(In reply to Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich) from comment #34) > (In reply to Zhenshuo Fang (:fang) - Firefox UX Team from comment #32) > > Since most of > > the user expect the new tab shows up near where they click the new tab > > button. > > Hi! Can you explain your rationale or show the evidence to support this > claim?
We make the new tab button look like a tab, so when the user clicks it, we lead the user to expect that the button will either transform into a new tab or produce a new tab from itself. Also, as a general rule, I think buttons should produce visual feedback as close to themselves as possible; conversely, place buttons as close to their target of action as possible. We (at least Limi and I) have considered/wanted having every new tab open next to the current tab, but this would require having a "plus" button be attached/adjacent to the current tab for the mapping to make sense visually, and I don't think we solved it in terms of visual design yet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572074 Title: New tabs open to the right of all existing tabs instead of opening next to the current tab Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox As the summary says: when a user opens a new, empty tab, it opens next to the rightmost of tabs currently open in the browser. This is inconsistent with the way links in new tabs are opened, which is to have them next to the currently active tab. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open multiple tabs in the browser. 2. Select the leftmost tab. 3. Press Ctrl + T. Expected result: Have a new, empty tab next to the leftmost tab. Actual result: The new, empty tab opens next to the rightmost tab. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 09ae689090491ca53449589269e4bfd8 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 Date: Fri Apr 30 09:19:58 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes FirefoxPackages: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 abroswer N/A abrowser-branding N/A InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fi_FI.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/572074/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
