and less UI elements could be displayed at once. Thus UX designers should try to minimize the number of steps to achieve those actions, not the other way around, which sadly isn't the case currently.
frozenxuan
on 28 May 2020
@yoasif completely agree that we need this on android. 4 years ago I posted the same thing for firefox ios at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309018 and https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/2144 and it was kept open for 2 years and then eventually closed. I hope this ticket does not meet the same fate. Chrome, Brave, and even Edge all implement the feature requested above (that is they remember the last bookmark folder visited, even if they are completely removed from the background and started from scratch). It seems that only Firefox is lacking this feature.
artella-coding
on 8 Jun 2020
p.s. another user has also requested for this feature at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/4318
artella-coding
on 8 Jun 2020
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I really think this is a must-have feature UX-wise. Current mechanism is very cumbersome and frustrating to use, took users too many steps to do such a straightforward thing.
An app with good UX design should be able to quickly navigate/guide users to the feature/option/location they demand, this is even more important in mobile platform since the screen is smaller and less UI elements could be displayed at once. Thus UX designers should try to minimize the number of steps to achieve those actions, not the other way around, which sadly isn't the case currently.