Web browser having user-configurable address bar button
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a web browser comprising:
- a web browser user interface;
a content rendering area within the web browser user interface; and
a control layout area adjacent the content rendering area, wherein the control layout area includes a user-selectable icon that is always available to the user in the control layout area, said user-selectable icon having a single function that is user-configurable,wherein the single function selected by the user is assigned to the user-selectable icon and is selectable from among two available functions including a tab function and a favorites function.
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Abstract
A web browser has a user interface that includes a content rendering area within the web browser user interface and a control layout area adjacent the content rendering area. The control layout area includes a user-selectable icon that is always available to the user in the control layout area and which is user-configurable. For example, the user-configurable icon may be configured with one of two pre-defined functions. In one illustrative implementation the two pre-defined functions may be a tabs function and a favorites function.
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a web browser comprising:
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a web browser user interface; a content rendering area within the web browser user interface; and a control layout area adjacent the content rendering area, wherein the control layout area includes a user-selectable icon that is always available to the user in the control layout area, said user-selectable icon having a single function that is user-configurable, wherein the single function selected by the user is assigned to the user-selectable icon and is selectable from among two available functions including a tab function and a favorites function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system in which a web browser is implemented, the computer system comprising:
a computer processor programmed to execute a process comprising; rendering a web browser user interface; detecting a user initiated event selecting a single function for a user-selectable icon that is always available to the user in a control layout area of the web browser user interface; and responsive to the user initiated event, assigning the selected single function to the user-selectable icon, wherein the single function of the user-selectable icon is selectable from among two available functions, the two available functions including a tab function and a favorites function. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for changing a function assigned to an icon presented as part of a web browser user interface, comprising
rendering on a display a web browser user interface, the web browser user interface including a user-selectable icon that is always available on the display, the user-selectable icon having a single predefined function; -
detecting a user initiated event requesting that the single predefined function of the user-selectable icon be changed to a second function; responsive to the user initiated event, assigning the second function to the user-selectable icon, wherein the predefined function and the second function include a tab function and a favorites function, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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