"but i think almost every tab browser user would use the tabs."
Are you guessing or is this what you have observed?
When watching other people use computers - which I try to do whenever I get
a chance - I have yet to see anyone except for the most web savvy use tabs.
And these are people who are using Firefox, and one friend using IE7, every
day.
I don't suppose I'm typical, but i don't like tabs and don't use them
very often. I prefer new browser windows and mainly its because i get
around with "alt tabbing" through my windows. I don't like being
married to the mouse and while I've learned one can Ctrl Tab, to go from
tabbed page to tabbed page, i still prefer all my windows be open. Part
of it is that a bunch of tabs at the top add considrably to the browser
chrome, another part is that i'm used to looking in the bar at the
bottom (task bar?) - with a bunch of tabs in one browser window, you
can't tell what else is there, it just shows the active one. Alt
tabbing works great for me and I routinely have 3 browsers open and
maybe 15 or so windows and doing it all from the keyboard.
cheers
Donna
No doubt this will change over time, but IMHO I feel it is too early to
assume that everyone who can uses tabbed browsing. And I guess there will be
some people who will always prefer not to.
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Donna Jones
Portland, Maine
207 772 0266
http://www.westendwebs.com/
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