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at my university, I see a lot of people using firefox simply because they don't like chrome's tabs-on-top thing, and they don't know how (if it's even possible)
by younata 16y ago
at my university, I see a lot of people using firefox simply because they don't like chrome's tabs-on-top thing, and they don't know how (if it's even possible) to change chrome to have tabs on bottom.
- NathanKP 16y agoThis is the reason why I don't use Chrome myself. I want the tabs where they make sense from a design perspective next to the web page itself. The tab should be attached to the page itself. I don't want the URL bar in the way.
- danieldon 16y agoThe content of the URL field is dependent on the tab. It arguably makes far more sense to have this strong relationship represented by containing the URL field in the tab itself rather than having a global URL field in one part of the window with content that changes as different tabs are selected in another part of the window.
- NathanKP 16y agoThat makes sense, however, I don't spend time looking at the URL. I look at the tab titles much more than I ever look at URL's. Additionally, to the common user the URL is a mysterious, meaningless thing anyway. They are more concerned with what the title of the page is. Having to look over and past the URL bar to see what the title is, or having to look over the URL bar to select a tab, then back down past the URL bar to the page is less efficient visually. I'm sure there are pros to the tab placement in Chrome, just as there are cons. Personally, it just isn't for me.
- kristiandupont 16y agoTabs are on top in FF4 per default: http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2010/06/24/why-tabs-are-on-top-in-firefox-4/ http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2010/06/24/why-tabs-are-on-t...
- aberkowitz 16y agoWith at least three ways to change it to tabs on bottom.
- nolanw 16y agoThis stops making design sense when the tab bar (which shows info for many pages at once) is sandwiched between the window title and the address bar (which show info for exactly one page at a time). You go from specific to general then back to specific again.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoI wish I were on my desktop, but maybe someone else can give you a link to it.... but the Mozilla team put together a presentation why it makes sense in every aspect of the experience for the tabs to be on top, least of which is because it preserves context. You change the tab on the top, it changes the url bar below it, and the content below it. Edit, went and found it on my mobile (http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2010/06/24/why-tabs-are-on-top-in-firefox-4/ http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2010/06/24/why-tabs-are-on-t...) Or are you one of those people that like the way Americans record their dates? (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0B3Gz7CcrZc/TG3Fex66wvI/AAAAAAAAMSw/DCPZuD0RtV0/s1600/go+america.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0B3Gz7CcrZc/TG3Fex66wvI/AAAAAAAAMS...)
- metageek 16y agoIt's true that tabs on top are more sensible structurally, but they fail in one big way: there's no place on the screen that shows the full page title. I look at my Chrome, and the titles in the tabs are all truncated. I go to FF, and the title of the current tab is in the window's title bar.
- drivebyacct2 16y ago:) I've got that one solved too! http://imgur.com/DO5SQ.png http://imgur.com/DO5SQ.png
- die_sekte 16y agoThis is actually the reason why I use Chrome. Just seems more efficient and logical.