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Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox Am I the only one who likes my tabs on the bottom, meaning under the content, above the status bar? Much less mo

by timmaah 17y ago

Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox Am I the only one who likes my tabs on the bottom, meaning under the content, above the status bar? Much less mouse travel when switching apps and then switching tabs.. (I'm trying to use the mouse less and rely just on the keyboard, but its tough)

lallysingh 17y ago
1) For your keyboard surfing: vimperator.org vim-style keybindings for mouse-free browsing. 2) The URL & search bars are for the currently active tab, so they belong below the tabs. Visual hierarchy really helps make things easier to use.
redcap 17y ago
I was wondering what the hell they were talking about when they said the tabs were on the "bottom" when they weren't - they're still out the top of the application. Someone's posted links to sidebar tab mod, is there one that actually puts the tabs on the bottom of the browser?
- timmaah 17y ago
  I use Tab mix plus http://tmp.garyr.net/ http://tmp.garyr.net/
Xichekolas 17y ago
Personally I like them down the right side. Makes better use of a widescreen monitor, since most pages are still vertical in nature. Also can see way more tabs at once. If you want to see what I mean: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045
- timmaah 17y ago
  I could see how that would be nice, though at work no widescreens and at home I usually dual monitor it with the laptop.
- spydez 17y ago
  I personally go with Tree Style Tabs, since it lets you group related tabs. Otherwise I agree with you totally; I don't think I could stand going back to across-the-top tabs. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890
- tome 17y ago
  There's so much wasted space on the side of a widescreen. I've never understood why people want them for their computers, as opposed to tall screens. After all, we read across a short way, and downwards a long way.
  - Xichekolas 17y ago
    Because our eyes are side-by-side. Have you ever rotated a pair of 24" widescreens vertically? They are taller than your vertical field of view. Widescreens make sense for all sorts of things, especially video. Just because they don't make sense for reading lots of text doesn't mean the space is wasted. With a tiling window manager (http://awesome.naquadah.org http://awesome.naquadah.org), you just put two windows side-by-side anyway.

by timmaah 17y ago

lallysingh 17y ago

1) For your keyboard surfing: vimperator.org vim-style keybindings for mouse-free browsing. 2) The URL & search bars are for the currently active tab, so they belong below the tabs. Visual hierarchy really helps make things easier to use.

redcap 17y ago

I was wondering what the hell they were talking about when they said the tabs were on the "bottom" when they weren't - they're still out the top of the application. Someone's posted links to sidebar tab mod, is there one that actually puts the tabs on the bottom of the browser?

timmaah 17y ago
I use Tab mix plus http://tmp.garyr.net/ http://tmp.garyr.net/

Xichekolas 17y ago

Personally I like them down the right side. Makes better use of a widescreen monitor, since most pages are still vertical in nature. Also can see way more tabs at once. If you want to see what I mean: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8045

timmaah 17y ago
I could see how that would be nice, though at work no widescreens and at home I usually dual monitor it with the laptop.
spydez 17y ago
I personally go with Tree Style Tabs, since it lets you group related tabs. Otherwise I agree with you totally; I don't think I could stand going back to across-the-top tabs. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890
tome 17y ago
There's so much wasted space on the side of a widescreen. I've never understood why people want them for their computers, as opposed to tall screens. After all, we read across a short way, and downwards a long way.
- Xichekolas 17y ago
  Because our eyes are side-by-side. Have you ever rotated a pair of 24" widescreens vertically? They are taller than your vertical field of view. Widescreens make sense for all sorts of things, especially video. Just because they don't make sense for reading lots of text doesn't mean the space is wasted. With a tiling window manager (http://awesome.naquadah.org http://awesome.naquadah.org), you just put two windows side-by-side anyway.