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* The ability to move tabs from one already open window to another, allowing you to split several tabs off at once into a new window and merge multiple windows without having to manually reload everything. | * The ability to move tabs from one already open window to another, allowing you to split several tabs off at once into a new window and merge multiple windows without having to manually reload everything. | ||
== '''Next Generation E-mail System (no pop or other settings required) | |||
Web Based E-mail SCAN System (MS Killer)''' == | |||
[avallee's idea] | |||
What I would love to see is the ability to have e-mail tabs like in Opera but even better. What I mean by better is behind the scenes setup so I don't have everybody that doesn't know how to setup pop accounts and such bother me anymore. | |||
'''Overview Example''': If a user wants to setup his browser so it also acts as a mail program all he would do is click the “ADD MAIL” in the tools menu (new menu option) then a new tab would open and they type in the web address such as www.google.com, www.hotmail.com or what ever. and then log into their web mail then select a OCR scan zone which would grab the mail and put it in a designated mail tab for that web mail account. It would then be formatted in proper columns and those people out their who don’t know anything about setting up pop accounts ect. won’t have to know. Benefits of such a add on is the OCR really only has to be a ASCII scan as all web based e-mail is ASCII and not a picture thus making it many times faster then doing true OCR. Plus people are not blocked out of web based e-mail that is or might become Proprietary at some point such as hotmail and others are now. This would be the ultimate mail front end with the users not having to worry about settings. Just a simple screen built in macro catcher to allow Firefox in the background to log in and Capture the mail. | |||
'''Setup training example''': User would right click over the web based e-mail username field and select from the right click menu the “LEARN”. They would then type their user name in and do the same for the password field. Then right click and select “LEARN CLICK” to enter. Once logged in they could then Right click and select “MAIL ZONE” then with the left mouse button scan the first message fields then click on the message to open it. Once it is open they then just right click the mouse and “LEARN OFF” this then trains the browser in what steps to take in order to grab web based e-mail without pop account settings required etc… of course behind the E-mail scan it would keep track of the last date and time message grabbed so it doesn’t grab messages twice the next time it checks. | |||
Such a program would piss off the likes of MS and others but oh well the setup choice is the end users and not infringing on any patents or copyrights. Other benefits of such a program because it is scanning the ASCII codes it could also allow in helping block spam with a key word list that is setup by the user. Images could also be brought in and stored in a database where they are indexed to the messages and displayed only if the user wants images on. Another great feature would be to add Text to speech so the mail could be read out or the web page read like Opera does. | |||