Mozilla Preparing To Scrap Tabbed Browsing? 554
Barence writes "Mozilla Labs has launched a design competition that aims to find an alternative to tabbed browsing. 'Tabs worked well on slow machines on a thin internet, where ten browser sessions were "many browser sessions,"' Mozilla claims on its Design Challenge website. 'Today, 20+ parallel sessions are quite common; the browser is more of an operating system than a data display application; we use it to manage the web as a shared hard drive. However, if you have more than seven or eight tabs open they become pretty much useless.' Aza Raskin, the head of user experience at Mozilla Labs, has already blogged on the possibility of moving tabs down the side of the browser, with tabs grouped by the type of activity involved (i.e. applications, work spaces)."
I can see it now (Score:5, Funny)
We need a ribbon!
Re:I can see it now (Score:5, Funny)
Can we call it the awesome ribbon?
Re:20+ (Score:3, Funny)
Now get off my lawn you long-haired no-gooder!
We don't need no stinkin' groupin'. (Score:5, Funny)
Grouping tabs wouldn't work. All those hundreds of tabs would still end up in the same group: porn. And I'd be just as lost.
Re:We don't need no stinkin' groupin'. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I can see it now (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, this is extremely handy. I generally have 30+ tabs open, and it would be impossible to keep track of them without TST. It's not perfect for small screens, but on a widescreen with decent resolution it really works better than the tabs across the top.
Umm... If you're running 30 or more tabs at any given time, I don't think the organization of tabs is truly your problem. Might I instead suggest talking to a professional, or even a physician or chemist about upping the prescription to Ritalin or Adderall?
Re:I can see it now (Score:5, Funny)
that gives me a horrible crick in my neck though.
Re:I can see it now (Score:1, Funny)
If he feels the need to view 30+ pages at once, I would suggest going to a stronger drug instead of just upping the dose. Something like Fukitall.
Re:Bah (Score:3, Funny)
If I manage my life using Notepad and text files, is Notepad my new OS?
Yes, if by 'Notepad' you mean 'Emacs' :D
Re:I can see it now (Score:3, Funny)