Browser Tips Button for Mode Switching Interruptions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional browser technologies interrupt user browsing by repeatedly displaying pop-up tips when switching between different browsing modes, such as traceless and security modes, across multiple tabs, disrupting continuous browsing.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that monitor the browsing mode of a browser, displaying a tips button only when the mode changes to a specified mode, such as traceless or security mode, and providing context-specific tips based on the browsing rule, including whitelists and blacklists, to minimize interruptions during mode changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pop-up control is used to provide tips when switching between browsing modes, then user guidance is improved, but browsing continuity is worsened due to repeated interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the tip display function from the conventional pop-up control system and relocates it to the browser interface itself. By displaying tips directly in the browser window rather than through system pop-ups, the invention eliminates the interruption while maintaining user guidance functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that detects browsing mode changes and triggers tip display only when necessary. This intermediary system filters out redundant tips and ensures guidance is provided at appropriate moments without causing continuous interruptions to the browsing flow.
2Ease of operation
If pop-up control displays tips for each tab in different browsing states, then comprehensive guidance is improved, but user attention is worsened due to multiple interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing tip display functionality specific to each browsing mode context. Instead of using a generic pop-up system that interrupts for every tab change, the invention provides localized guidance only when mode transitions occur, making tips relevant and non-intrusive.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic tip display that adapts to the current browsing state. The system actively monitors browsing mode changes and dynamically triggers tips only when necessary, rather than passively displaying tips for all tab states. This dynamic approach ensures comprehensive guidance while minimizing user attention disruption.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional pop-up control is used for mode switching tips, then simple message delivery is improved, but system control capability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the browser interface universal by integrating tip display functionality directly into the existing browser structure. This multi-functional approach allows the browser to both display pages and provide guidance, eliminating the need for separate pop-up control systems while maintaining simplicity.
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AI summary
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a page display method and apparatus, belonging to the field of terminals. The method comprises monitoring the page browsing mode of a browser while running the browser; determining a changed page browsing mode, if the page browsing mode of the browser is changed; and displaying a tips button on the current page of the browser, if the changed page browsing mode is a specified mode. The apparatus comprises a monitoring module, a determining module, and a displaying module. Thereby, the tips-making process while switching modes is simplified. The tips button is displayed on a specific location to remind users, without breaking the continuous browsing via the browser, so that non-trace switch can be achieved when the browser changes its page browsing mode.