[Mozilla Enterprise] Set Firefox to use main bookmarks folder rather than "other bookmarks"

[Daniel Frey]

On 11/9/20 12:59 AM, Romain Testard wrote:
> We are targeting Firefox 84 to land the following changes with a goal to 
> make retrieval of bookmarks simpler (user research highlighted that 
> users struggled to retrieve bookmarks they created). A new pref 
> browser.toolbars.bookmarks.2h2020 controls this behavior:
> - Change the default location of bookmarks to the Bookmarks Toolbar (and 
> make the default folder follow the last folder in which users bookmarked)
> - Show the user’s “Other Bookmarks” folder in the bookmark toolbar if it 
> is non empty
> - Replace the Bookmarks Toolbar hide/show toggle with new options for 
> showing the bookmarks toolbar either only on new tab, Always or Never
> - Show  an “Import Bookmarks” button in the bookmarks toolbar for new 
> users (if users have no bookmarks)
> 
> Please let me know your thoughts about whether policy changes could be 
> valuable to help ensure you retain the way you prefer Firefox to be 
> configured by default.
> 
> Romain
> 

Another confusing issue with the 'Other bookmarks' folder is the name 
itself. When you add a bookmark, would you expect it to go to the 
'Other' folder?

If the naming was more clear on what the folder is for, end-users 
wouldn't struggle so much with it. I remember when this first happened 
to me (I'm not an end-user, I'm in IT in a lead role) I was scratching 
my head as to why this behaviour was changed at all. And yes, I was 
cursing as I couldn't find the bookmark I'd just added.

If the folder was named "New bookmarks" or "New/unsorted bookmarks" 
end-users would likely not struggle with trying to find them.

Dan