On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:32:20 -0500, Hoyt Duff wrote:
On 3/6/11, Thierry Vignaud <[email protected]> wrote:
On 6 March 2011 21:11, Colin Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote:
I find myself in the same scenario quite regularly too (20+ tabs)
and
find having the new tab at least quite close to the current one a
massive usability improvement.
Indeed.
The reverse is annoying.
It's also interesting to see the "reverse order argument" mentioned
previously doesn't always apply. There are some heuristics in there
as
to whether it should be opened immediately to the right of the
current
tab or after the other tabs that have been opened recently.
Tabs should not extend "off the screenbut instead wrap and to
multiple
rows, IMHO.
Then, it start to become more like a 2nd windows manager, and we go
back to
the MDI metaphor of win95.
Another view would be that too much tabs is usually a sign that most of
them
are not needed now, and should not be shown. But this requires a more
high level
interface ( ie, sometimes that say "put the link to a 'read later'
list" /
"place it with other easy to access documentation" rather than a very
low
level operation like "open a new tab" to fullfill all possible
needs regarding opening a windows )
--
Michael Scherer
