Re: [Usability] Tab implementation review

[Kalle Vahlman <kalle vahlman gmail com>]

2009/2/12 Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi gmail com>:
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 15:31 +0200, Kalle Vahlman wrote:
>> I just don't belive tabs *can* be streched that far with worthwhile
>> results, and thus I think it would be wiser to direct effort to fix
>> the WM...
>
> So, in my way of using stuff, I prefer to have as few windows as
> possible open.  I don't want to ever have to switch windows.  I switch
> desktops to switch tasks, and each desktop has 1 open maximized window
> containing the task.  So I have 1 Firefox window with 20 tabs.  I use
> the Terminator terminal emulator (based on gnome-terminal) because with
> the panes and tabs I can get all of my terminals into one window.  I
> consider switching windows a waste of time, so streamlining a whole
> bunch into one windows via tabs and panes is a good thing to me.

Well, to me it sounds like you'd be better of with a window manager like Ion:

  http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/

It's just a matter of where to solve the problem. I believe it would
be better to solve it in the window manager so that each application
wouldn't have to :)

It gets even worse when you start thinking cross-toolkit too :/

-- 
Kalle Vahlman, zuh iki fi
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