Why is it that you can remember where the knives are in your kitchen, which has hundreds of things, but have difficulty remember where a particular tab is? Panorama (formerly known as Tab Groups, TabCandy) is a feature that helps users deal with the complex ways the modern web is used by providing spatial, touchable groups of tabs and tab groups.

Quick Links

Documentation

• http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/tabcandy/raw-file/tip/content/doc/index.html

Communication:

• mozilla.dev.apps.firefox newsgroup
• #tabcandy on irc.mozilla.org

Source:

• Integration code: mozilla/browser/base/content/
• Panorama code: mozilla/browser/base/content/tabview/

Current work:

• See the Panorama:Plan for current work.

Bugs:

• All open Panorama bugs

Active module peers:

• Ian Gilman, @iangilman, IRC: iangilman (MO)
• Tim Taubert, @ttaubert, IRC: ttaubert
• Raymond Lee, @raymondlee, IRC: raymondlee
• Kevin Hanes, @mr_yuk, IRC: kevinh
• QA contact: George Carstoiu IRC: GeorgeCarstoiu

Design

• First Run Experience
• MiniGroups
• Bookmarks

Early designs:

• "Designing TabCandy" by Aza Raskin
• Some corollary design from a couple years ago
• See the presentation.

Timeline and History

• t.b.d.
• First release in March 2011 with Firefox 4

Credits

Idea & Concept:

• Aza Raskin, @azaaza, IRC: aza

Past core contributors:

• Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine, @themitcho, IRC: mitcho
• Sean Dunn, @somenotes, IRC: seandunn