Re: GtkNotebook scrolling

Thanks for the hint. I've installed the tree tab plugin and tried it.
While using it and comparing it directly to the default behavior I
recognized some things related to the notebook issue.

I especially like on a notebook with horizontally oriented tabs able to
scroll through:

* the information (the tab-names) is well distributed accross the screen

* the notebook tab on the top is like a real file in an office

* and scrolling through it feels natural and more intuitive to me, see:
> On a more abstract level, in a way I can't really explain it feels
> natural to me to be able to "rifle" through tabs as I would do with
> pages in a book. I can keep my eyes focused on the content while
> flipping through open tabs.
> 
> regards,
> 
> -- 
> Reinout van Schouwen


Regards,
Jean-Peer


Am Freitag, den 12.03.2010, 16:05 +0000 schrieb [email protected]:
> On 12 March 2010 14:05, Jean-Peer Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Simple answer: in Firefox I can put approx. 10 tabs on the screen. When
> > opening more tabs, I cannot see all of them and use the scrolling. At
> > the moment I have more than 30 tabs open, they increase in number very
> > quick by following links etc. And I am not willing to close them because
> > there is no reason for me. I admit that I even use this as a kind of
> > history since I mostly use suspend/hibernate instead of shutdown and by
> > doing so I collect tabs over many days or weeks.
> 
> I do the same, heh.
> 
> This is wandering off-topic, but I find tree-style tabs very helpful
> for this, I don't know if you've tried it. Screenshot:
> 
> http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/development/Screenshot.png
> 
> Instead of being across the top of the window, tabs appear down the
> side and are indented for you to show which tab was opened from what
> tab. I find I can have up to 100 tabs open and I'm still able to find
> stuff.
> 
> Plus with tabs in a vertical list, the mousewheel scroll behaviour
> makes a lot more sense (in my opinion).
> 
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890
> 
> John

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