Method and device for address bar navigation of browsers

Abstract

The invention mainly aims to provide a method and a device for the address bar navigation of browsers. The method and the device are characterized in that the input operation before an address bar of a browser provides a prompt for a user is saved and a navigation item which is easy for direct identification visually and in the form of a page thumbnail is provided, so that a user can easily and intuitively navigate a browser to effectively improve the navigation experience of the user. The method comprises the following steps that: when a user switches an input focus to the address bar of the browser, a fast navigation interface which displays a plurality of navigation items having page thumbnails is displayed without any other input actions; the user can correspondingly navigate the browser by selecting a navigation item. The device comprises a browser address bar module and a fast navigation interface module.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of Internet browsers, in particular to a method and device for navigating a browser address bar. Background technique [0002] With the development of the Internet, more and more browsers are used. People obtain various information through browsers, and browsers usually obtain information through URLs (Uniform Resource Locators). There is usually an address bar in the browser, and people navigate by entering URLs in it. This is usually a manual input process. According to the corresponding strategy, the corresponding result is generated to prompt the user to choose, which is convenient for the user to quickly navigate. This usually saves the user's input, but after all, it is still a process that needs to be input. Even if there is a corresponding strategy to prompt, the keyboard The input cannot be omitted, which makes it inconvenient for the user to use the mouse to navigate smoothly. Furthermore, the address bar...

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There is usually an address bar in the browser, and people navigate by entering URLs in it. This is usually a manual input process. According to the corresponding strategy, the corresponding result is generated to prompt the user to choose, which is convenient for the user to quickly navigate. This usually saves the user's input, but after all, it is still a process that needs to be input. Even if there is a corresponding strategy to prompt, the keyboard The input cannot be omitted, which makes it inconvenient for the user to use the mouse to navigate smoothly. Furthermore, the address bar usually generates corresponding prompts based on the characters that the user has entered, which are usually URL strings one by one, and there may be corresponding URLs for this URL. The title of the webpage, and the favicon corresponding to the URL, the user makes a choice among the prompts given in the address bar. This process usually requires the user to read the string to make identification and judgment, but reading a character It is not an intuitive identification method, which reduces the user experience

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