Firefox tabs should be stacked (sideways)
The way firefox tabs work at the moment is that basically if you open a link in a new tab or open a new tab it goes to the right-most side of your window. However, in terms of usability that does not really fit in with what the user wants.
The user wants the tabs to be the next logical position from where he came from. If you are confused...then bare with me. When I open a bunch of tags from my bookmarks I usually start from tab #1. This means that if I open a link from that tab I dont want to have to click all the way to the end to see what I clicked on. I should be able to scroll to the next tab which should contain what i clicked on.
Now I looked for an extension that does this...but the closest I came to finding something similar to what I'm thinking of is an extension that opens ALL tabs next to the current tab in focus. This does not however, satisfy my need.
What I want is something that if I have Tab A open and open two links then it puts them in this order : -
Tab A | Link 1 | Link 2
The clever bit now is that if I go to Link 1 and click on two links it should look like this (these links are I and II): -
Tab A | Link 1 | Link I | Link II | Link 2
I'm sure you understand what I'm on about now...
The main reason for this is to do with what happens when you close a tab. What should happen is that it takes you to the tab where you came from which would be much better in terms of usability than what currently happens. Does anyone want to build this? or know how long it takes to learn how to build extensions? If so let me know...I may try to build it myself if its not too time consuming.
Just as a last thought...It may also be a better idea to create all new tabs in this system like a thread and so make them just slightly lower than the top tab. Not sure if it would cut into the web page (how many links deep does any tab go?) but these are the sorts of things you would need to throw out to early adopters and see what the feedback is.
The user wants the tabs to be the next logical position from where he came from. If you are confused...then bare with me. When I open a bunch of tags from my bookmarks I usually start from tab #1. This means that if I open a link from that tab I dont want to have to click all the way to the end to see what I clicked on. I should be able to scroll to the next tab which should contain what i clicked on.
Now I looked for an extension that does this...but the closest I came to finding something similar to what I'm thinking of is an extension that opens ALL tabs next to the current tab in focus. This does not however, satisfy my need.
What I want is something that if I have Tab A open and open two links then it puts them in this order : -
Tab A | Link 1 | Link 2
The clever bit now is that if I go to Link 1 and click on two links it should look like this (these links are I and II): -
Tab A | Link 1 | Link I | Link II | Link 2
I'm sure you understand what I'm on about now...
The main reason for this is to do with what happens when you close a tab. What should happen is that it takes you to the tab where you came from which would be much better in terms of usability than what currently happens. Does anyone want to build this? or know how long it takes to learn how to build extensions? If so let me know...I may try to build it myself if its not too time consuming.
Just as a last thought...It may also be a better idea to create all new tabs in this system like a thread and so make them just slightly lower than the top tab. Not sure if it would cut into the web page (how many links deep does any tab go?) but these are the sorts of things you would need to throw out to early adopters and see what the feedback is.
posted by Utills at
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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