Your explanation is very accurate (IMHO). I also thought (like you) that I would have No Use for Tabs. But, I quickly learned that Tabs are an enormous improvement. They make browsing faster, and easier.
As you point out, opening multiple windows is vastly inferior to tabs. James S Jones wrote: > Nope. Tabs are horizontal, located between the menu and window space. > They only display if you have more than one tabbed window open, and > then, only if tabbed display is turned on in the preferences. For the > record, my initial take on them was "how dumb!" and "who cares?". I was > wrong. > > Why tabbed windows? Because they make organizing a browse more > convenient, especially if you have a slower connection. Here's how: You > find an interesting article on MacWhatever.com, but it's split into 4 > parts. With all the ads along the side, it takes forever to load each > page. With tabbed browsing you can open the first page, then the > second, third and forth in the same window. While the others are > loading in the background, you can click the tab for page 1 and read > away. By the time you're finished with that, page 2 is loaded, and so > on. And, I'm sure I'm not alone in having to go back a page or two to > figure out what the author is talking about. With tabs, they're still > there a click away without having to reload anything from the server or > the cache. > > Similarly, tabs make following hyperlinked threads from site to site > much less confusing. The whole search and subject is in a single > window. And, anyone who's shopped on eBay or searched for the best > flights and fares should be able to imagine how having everything a > click away in the same window can be. > > Can you do all this by opening multiple windows? Sure, but that's a lot > more confusing and more resource intensive, as you have to load > multiple instances of browser controls, etc. > > I believe almost any PCI Mac that can run IE can run Netscape or > Mozilla as well or better. > > On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 12:43 PM, Dan C wrote: >>Tabs? You mean those extra vertical columns that waste more screen >>real-estate, invented by microsloth to encourage peecee users to >>purchase larger monitors? > > > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
