Re: Way to view tabs in a horizontal tab bar like other browsers?

Well in that case there seems to be even less reason for a side tabs  
palette, doesn't there? You might as well just have the tabs right in  
front of you.

In the side palette they aren't really "tabs" in the meaning of the  
word tab anyway.

doug

On Jan 23, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Robert J.C. Ivens wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> Sounds to me you are using the tabs with the preview enabled. Just  
> collapse the preview (selector at the top of the list) and you  
> won't even want to have horizontal tabs. ;-)
>
> Robert
>
> On 23-jan-2007, at 7:35, Doug Lerner wrote:
>
>> In FireFox, for example, you can have a few dozen tabs, at least,  
>> open at the same time. They scrunch into the space, getting  
>> narrower as needed.
>>
>> The main point is that you can *instantly* see which tab you are  
>> in - right in front of you - and without scrolling the tabs.
>>
>> I don't know if file attachments will get through this email list,  
>> but here is an example. You can see exactly which tab I am in  
>> looking straight ahead - no turn of your head, no scrolling  
>> through tabs to find yourself
>>
>> <tabs1.jpg>
>>
>> In OmniWeb I don't have immediate visual feedback of which tab I'm  
>> in.
>>
>> I think OmniWeb is quite cool - but I think the tab implementation  
>> is awkward to use.
>>
>> doug
>>
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