On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at 11:00 pm, Dave Edwards wrote:
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:22:32 +0100, Andrew Rodger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have never really understood the point of tabbed browsing; can you explain why it is important? Is it suited to a particular kind of use?
Same here I guess. It's a feature they added that requires changing your existing way of doing things and as I don't see a problem with multiple windows, I haven't felt the need to learn a new way of doing what I have been doing for years.
I prefer tabbed browsing. I think this is for two reasons. First, the OSX hiding-windows-in-the-dock mechanism is a pain compared with the OS9 up/down windowshades (does anyone know of a hack to get windowshades in OSX?). Secondly, MacOS generally has never handled input focus changing completely to my satisfaction. Generally you need to click twice, BUT NOT ALWAYS. (Ack! Thptt! <<inconsistent interface alert>>). And there are situations where it would be more effective to allow the focus to remain in one window yet also allow button clicking in other windows (if screen space is limited it's nice to keep one window in front and still access other stuff, without continually having to reselect your front window).
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