On Aug 24, 2012, at 15:33 , Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On Aug 24, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> For the records: https://github.com/textmate/textmate/issues/214
>> Whoops - should've seen that, sorry. I'll go +1 that issue.
> 
> Oh, it wasn’t meant like that, more for Michael to know that you’re not the 
> only one wanting this.
No offense taken, don't worry; just good to see I'm not alone in this, and good 
reminder to check the github issues in general :)

> Personally though, as visible on the issue, I see decreasing the width of the 
> tab bar as decreasing visibility and I don’t buy this logic argument, the 
> tabs bleed into the title bar instead of the text view, so if we go by this 
> strict logic, that should also be reversed.
Good point about the blended tabs.

As for visibility, I'd argue that the full-width tab bar mostly "buys time"; 
given enough tabs, you'll run out of space anyway. A full-width tab bar delays 
that a bit. I'd still vote for a qualitatively better (in my opinion) overall 
layout at the expense of a bit of quantity (tab bar space).
Also, personally, the tabs above the sidebar are already somewhat "invisible" 
to me, because I don't expect to find them there. My eyes usually follow the 
gutter upwards, and then skim to the right across the tabs, so subjectively 
speaking, the full-width tab bar doesn't help visibility. 

best
- daniel

p.s. Thanks for TextMate - completely forgot to say that earlier, though I 
can't say it enough

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