One of my favorite features in the pre-chromium Brave was the option to display bookmarks in the bar as a) text only b) text and favicon or c) favicon only.
Now, there is no longer the option to display text only. Adding the option would be useful, because to my knowledge there are no other browsers that have the option. The change would attract new users who dislike favicons. The problem with favicons is that not every website has one, sometimes the icon is wrong or looks bad, and they don’t always load or stay there. So, they can make the bar look bad. In any case, unless you use just favicons, you can fit more bookmarks on the bar if you can display text only.
I would imagine implementing a change like that would not be very difficult. I can still use the old browser with the option, but would rather switch to the current one for e.g. security reasons.
Vivaldi offers this option. Don’t hold your breath for Brave. If they haven’t done it yet, then it probably won’t happen. Sad that this still isn’t a feature.
Vivaldi is one of the only browser to offer this that I can see, and that’s likely because that is their whole deal – offering an insane amount of customization in the browser (will sacrificing in other areas).
Firefox does not have this feature, nor does Opera, Chrome, MS Edge, or Safari. So I think it’s more “normal” than “sad”. It also isn’t a very heavily requested feature. Other features that had been logged for a long time have been implemented, such as the Sidebar, vertical tabs, split-view, and several more.
Unfortunately this is a make or break feature for me. I will never use Brave on a day to day basis until this feature is implemented. It’s far too important for people who use it regularly.
The bookmarks bar can be toggled with Ctrl+Shift+B, so this is a very minor issue. I tried Vivaldi a few days ago and it would not let me paste bookmarks, which was almost the first thing I wanted to do.
That’s not the issue that I’m talking about though. I want the bookmarks bar to only show text … not icons. Having the text only option allows me to put far more bookmarks on the bookmarks menu, and helps to better organize my websites. It’s a bit deal to me.
