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> why would you want to turn the tabs into buttons I think I read somewhere that the reason was that user studies showed that people did not understand that th
by Vinnl 5y ago
> why would you want to turn the tabs into buttons
I think I read somewhere that the reason was that user studies showed that people did not understand that the tabs could be dragged around, moved to other windows, and generally were "detachable". Floating buttons should make that more obvious.
I'd be interested in research on whether they achieved that goal.
- morsch 5y agoI can't off-hand remember any application where I was able to drag around buttons or, really, interact with them in any way other than pushing the button. That said, I don't think the widgets look particularly button-like (e.g. only the selected tab widget as any depth, the other widgets are flat).
- Vinnl 5y agoYeah good point, I don't know any either; guess it's more the "detachedness" than the "buttonness" that's supposed to hint at that. As I said, I'd be interested in seeing data on whether or not they were successful.
- shaky-carrousel 5y agoThe problem with user studies is that privacy-conscious power users (which are the majority of Firefox user base) don't like to participate in those studies, which make them really skewed.