#3889 NORM FutureF: Caching of pages for offline reading (global bookmarks)

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#3889: Caching of pages for offline reading (global bookmarks)
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  Reporter:  erikos           |       Owner:  erikos        
      Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  FutureFeatures
 Component:  browse-activity  |     Version:                
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                
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Comment(by Eben):

 I think this ticket could use a little clarification.  We've talked about
 a variety of bookmark types, most notably session, global, and offline
 bookmarks.  This ticket actually describes offline bookmarks, which I
 think are different from "global" ones, depending on how we define them.
 Here's what I think we actually want (please clarify or argue these
 definitions):

 '''Bookmark:''' A combination of the former definitions for both session
 and global bookmarks.  When created, a thumbnail appears within the
 bookmarks tray, and is shared among activity participants.  It's presence
 gets stored with the browse session for future reference.  In addition,
 the bookmark gets added to the global bookmark list, though it's not
 directly exposed anywhere (and it does not get a Journal entry).  As an
 entry in the global bookmark list, it will be available for
 autocompletion, and will show up in any future implementation of a
 bookmark/history browser (from within ''any'' browse session).


 '''Offline Bookmark:''' (Better phrasing welcome.) Offline bookmarks
 create a brand new Journal entry containing the cached page.  Optionally,
 we could add settings to limit the size, compress or scale down images,
 skip embedded video, etc.  But that's all in the details.  The general
 goal is to provide a cached copy of the page which the kids can access
 later, while offline.  Special handling of this form of entry will be
 required within Browse, so that it's made clear that the page is not live
 (and, in fact, its actual age is shown), and so that it's not possible to
 accidentally attempt to click a link and wind up losing the cached data.
 We can be smart about this.  It seems that any offline bookmark should
 also get added to the list of global bookmarks, accessible from anywhere.
 A future bookmark/history browser could indicate which bookmarks are
 offline.

 To sum up, there are two types of bookmark, with separate purposes.  One
 creates a session thumbnail and shares it, the other creates a private
 journal entry and caches it for offline viewing.  Both types register the
 bookmark with the global registry so that a bookmark/history viewer can
 show them, and so that they are used for autocompletion purposes.

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