Tabs are actually a great UI element, both visually and functionally – and are easily readable (how form and function combine). Moreover, these non-tab buttons

Tabs are actually a great UI element, both visually and functionally – and are easily readable (how form and function combine). Moreover, these non-tab buttons are not only lacking definition, they also occupy precious visual bandwidth by their clutter. (Bandwidth clutter and aesthetic clutter are quite different beasts, and for some reason, this knowledge seems to have been lost recently.) This war on tabs in browser UIs has to stop. There is no such thing as a functional square wheel. I'm also speaking of you, Safari.