Preference on good interface against usability might also be attributed to purpose, if somebody just wants to be on the web in style \m/ ... they would prefer a popular tool to do so but if this user's purpose is to gather as much information provided with extra features like security without the buggy boon then a nice interface wont matter much.
I say there are two different weights between a nice interface and usability and it wont do much comparing them. :D
~POWER TO THE PENGUINS
On 6/17/05, Anuerin Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/17/05, Jervin Real <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But we have Ctrl+Tab for firefox don't we? :)
yep, it does but you are already switching to that tab which is not
the same behavior as alt+tab. say that you have 15 open tabs in
firefox and you want the one containing the obscure website that you
found that has the solution to your problem (in my line of work this
usually happens). if we rely on ctrl+tab then we would have to cycle
from the current tab moving forward until we hit the correct tab. if
you are already near the end of the tab order then you will have to
cycle back. you can halve the number of tabs you need to cycle by
pressing ctrl+<number> (guesswork is needed), or just clicking the
closest tab you think contains that page.
ang gulo ba?
clair: yup, not all uses alt+tab but im just thinking out loud. the
probability of a non-techie employing this feature is not that
impossible. :D
ciao!
>
> On 6/17/05, Anuerin Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/17/05, Sarah Escandor-Tomas < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > hi clair,
> > >
> > > Clair Ching wrote:
> > > > Hi, Sarah! =)
> > > >
> > > > On 6/17/05, Sarah Escandor-Tomas < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>hi ching,
> > > >>
> > > >
> > <snip>
> > >
> > > yeah... i observed that too ... it's funny that others would prefer
> > > several browsers open than tabbed browsing
> > >
> > <snip>
> >
> > i have one viable reason: alt+tab, at least if we are talking about
> > windows here then when you alt+tab you will see which browser is
> > currently tuned to what website. you cant have that with a tabbed
> > application. the closest thing i know for firefox is control+<number>
> > (unless there is a firefox extension that i am not aware of) but that
> > is still tedious especially if you have a lot of tabs open.
> >
> >
> > ciao!
> >
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