Article doesn't mention at all something I've been noticing (and being annoyed by). When you click on a link in Chrome, a new tab is opened next to the current tab. Click on another link, and the new tab is again next to the current tab. Close a tab, and you return to the previously-viewed tab. After getting used to this months ago, I've been annoyed at how Safari opens the new tab to the far right, then returns you to the second-farthest right tab when you close it.
In summary, Chrome is more "Macish" than Safari. The book "Tog on Interface" by Bruce Tognazzinni describes similar design decisions in the first version of the Mac, and how they were handled by the design team after considerable discussion. However, one thing they tried to do then was to have preference settings on how things should behave when there are several possibilities (as FireFox does for this feature). I think Chrome got it right anyway, though. It just "works the way it should(tm)". I worry that Apple developers have forgotten what gave them their edge. --Don Ellis On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]>wrote: > > http://www.theinvisibl.com/news/2009/12/08/a-piece-with-a-lot-of-screenshots-about-the-close-tab-behaviour-in-google-chrome/ > > Excellent piece about how well-designed Google Chrome's tabs are. When > you use something for months as I have, & don't notice how well > something is working but just know intuitively that it's working well, > that's good UI design. > > Scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books > > "Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." > ---Andre Gide > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
