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I fail to see the use of web tabs in the file explorer. What's the use case?

• jcelerier 9y ago
  it's very useful for keeping folders pinned without them taking space in your desktop. Just like for terminals, etc.
  • posterboy 9y ago
    folders? we were talking web-content-tabs. Sure many file-browsers (thunar, pcmanfm ...) can tab file-browser views, but I don't see the need for web-tabs in a not-web-browser. Firefox likewise can show folder content for file:///, but not feature complete compared to a file-browser.
    • jcelerier 9y ago
      uh ? I'm re-reading all the parent conversation chain and cannot see where there is mention of "web".
• tracker1 9y ago
  considering how easy it is to switch tabs in a browser compared to a buried filesystem window, or multiple windows that are also buried. I can definitely see the use. I'd like to be able to have the file browser and terminal share a window via tabs as well. I'm not sure we'll see it though, as for the most part the applications are developed fairly separately, and almost certainly won't see it in an open operating system working well for even most apps that people use. Short of maybe google releasing a filesystem browser extension and terminal extension, which may be entirely possible.