I saw it from a different layer (communication layer between device and Internet). But yes.

Why do you need to do this? Are you hyperactive? Do you think normal people like to do this every 2.603 seconds? I can tell you: they don't. They write one e-mail, and are dedicated to finish it. They, in general, don't want distractions such as "oh, my daughter just send me an IM" or "perhaps Joe is on IRC". Or at least want to keep the temptation to the minimum.

Why, do you think, GNOME does not by default show the CPU and memory resources in a panel or desklet? Why, do you think, Windows allows one to hide the taskbar when there is no focus on it?

The deal is this: you're one of the many here not using the right side of the brain well enough. However, most people do. If you want to make these people feel comfortable on the NIT you have to give them a UI which works for them. Incidentally, this is also why Apple is popular in artistic circles. I bet a scientific study would prove iPhone users very much use their right side of the brain.

For example, I never remember street names. I know how to get somewhere by driving and recognizing the environment. Hardly by counting, names. Ofcourse, cities have names, but thats about as far as it goes. When you name a city, I have a picture in my mind, and a feeling about it. This is also why I'm glad I have a GPS system in which I can add favourites!

So, instead of links which contain a name, you want a picture (or maybe both to satisfy the left side of brain people). That is how most people remember a website. An example of this principle is Opera's Speeddial. It makes sense too. People have a limited amount of websites they visit regularly. The other links are archives or irregular visits. The latter, people probably want to have synced with their desktop/laptop.

The visual solution would be to allow users to group bookmarks based on icons which represent their categories. Because the icons aren't available on the NIT they'd have to be downloaded. SVG artwork would be best for this. If people would prefer a smiley with glasses to represent the 'geek' category then it could grab this icon from the Internet and allow the user to categorize this way.

In the end, you'd get a Finnish NextStep you'll enter a learning curve like there is in Chinese and Japanese but once you understand it, its very logical. Finnish is also like this (very modular), but text-based instead of symbol-based; that is to say the number of symbols is rather limited to a limited number of characters, or combination is characters.

Usually people go back 1 page only.

Bug or design flaw. Left -> Right does it.

These paradigms are changing. During a change, there is a learning curve, and mistakes will be made (look at the Enlightenment 17 development).

If you believe that is what this is about please disregard my messages because then our correspondence is utterly useless.

Yes, perfect example. Exactly what I mean. I'm lazy. I don't want to pitch down the volume to some level where others don't hear it. I either have it on or off. The magic keyword here is profiles.

(Don't worry, Maemo 5 will have new interface and if I understood correct also profiles like these )