On 10/25/2001 4:51 AM, David Hyatt wrote:

> I just checked in a slew of tab browsing changes and fixes.  Here's a list:
> 
> (1) The tabs now flex and shrink down as you add more tabs in order to 
> fit within the window.  You should not really have any serious overflow 
> problems any longer with this solution.
> (2) The confusing close box on the far right has been eliminated. 
> Looking for ideas for a better solution (perhaps an X on the tab only 
> when it is the active tab).
> (3) The autohide pref is now honored, so you can uncheck it in the 
> preferences dialog to keep the tab strip visible all the time.
> (4) You can now drag a URL to a tab and have it load in that tab. 
> Whether or not the tab comes to the front when you drop is based off the 
> background loading pref (the same one used when you middle-click a link).
> (5) You can now drag a URL to the tab strip and have it open a new tab. 
>   Again, whether or not the new tab is focused is based off the pref.
> (6) When you open new blank tabs using CTRL+T, the tab will no longer 
> waste time animating and changing its text from "Loading..." to 
> "(Untitled)".  Also, when you open a new blank tab the URL bar will be 
> empty instead of displaying "about:blank".
> 
> Enjoy!
> Dave
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> 
> 
> 

Putting an X in the active tab will make it a little too "busy". Perhaps
 just the right-click context menu:

   1. Close this tab
   2. Close all tabs

-- 
Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion
Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI
UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org


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