barney wrote: > Garth Wallace wrote: > >>I had an idea for a feature for the tabbed browser: the titles of tabs >>whose contents have not yet been viewed (that is, the page just loaded >>and the tab is not active) should show up in bold, and those of tabs >>whose contents have changed since being last viewed (that is, the tab >>was active when the page was downloading, but was made inactive before >>the page was fully downloaded) should be underlined. It would make it >>easier to keep track of which tabs have been viewed. >> >>It would also be consistent with mailnews threading, where boldface >>marks unread threads and underline marks threads containing read and >>unread messages. The general rule would be: boldface means totally >>new/unread, underline means partly read, plain means read. >> >>I'm going to submit it to bugzilla (unless someone convinces me that it >>would be a horrible idea). But I'm curious...would this be considered >>one bug or two? It seems like two, but both would be required for UI >>consistency with mailnews. > > <sigh> > > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109607 > > Please consider the usability problems that already exist with Classic. > Bolding to identify the active tab is the only cross-platform > suggestion that's been made so far. Throwing a bunch of new styles in > will only compound the problem. What are the chances something like you > suggest can be restricted to Modern?
I would hope not, since I use Classic. I don't like modern much. I was thinking it would be a pref under Browser -> Tabbed Browsing, and not a theme issue. Wouldn't making the tab itself stand out more solve the problem in that bug?
