From a30180c8b40cee755b18ab242ae853422c40c0f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrzej Martyna Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 19:46:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: README.md updated as known issue was resolved --- .../Tabs/README.md | 14 -------------- 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Tabs/README.md b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Tabs/README.md index fb561d7ed..d467a8573 100644 --- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Tabs/README.md +++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Tabs/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ I believe it is in line with why Flow Launcher was created in the first place. I strongly believe in a higher-level concept of **"just take me to THIS place - as fast as possible, as easy as possible"**. Thus making bridges between plugins may sometimes produce huge value! BTW wouldn't it be nice to allow inter-plugin communication to create this kind of "bridges" more easily? - # How it works The core is Browser Bookmarks plugin, unchanged by default. @@ -19,19 +18,6 @@ Then, whenever one opens a bookmark, it also registers a new tab in its cache. Next, each time the bookmark is triggered again, it just switches to the existing tab instead of launching a new one. **It takes milliseconds instead of long seconds** (or sometimes close to half a minute in corporate environments where all is slow even if you have a high-end laptop - you won't believe it until you live it!). -# Known issues - -The extension bases on RuntimeId of AutomationElement from Microsoft UI Automation. -This is a weak spot as browsers are used to regenerate internal structures and even reuse RuntimeId. -Therefore it happens that a bookmark activates a wrong tab. -The most common case is while user opens several tabs one after the other quickly. -Still **"just take me to THIS place in milliseconds"** works almost all of the time so it brings so much value that it is worthwhile to accept the fact it fails sometimes. - -The quickest workaround is: - -- close the wrong tab -- rerun opening the bookmark which will create a new tab this time - # Alternatives Reading URLs of existing tabs was tried. It would make mapping of bookmarks to tabs more reliable.