Re: [Usability] Tab implementation review

[Kalle Vahlman <kalle vahlman gmail com>]

2009/2/9 Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>:
> Hey all,
>
> I've been working (on and off) on reviewing all the bugs and other
> discussions on tabs in GNOME [1]. It's reached a fairly mature stage
> now. I think the review contains useful information about how tabs could
> be improved in GNOME. Any comments or suggestions?

Not to encourage innovation or anything, but according to this study:

  http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/12/casual_fridays_whos_tabhappy_a.php

most people have less than 7-8 tabs open when they browse the net (IMO
the number one tab use scenario really).

And there's a simple reason for that; tabs just don't work when
there's too many of them (ie. more than what can be reasonably
accomodated by the window size).

So rather than reinventing tabs and figuring out clever ways to make
tabs work, in my personal opinion the same effort would do much more
good in designing and implementing a better way to handle multiple
views (eg. improving window management or using a canvas approach)
than what tabs can offer...

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Kalle Vahlman, zuh iki fi
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