Necessity is the Mother of Invention:

Partly to bump this request up, partly to pass on an idea to other non-techie types like myself:

If you're using too much desktop space for web shortcuts you can improvise your own Favourites 'widget' by modifying a desktop contacts launcher:

Create a new contact called, say, 'Favourites'. Give it a distinctive image (like a globe, for example) to make it stand out from regular desktop Contacts.

Delete all the fields apart from 'Web Page' where you can add your first Favourite. Then simply add new 'Web Page' details, one for each of your favourite favourites.

et Voila! - You've made your own, customised home-screen Favourites launcher.

Tap on the 'Contact,' scroll down through your Favourites and tap to launch. This is faster than launching a browser, selecting favourites and then choosing the right one.

It still has limitations - only launches in MicroB, Favourites cannot be individually titled, Favourites cannot be imported, etc., etc., but it does have some advantages: Favourites are synced along with contacts, and desktop space is optimised, of course.

If a numpty like me can make it - what could a skilled programmer do?