Anselm R Garbe dixit (2009-09-16, 14:48): > > I wonder if there is a schedule for the next developpment on surf. Is > > it planned to add multi-tab support? If no, I guess I'll take a look > > at the code and submit an ugly-but-functional patch. > > I think tab support in firefox/IE/chrome/Safari/Opera is just a ugly > workaround due to the limitations present in floating desktop > environments. Tab support is the WMs job -> use dwm and it'll work > like a charm to use tags and layouts in conjunction with surf.
I usually have about 70 tabs open in Opera (and often lots more). Since Operas tab manager is *specialized* for this number of fullscreen windows it works well. I can easyli navigate those using single-letter keystrokes. This isn't possible or sensible in a wm which is designed for a somewhat different purpose and with rather different number of clients in mind. Stop this wm lunacy. dwm is just as limited for that purpose as is your next non-tiling WIMP-based window manager. Opera's built-in wm is a good workaround for that problem, I don't see in what way it is ugly (and it works already). -- [a]
