Support more shortcuts

[kelimuttu]

Why/User Benefit/User Problem

We've seen a few number of request to add more shortcuts after the 94 update:

• A Google user: "Ridiculous we can only save 4 shortcuts. Can't close individual tabs. No quick access home button."
• Aleksandar Skoco: "Browser is very good. My suggestion is to allow for 2 or more rows of shortcut sites because now we only can have 4 shortcuts, and there is really space for more"

What / Requirements

Ability to add more than 4 shortcuts

Acceptance Criteria (how do I know when I’m done?)

When I can add more than 4 shortcuts in the homepage

[iorgamgabriel]

@channingcarter @jeffreygee should we support more that four shortcuts ? How many more ? How should look like ?

[channingcarter]

@iorgamgabriel no we should not support more than four shortcuts.

[ljader]

Hello Focus team ( CC @iorgamgabriel ) ,

I've just spend half hour searching and chasing why I can't add more than 4 shotcuts - so 2 questions:

1. Is this limit visible somewhere in the help/documentation? (to help others if they are also stuck)
2. What is the reasoning behing not adding more than 4 shortcuts?
   In the above answer, IMHO no "actual" arguments were provided besides the general statement.
   If it's the "design/look" decision, could you describe what is desired look and how i.e. 8 icons would impact it?
   (especially on 6+ inch phones)

Thanks in advance for any response
Lukasz

[kelimuttu]

Thanks for your feedback, @ljader I just made a new revision to this article.

[ljader]

@kelimuttu thank you for taking the time and improving the docs.

FYI article you linked describes only the "Android homepage shortcuts" and not the "Focus homepage shortcuts" - mentioned here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-focus-main-menu

(IMO I get the impression the Firefox Focus is currently on the same path as Google Inbox once was for Gmail
=> to be a source of ideas and eventually the bigger tool will win.
So I'm switching to main Firefox - thanks for all your effort.
Lukasz

[kelimuttu]

Ah, thanks for correcting. Didn't realized they're distinct functions.