Comments on: Ode to a vertical tab strip in Firefox http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: elzr http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-247373 elzr Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:15:01 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-247373 <p>I'm loving this! (Though I'm using Vertigo to deploy it.) An unexpected benefit was that the new position benefits enormously from Fitt's law (it's practically infinite no matter is width): all of a sudden switching tabs with the mousewheel becomes not only intuitive but <em>fast</em>.</p> I’m loving this! (Though I’m using Vertigo to deploy it.) An unexpected benefit was that the new position benefits enormously from Fitt’s law (it’s practically infinite no matter is width): all of a sudden switching tabs with the mousewheel becomes not only intuitive but fast.

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-2757 Aristotle Pagaltzis Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:32:38 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2757 <p>Or the <a href="http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/tabsidebar/" rel="nofollow">Tab Sidebar</a>.</p> <p>Or not. :)</p> Or the Tab Sidebar.

Or not. :)

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-2505 Aristotle Pagaltzis Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:14:47 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2505 <p>Les, you may be interested in <a href="http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_tabcatalog.html.en" rel="nofollow">Tab Catalog</a>.</p> Les, you may be interested in Tab Catalog.

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-2124 Aristotle Pagaltzis Sat, 01 Oct 2005 03:30:29 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2124 <p>I don't like it because of how much screenspace it eats regardless of number of tabs.</p> <p>Here's my currently unfulfillable wish: stacking the vertical tab bar and the bookmark sidebar in the same space.</p> <p>I'd replace the horizontal bookmark toolbar and the tab strip faster than you can say "onion" if I could have that. Not only would it offer the bonus of freeing up even more vertical space than the vertical tab bar, it would also comfortably fit both my personal toolbar bookmarks and lots of tabs, with space left over---whereas the horizontal versions are always claustrophobic.</p> I don’t like it because of how much screenspace it eats regardless of number of tabs.

Here’s my currently unfulfillable wish: stacking the vertical tab bar and the bookmark sidebar in the same space.

I’d replace the horizontal bookmark toolbar and the tab strip faster than you can say “onion” if I could have that. Not only would it offer the bonus of freeing up even more vertical space than the vertical tab bar, it would also comfortably fit both my personal toolbar bookmarks and lots of tabs, with space left over—whereas the horizontal versions are always claustrophobic.

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-2123 l.m.orchard Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:49:14 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2123 <p>Nick: Yours aren't centered? Actually, I'd rather mine were up at the top of the strip, but for some reason I don't quite yet understand, they're centered.</p> <p>(Oh yeah, and did you ever fix your blog comments? :) And, sometime we need to synch up for a beer!)</p> Nick: Yours aren’t centered? Actually, I’d rather mine were up at the top of the strip, but for some reason I don’t quite yet understand, they’re centered.

(Oh yeah, and did you ever fix your blog comments? :) And, sometime we need to synch up for a beer!)

]]> By: Nick Shue http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-2122 Nick Shue Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:39:12 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2122 <p>Very nice.. I hooked my browser up like this today.. (I've been meaning to try out session saver too, so I also hooked myself up w/ that today too)</p> <p>Ok, for those of us who are NON-code monkeys, how did you get it to center the tabs?...Hmmmm?..</p> Very nice.. I hooked my browser up like this today.. (I’ve been meaning to try out session saver too, so I also hooked myself up w/ that today too)

Ok, for those of us who are NON-code monkeys, how did you get it to center the tabs?…Hmmmm?..

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/29/ode-to-a-vertical-tab-strip-in-firefox/comment-page-1#comment-2119 Geof F. Morris Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:19:05 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2119 <p>Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexy. After all, horizontal screenspace is far more often a commodity than is vertical screenspace. [After all, everyone puts browser chrome top and bottom, no?] Hopefully this will push developers to do more stuff on the sides, keeping us from having a 900px high browser window with only 500px of usable, scrollable space. After all, Few People Like to Scroll™.</p> Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexy. After all, horizontal screenspace is far more often a commodity than is vertical screenspace. [After all, everyone puts browser chrome top and bottom, no?] Hopefully this will push developers to do more stuff on the sides, keeping us from having a 900px high browser window with only 500px of usable, scrollable space. After all, Few People Like to Scroll™.

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