Re: [Fwd: Tab browsing]

[Josh Steiner <josh vitriolix com>]

Todd Kulesza wrote:

> Ryan McDougall wrote:
>
> > > 1) drag, hit "switch tab" key, drop
> > > 2) drag, hover over tab til it switches to that tab, drop
> > > 3) drag, drop onto tab
> >
> > Not everyone has the manual dexterity or hand-eye coordination to hit
> > such a small target as a tab. The possibilities for dropping it in the
> > wrong tab, then forgetting which tab you had open, is a serious corner
> > case that should be considered.
>
> If a user is dragging a file, Nautilus could automatically switch into 
> a tab when the mouse is hovering over it.  That way there's 
> hard-to-miss visual feedback about which tab is selected.  Might want 
> to check and see if Apple has a patent on this first, though ;)
>
> Todd


exactly... and apple has it patented as this is the behavior of the 
windows taskbar buttons.

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