Re: [Fwd: Tab browsing]

[Josh Steiner <josh vitriolix com>]

Josh Steiner wrote:

> 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.

ehem... i'm tired:

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

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