Anuerin Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 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.

That's a lot of tabs... and that means a lot of stuff to browse, at one
time.

BTW, for Emacs fans, there's Conkeror that gives Emacs-like bindings for
Firefox.  Thus, you can do even a C-x b to switch tabs... Or even a C-x
4 b to split the window horizontally into two frames, best useful for
browsing Slashdot...

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