Tabbed Browsing/User Interface Design/Tab Overflow: Difference between revisions

 
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* Shifting rows OR disconnect between tab and tab contents.
* Shifting rows OR disconnect between tab and tab contents.
* Consumes content area space.
* Consumes content area space.
See [https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Aravindet/Multirow_tabs Aravindet's proposal] for a multi-row layout without the shifting/disconnect disadvantage.


= Final Thinking =
= Final Thinking =
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* 2006-06-27, Bugzilla Bug 342890: "make tab minWidth 125px and heed the browser.tabs.tabMinWidth hidden pref" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342890
* 2006-06-27, Bugzilla Bug 342890: "make tab minWidth 125px and heed the browser.tabs.tabMinWidth hidden pref" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342890
* 2006-06-30, "my vote on the new bon echo tab scrolling feature is ..." http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=434106
* 2006-06-30, "my vote on the new bon echo tab scrolling feature is ..." http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=434106
* 2006-06-30, Bugzilla Bug 343251: "usability problems with tab overflow / scrolling" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343251
* 2006-07-02, "BonEcho Tabs display in tab bar for builds after 06-28-2006" http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=434924
* 2006-07-02, "BonEcho Tabs display in tab bar for builds after 06-28-2006" http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=434924
* 2006-06-30, Bugzilla Bug 343251: "usability problems with tab overflow / scrolling"
* 2006-07-10, Bugzilla Bug 344171: "Show overflow menus when right-click tab scroll buttons" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344171
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343251
* 2006-07-10, Bugzilla Bug 344171: "Show overflow menus when right-click tab scroll buttons"
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344171


= Tab modifiers for other versions of Firefox (1.0x/1.5x)=
= Tab modifiers for other versions of Firefox (1.0x/1.5x)=
Looking at addons and their screenshots can give ideas as to what features and capabilities users are looking for in their tabs.
Looking at addons and their screenshots can give ideas as to what features and capabilities users are looking for in their tabs.
* Tabbed Browsing addons https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?cat=14
* Tabbed Browsing addons https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?cat=14
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