On 2013-03-19 15:18 (GMT) Philip TAYLOR composed:
I would argue that if anyone is stupid [1] enough to have that many
tabs open at one time, he or she deserves whatever crazy
behaviour they experience as a result.
Computers are tools.
Virtual desktops are tools.
Web browsers are tools.
Many
Felix Miata wrote:
> There can have been no step back here, no reduction, as the option has
> never existed in SM (except via extension). As comment 7 in
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534221 shows, close buttons
> on tabs could be a major usability reduction for some SM users.
On 2013-03-10 19:59 (GMT) Rickles composed:
David E. Ross wrote:
Frankly, I prefer the current capability. It means that the tab whose
page I see is the tab that will be closed...
So what we have now is different users wishing to choose how the tab
closure should work in their own situati
On 2013-03-10 18:44 (GMT-0300) MCBastos composed:
But those are usually cheapo house-brand mice. His is a Logitech, and in
my experience Logitech mice are very durable.
The best pointing device ever made was made by Logitech,[1] the Trackman
Marble FX. They do wear out.[2] I had to replace th
Rickles wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
Frankly, I prefer the current capability. It means that the tab whose
page I see is the tab that will be closed. It also means that, when I
select the X button on the far right, I am unlikely to select a tab
adjacent to the current tab by having my cursor
Interviewed by CNN on 10/03/2013 12:19, Paul B. Gallagher told the world:
> You must have really bad luck with mice.
>
> In nearly 30 years of running PCs (my first was an IBM PC-XT in 1985),
> I've never ever worn out a mouse. Sure, I've had to clean out the dust
> and hair and other miscellan
David E. Ross wrote:
Frankly, I prefer the current capability. It means that the tab whose
page I see is the tab that will be closed. It also means that, when I
select the X button on the far right, I am unlikely to select a tab
adjacent to the current tab by having my cursor positioned incor
On 3/10/13 9:32 AM, Rickles wrote:
> Jim Taylor wrote:
>> Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
This has been discussed before. The current way of having the tab close
X at a fixed position on the far right of the tab bar works better for
the way many people use the browser (
Jim Taylor wrote:
Philip TAYLOR wrote:
wrote:
This has been discussed before. The current way of having the tab close
X at a fixed position on the far right of the tab bar works better for
the way many people use the browser (including me) than having it on
each tab the way Firefox does.
wrote:
> Probably the best solution is to give the user a choice thru a
> preference (browser.tabs.closeButton) of how they want the close
> button displayed, as Firefox does
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons . Actually
> SeaMonkey has that preference but I don't know if
Rickles wrote:
No I haven't, simply because I use the middle (mouse wheel) button as
a double-click action, to save wear & tear on the left button. I've
had to replace too many mice because the left button wears out before
anything else on the mouse, so my current Logitech mouse is set up
so I
Rickles wrote:
> MCBastos wrote:
>> Interviewed by CNN on 09/03/2013 20:41, Rickles told the world:
>>
>>> According to the Add-Ons search, the closest thing is a right-click
>>> menu
>>> tool that is accessed anywhere inside the tab window of the page being
>>> viewed, to close that page. But I a
Interviewed by CNN on 10/03/2013 08:39, Rickles told the world:
> MCBastos wrote:
>> Have you tried middle-clicking on the tab?
>>
> No I haven't, simply because I use the middle (mouse wheel) button as a
> double-click action, to save wear & tear on the left button. I've had
> to replace too m
Philip TAYLOR wrote:
wrote:
This has been discussed before. The current way of having the tab close
X at a fixed position on the far right of the tab bar works better for
the way many people use the browser (including me) than having it on
each tab the way Firefox does.
"For many people".
wrote:
> This has been discussed before. The current way of having the tab close
> X at a fixed position on the far right of the tab bar works better for
> the way many people use the browser (including me) than having it on
> each tab the way Firefox does.
"For many people". Could you add
Jim Taylor wrote:
Rickles wrote:
According to the Add-Ons search, the closest thing is a right-click
menu tool that is accessed anywhere inside the tab window of the page
being viewed, to close that page. But I agree, the X on the tab name
is the simplest, most direct and obvious means of clos
MCBastos wrote:
Interviewed by CNN on 09/03/2013 20:41, Rickles told the world:
According to the Add-Ons search, the closest thing is a right-click menu
tool that is accessed anywhere inside the tab window of the page being
viewed, to close that page. But I agree, the X on the tab name is the
Rickles wrote:
According to the Add-Ons search, the closest thing is a right-click
menu tool that is accessed anywhere inside the tab window of the page
being viewed, to close that page. But I agree, the X on the tab name
is the simplest, most direct and obvious means of closing any tab at
any
Interviewed by CNN on 09/03/2013 20:41, Rickles told the world:
> According to the Add-Ons search, the closest thing is a right-click menu
> tool that is accessed anywhere inside the tab window of the page being
> viewed, to close that page. But I agree, the X on the tab name is the
> simplest
Rickles wrote:
According to the Add-Ons search, the closest thing is a right-click menu
tool that is accessed anywhere inside the tab window of the page being
viewed, to close that page. But I agree, the X on the tab name is the
simplest, most direct and obvious means of closing any tab at any
Mark Berger wrote:
Rickles wrote:
Mark Berger wrote:
SM 2.16.1
Windows XP SP3
Has anyone noticed a change in the results when moving tabs? When
several tabs are opened, clicking on a tab and dragging it to another
position, indicated by an arrow above the tab, used to just move the tab
to the
Rickles wrote:
Mark Berger wrote:
SM 2.16.1
Windows XP SP3
Has anyone noticed a change in the results when moving tabs? When
several tabs are opened, clicking on a tab and dragging it to another
position, indicated by an arrow above the tab, used to just move the tab
to the indicated position.
Mark Berger wrote:
SM 2.16.1
Windows XP SP3
Has anyone noticed a change in the results when moving tabs? When
several tabs are opened, clicking on a tab and dragging it to another
position, indicated by an arrow above the tab, used to just move the tab
to the indicated position. Now when I cli
On 3/9/13 11:47 AM, Mark Berger wrote:
> SM 2.16.1
> Windows XP SP3
>
> Has anyone noticed a change in the results when moving tabs? When
> several tabs are opened, clicking on a tab and dragging it to another
> position, indicated by an arrow above the tab, used to just move the tab
> to the
Mark Berger wrote:
SM 2.16.1
Windows XP SP3
Has anyone noticed a change in the results when moving tabs? When
several tabs are opened, clicking on a tab and dragging it to another
position, indicated by an arrow above the tab, used to just move the tab
to the indicated position. Now when I cl
SM 2.16.1
Windows XP SP3
Has anyone noticed a change in the results when moving tabs? When
several tabs are opened, clicking on a tab and dragging it to another
position, indicated by an arrow above the tab, used to just move the tab
to the indicated position. Now when I click on a tab, the
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