669
edits
User:Broccauley/Fixing TabCandy: Difference between revisions
m
→So what exactly is wrong with "TabCandy"?
Broccauley (talk | contribs) (→So what exactly is wrong with "TabCandy"?: +making MDI mess worse) |
Broccauley (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
#TabCandy forces upon the user '''unnecessary extra layers of hierarchy''' between them and the actual page content, adding additional '''confusion''' and '''slowing down''' the ability to access page content.<br><br> | #TabCandy forces upon the user '''unnecessary extra layers of hierarchy''' between them and the actual page content, adding additional '''confusion''' and '''slowing down''' the ability to access page content.<br><br> | ||
#"TabCandy" only works on a '''per-window basis''', rather than showing me the bigger picture of ''all'' the web-browsing that I am actually doing. I can't count the number of times that I've had 3 or so windows open and then lose one of these "ghost" tabs into TabCandy's "Land of Limbo" and then have to dig through all the windows to try and find it again (making me actually LESS productive with "TabCandy" than without). This just '''discourages the existing good practice of partitioning your open tabbed pages into windows'''.<br><br>It seems as if "TabCandy" is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist -- i.e. making out that it's somehow a problem to have more than one window open at once -- this is not the case with a modern window manager such as that in Windows 7, KDE 4.5, or Snow Leopard -- therefore there is no reason to hide such windows. "TabCandy" actually makes it ''more difficult'' to work with several windows than before.<br><br>"TabCandy" is therefore taking the tried, tested, more flexible, powerful, and much more simple method of grouping tabbed pages by window, and completely throwing it "out the window" (if you excuse the recursive pun! :)). In summary, '''"Tab sets" != open windows'''.<br><br> | #"TabCandy" only works on a '''per-window basis''', rather than showing me the bigger picture of ''all'' the web-browsing that I am actually doing. I can't count the number of times that I've had 3 or so windows open and then lose one of these "ghost" tabs into TabCandy's "Land of Limbo" and then have to dig through all the windows to try and find it again (making me actually LESS productive with "TabCandy" than without). This just '''discourages the existing good practice of partitioning your open tabbed pages into windows'''.<br><br>It seems as if "TabCandy" is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist -- i.e. making out that it's somehow a problem to have more than one window open at once -- this is not the case with a modern window manager such as that in Windows 7, KDE 4.5, or Snow Leopard -- therefore there is no reason to hide such windows. "TabCandy" actually makes it ''more difficult'' to work with several windows than before.<br><br>"TabCandy" is therefore taking the tried, tested, more flexible, powerful, and much more simple method of grouping tabbed pages by window, and completely throwing it "out the window" (if you excuse the recursive pun! :)). In summary, '''"Tab sets" != open windows'''.<br><br> | ||
#"TabCandy" doesn't really acknowledge or exploit the UI advantages and APIs that are now available in '''Windows 7'''. Microsoft went to a lot of effort to fix the mess caused by having a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface MDI/TDI application] in Windows 7 - instead of embracing Microsoft's efforts, Mozilla are now making an even bigger mess with the addition of extra unnecessary hierarchy. Having '''5 or 6 different Firefox windows on Windows 7 is really not a problem for the user''' to deal with, especially if these new APIs are exploited to their full potential.<br><br> | #"TabCandy" doesn't really acknowledge or exploit the UI advantages and APIs that are now available in '''Windows 7'''. Microsoft went to a lot of effort to fix the mess caused by having a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface MDI/TDI application] in Windows 7 - instead of embracing Microsoft's efforts, Mozilla are now making an even bigger mess with the addition of extra unnecessary MDI hierarchy. Having '''5 or 6 different Firefox windows on Windows 7 is really not a problem for the user''' to deal with, especially if these new APIs are exploited to their full potential.<br><br> | ||
#"TabCandy" (and modern web-browsers in general) doesn't really acknowledge the fact that users shouldn't actually care about small inflexible UI elements for showing fixed-sized pages called "tabs". The user should care only about the web '''CONTENT '''or '''"pages"''' that they are browsing. <s>The new name of "Tab Sets" (whilst better than "Tab Candy") misguidedly still '''focuses its name on a small inflexible UI control called a "tab"'''.</s> ''(Edit: This has now been fixed with the excellent new name of "Panorama", however, the Firefox-UI and TabCandy/Panorama instruction video still over-use the word "tab".)<br><br> | #"TabCandy" (and modern web-browsers in general) doesn't really acknowledge the fact that users shouldn't actually care about small inflexible UI elements for showing fixed-sized pages called "tabs". The user should care only about the web '''CONTENT '''or '''"pages"''' that they are browsing. <s>The new name of "Tab Sets" (whilst better than "Tab Candy") misguidedly still '''focuses its name on a small inflexible UI control called a "tab"'''.</s> ''(Edit: This has now been fixed with the excellent new name of "Panorama", however, the Firefox-UI and TabCandy/Panorama instruction video still over-use the word "tab".)<br><br> | ||
#"TabCandy" completely ignores the advances made in '''Internet Explorer 8''' with its introduction of the simple and ''automatic'' '''coloured tab group''' indication.<br><br> | #"TabCandy" completely ignores the advances made in '''Internet Explorer 8''' with its introduction of the simple and ''automatic'' '''coloured tab group''' indication.<br><br> | ||