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I know this is a prototype, but if each app is going to load in a new Firefox window, with the full chrome, no thanks. If it opens a new window without the chr

by scribu 14y ago

I know this is a prototype, but if each app is going to load in a new Firefox window, with the full chrome, no thanks. If it opens a new window without the chrome (or at least without the tabs), it might be ok.

rcthompson 14y ago
Well, for some web apps tabs could make sense. For example, in Gmail I often open multiple messages in tabs when I need to refer to their content at the same time.
MatthewPhillips 14y ago
Gnome 3 opens them chromeless, albeit it doesn't have as deep of integration as this appears to.
ralfn 14y ago
Well, most of those webapps will likely navigate/open external websites. I would love to have a hacker news window by default, so that external links i open there are nicely managed within the hackers news app. So, the tab bar is a plus, if you ask me. The address bar and the new tab icon, should be removed though. Better yet, the new tab icon, should open he base url, or some other logical url: for gmail it could be a compose windows, for example. And "mozilla firefox" should not be part of the window title. Other than that, actually hiding the fact its a browser is not really usefull. The tab bar, the menu .. No reason to remove those by default. But i suspect, these apps are running in their own profile, and it is firefox, so we could always tweak the chrome ourselves.
- repsilat 14y ago
  To be honest if I clicked on a link in a "GMail app" I'd expect it to open a new "full" browser window (or a new tab in an existing browser window). You'd have to be able to distinguish between internal and external links, of course, but the domain name is a workable heuristic. The ability to open new tabs should probably be configured on an app-by-app basis. Opening tabs of mail is a pretty sensible idea, but a game developer using HTML5 would likely want to prevent that. Ditto the location bar. (I agree that the user should be able to override these settings.)
  - ralfn 14y ago
    I would want a external link in the gmail app, to open in a tab in the gmail app. The internet is everywhere.. I dont want those 50 tabs in one big browser window, nor do i want them in separate windows. I want them organised based on context. Most of those tabs belong to the initiating application. From a hackers news app, with the chosen articles, to a google docs app, with open documents. As long as i can pick up a tab, and add it to some other window, that would make the most sense to me.
  - ralfn 14y ago
    I would want a external link in the gmail app, to open in a tab in the gmail app. The internet is everywhere.. I dont want those 50 tabs in one big browser window, nor do i want them in separate windows. I want them organised based on context. Most of those tabs belong to the initiating application. From a hackers news app, with the chosen articles, to a google docs app, with open documents. As long as i can pick up a tab, and add it to some other window, that would make the most sense to me.
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by scribu 14y ago

rcthompson 14y ago

Well, for some web apps tabs could make sense. For example, in Gmail I often open multiple messages in tabs when I need to refer to their content at the same time.

MatthewPhillips 14y ago

Gnome 3 opens them chromeless, albeit it doesn't have as deep of integration as this appears to.

ralfn 14y ago

Well, most of those webapps will likely navigate/open external websites. I would love to have a hacker news window by default, so that external links i open there are nicely managed within the hackers news app. So, the tab bar is a plus, if you ask me. The address bar and the new tab icon, should be removed though. Better yet, the new tab icon, should open he base url, or some other logical url: for gmail it could be a compose windows, for example. And "mozilla firefox" should not be part of the window title. Other than that, actually hiding the fact its a browser is not really usefull. The tab bar, the menu .. No reason to remove those by default. But i suspect, these apps are running in their own profile, and it is firefox, so we could always tweak the chrome ourselves.

repsilat 14y ago
To be honest if I clicked on a link in a "GMail app" I'd expect it to open a new "full" browser window (or a new tab in an existing browser window). You'd have to be able to distinguish between internal and external links, of course, but the domain name is a workable heuristic. The ability to open new tabs should probably be configured on an app-by-app basis. Opening tabs of mail is a pretty sensible idea, but a game developer using HTML5 would likely want to prevent that. Ditto the location bar. (I agree that the user should be able to override these settings.)
- ralfn 14y ago
  I would want a external link in the gmail app, to open in a tab in the gmail app. The internet is everywhere.. I dont want those 50 tabs in one big browser window, nor do i want them in separate windows. I want them organised based on context. Most of those tabs belong to the initiating application. From a hackers news app, with the chosen articles, to a google docs app, with open documents. As long as i can pick up a tab, and add it to some other window, that would make the most sense to me.
- ralfn 14y ago
  I would want a external link in the gmail app, to open in a tab in the gmail app. The internet is everywhere.. I dont want those 50 tabs in one big browser window, nor do i want them in separate windows. I want them organised based on context. Most of those tabs belong to the initiating application. From a hackers news app, with the chosen articles, to a google docs app, with open documents. As long as i can pick up a tab, and add it to some other window, that would make the most sense to me.

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