[Mageia-dev] Firefox prefs: insertRelatedAfterCurrent

Mon Mar 7 19:35:18 CET 2011

On 7 March 2011 09:48, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+> On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:32:20 -0500, Hoyt Duff wrote:
+>>
+>> On 3/6/11, Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud at gmail.com> wrote:
+>>>
+>>> On 6 March 2011 21:11, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+>>>>
+>>>> I find myself in the same scenario quite regularly too (20+ tabs) and
+>>>> find having the new tab at least quite close to the current one a
+>>>> massive usability improvement.
+>>>
+>>> Indeed.
+>>> The reverse is annoying.
+>>>
+>>>> It's also interesting to see the "reverse order argument" mentioned
+>>>> previously doesn't always apply. There are some heuristics in there as
+>>>> to whether it should be opened immediately to the right of the current
+>>>> tab or after the other tabs that have been opened recently.
+>>>
+>>
+>> Tabs should not extend "off the screenbut instead wrap and to multiple
+>> rows, IMHO.
+>
+> Then, it start to become more like a 2nd windows manager, and we go back to
+> the MDI metaphor of win95.
+>
+> Another view would be that too much tabs is usually a sign that most of them
+> are not needed now, and should not be shown. But this requires a more high
+> level
+> interface ( ie, sometimes that say "put the link to a 'read later' list" /
+> "place it with other easy to access documentation" rather than a very low
+> level operation like "open a new tab" to fullfill all possible
+> needs regarding opening a windows )
+>
+> --
+> Michael Scherer
+>
+
+I've found that if I put it in a "read later" folder/list/bookmark,
+that there's a 70% chance that I'll I never read it :)
+
+FWIW, now firefox-4.0 has a new feature, when you save the session the
+next time you open it it only loads 3 tabs from each window, leaves
+the rest "not loaded" until you open it.
+
+http://blog.zpao.com/post/1140456188/cascaded-session-restore-a-hidden-bonus
+
+(Just to have a jab at the off-topic discussion :p).
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+