Re: [Usability] Tab implementation review

[Matthew Nuzum <newz bearfruit org>]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi gmail com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 12:16 +0000, Allan Day wrote:
>> Advantages: clean, simple interface. Apps look very minimal without it,
>> which can be nice. Makes learning the basics of the interface easier
>> (since it is simpler). Conforms to current practice amongst GNOME apps.
>>
>> Disadvantages: makes tab functionality less discoverable. Means that it
>> isn't possible to introduce additional functionality to the tab bar.
>> Clicking on empty space in the tab bar could trigger the creation of a
>> new tab, for example. Or it might be possible to drag tabs and windows
>> from elsewhere into the tab bar. (Maybe the first step is to decide
>> whether this functionality is desirable?)
>
> I would want to be able to drop tabs from window to another to combine
> them.  Pidgin does this.

But do you have to drop them onto an existing tab bar? Seems that's a
small drop target. Ideally just dragging a tab from one window to
anywhere on the other window would be easier. If the tab bar isn't
shown then it will appear with the presence of a second tab.

Maybe that's difficult to do. I see that in FF on Ubuntu when the tab
bar is hidden you have to drag tabs from another window onto the "new
tab" button to get a new tab and that just copies the tab from one
window to another. If you want to move the tab you have to drag it to
the tab bar which means you need to have more than one document open
in the window.

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