On 3/10/13 9:32 AM, Rickles wrote: > Jim Taylor wrote: >> Philip TAYLOR wrote: >>> >>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This has been discussed before. The current way of having the tab close >>>> X at a fixed position on the far right of the tab bar works better for >>>> the way many people use the browser (including me) than having it on >>>> each tab the way Firefox does. >>> >>> "For many people". Could you adduce some statistics >>> to support that statement ? >>> >>> Philip Taylor >>> >> No, I know of no workflow or usability studies that actually provide >> statistics. My statement was based on user observation and comments in >> past discussions of this issue. Perhaps "For some people" would have >> been a better choice of words. But it would be really interesting to >> see actually statistics on what percentage of time people close a tab >> that does not have the focus versus closing the currently active tab. >> >> Probably the best solution is to give the user a choice thru a >> preference (browser.tabs.closeButton) of how they want the close button >> displayed, as Firefox does >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons . Actually >> SeaMonkey has that preference but I don't know if it actually supports >> the other options. As I prefer the way it is (default option 3) I have >> never tried any of the other to see if they are supported or not. >> > The mozilla KB article says that option only applies to FF, and my own > experimentation just now backs that up: changing that perf thru > 'about:config' then restarting the browser has no effect, no matter what > value is set. If there are other prefs which must be set at the same > time to make it work, the KB article doesn't say anything else. And > searching for a relevant SM article comes up blank. > > That one function I find so convenient is one thing I loved about > MultiZilla, when it was available for the predecessors to the current > SM. I was so happy to find SeaTab X, and now that's not supported any > more. And it's available by choice for FF, and even IE uses it by > default. Granted, you have to focus on the tab, but at least your eyes > and the cursor are at the right place on-screen to make use of it, > rather than having to look elsewhere or use a third action by > right-clicking and selecting another menu option. > > I say again that SM users are being forced to use this application in a > way that is leaving them with less choice than before, instead of more. > I realise that there must be trade-offs between what to code and what > to leave off, but since this is based on FF, and FF allows this choice, > who decided that SM users would not be permitted to make the same > informed choice? >
Frankly, I prefer the current capability. It means that the tab whose page I see is the tab that will be closed. It also means that, when I select the X button on the far right, I am unlikely to select a tab adjacent to the current tab by having my cursor positioned incorrectly. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Are taxes too high in the U.S.? Check the bar graph at <http://www.rossde.com/taxes/trickling.html> to see. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
