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> Explorer now has tabs. I don't need tabs Hey now! The `nautilus' file browser on linux got me hooked on tabs and for years it's been a glaring deficiency of

> Explorer now has tabs. I don't need tabs Hey now! The `nautilus' file browser on linux got me hooked on tabs and for years it's been a glaring deficiency of File Explorer. Many tasks involve a collection of directories, and tabs can be ideal for reducing demand for screen space. I concede the the current Windows implementation is poor but I hope they improve it, rather than dumping tabs entirely.

fsckboy 4mo ago
>Many tasks involve a collection of directories, and tabs can be ideal for reducing demand for screen space. double pane with tabs would be handy so you could inspect or move files between two tabs. also, i'd really love two pane: filesystem and content viewer
- Romario77 4mo ago
  welcome to Norton Commander! Or Far Manager for more modern version.
- jessetemp 4mo ago
  That would actually be a great feature. Opening two file browsers to move stuff around is a really common workflow. Although with current trends we might instead get a chat bot prompt “tell me how you feel about where you want your files to be”
  - systoll 4mo ago
    > Although with current trends we might instead get a chat bot prompt “tell me how you feel about where you want your files to be” That almost feels too optimistic. Google Drive already has 'Suggest File Moves' aka 'Tell me where I should want my files to be'. It tells me I should have a real hatred of any files being in the root directory, and completely disregard sharing and permissions boundaries.
- happymellon 4mo ago
  So the move from File Manager to explorer was the wrong one?
iknowstuff 4mo ago
tbh all tabs seem like a deficiency in the window management paradigm to me. Instead of tabs our WMs should just allow us to easily list and transition between all windows of an app.
- Hammershaft 4mo ago
  Absolutely agree. Recently learning emacs with vertico/consult/orderless/embark has had me thinking constantly about how needlessly crippled most OS windowing system workflows are.
- throw1234567891 4mo ago
  I can’t imagine working with a browser without tabs.
  - saurik 4mo ago
    But like, once you start using a better window manager (as exist on Linux for X11), maybe you would no longer be able to imagine working in a window that couldn't simultaneously mix tabs from different apps.
  - iknowstuff 4mo ago
    Consider that chrome is now adding a split pane too. So you have tabs, tab groups, vertical split.. surely soon they'll add horizontal split and you'll have a full tmux or a tiling window manager within chrome Shouldn't that just be your OS? It should show a list of open windows, allow you to group them and switch between windows within a group, show side by side etc
- bruce343434 4mo ago
  HaikuOS got this right. Tabs are a property of the OS side of the window, not the application side
everdrive 4mo ago
People's workflows will vary but I never find myself using tabs in Dolphin. (ie, the KDE file manager) If I'm dragging and dropping, I want to see both the source and the destination, so I usually just open two windows and tile one on the left an one on the right. This always works great and is a lot like Norton Commander, which seems relevant.

fsckboy 4mo ago

>Many tasks involve a collection of directories, and tabs can be ideal for reducing demand for screen space. double pane with tabs would be handy so you could inspect or move files between two tabs. also, i'd really love two pane: filesystem and content viewer

Romario77 4mo ago
welcome to Norton Commander! Or Far Manager for more modern version.
jessetemp 4mo ago
That would actually be a great feature. Opening two file browsers to move stuff around is a really common workflow. Although with current trends we might instead get a chat bot prompt “tell me how you feel about where you want your files to be”
- systoll 4mo ago
  > Although with current trends we might instead get a chat bot prompt “tell me how you feel about where you want your files to be” That almost feels too optimistic. Google Drive already has 'Suggest File Moves' aka 'Tell me where I should want my files to be'. It tells me I should have a real hatred of any files being in the root directory, and completely disregard sharing and permissions boundaries.
happymellon 4mo ago
So the move from File Manager to explorer was the wrong one?

iknowstuff 4mo ago

tbh all tabs seem like a deficiency in the window management paradigm to me. Instead of tabs our WMs should just allow us to easily list and transition between all windows of an app.

Hammershaft 4mo ago
Absolutely agree. Recently learning emacs with vertico/consult/orderless/embark has had me thinking constantly about how needlessly crippled most OS windowing system workflows are.
throw1234567891 4mo ago
I can’t imagine working with a browser without tabs.
- saurik 4mo ago
  But like, once you start using a better window manager (as exist on Linux for X11), maybe you would no longer be able to imagine working in a window that couldn't simultaneously mix tabs from different apps.
- iknowstuff 4mo ago
  Consider that chrome is now adding a split pane too. So you have tabs, tab groups, vertical split.. surely soon they'll add horizontal split and you'll have a full tmux or a tiling window manager within chrome Shouldn't that just be your OS? It should show a list of open windows, allow you to group them and switch between windows within a group, show side by side etc
bruce343434 4mo ago
HaikuOS got this right. Tabs are a property of the OS side of the window, not the application side

everdrive 4mo ago

People's workflows will vary but I never find myself using tabs in Dolphin. (ie, the KDE file manager) If I'm dragging and dropping, I want to see both the source and the destination, so I usually just open two windows and tile one on the left an one on the right. This always works great and is a lot like Norton Commander, which seems relevant.