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Hyatt Discusses Tabs
Llywelyn writes "Über Geek David Hyatt (who, among other browser projects, works on Safari) has posted an interesting discussion about tabs, what he prefers, what works, and what doesn't."
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I have never had the opportunity to run a tab at a Hyatt. Maybe if I used my room key or something lioke that, but otherwise they always want me to pay by the drink :(
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When I surf the internet, it would be a nice feature to have subsubtabs (ie several subtabs under the main subtabs under the main tab). It would be very useful for a mega power user.
Everyone knows that Tabs give you lung-cancer, I'm suprised that in the US people are pushing Tabs onto everyone, even kids, saying they should be the "default". I for one think its dreadful that Mr Hyatt is pushing Tabs and saying "when they are useful", Tabs KILL, simple as that.
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this guy is apparently so keen on tabbed browsing, yet there is no sign of this on the horizon for Safari
Actually, there are more than signs of this on the horizon for Safari. A build was leaked that included tabbed browsing. Some genius put the build on his iDisk and posted it in a forum so many people have seen it.
When I surf the internet, it would be a nice feature to have supertabs (ie one tab over the main tabs). It would be very useful for a mega power user.
The problem with that is, when you have to, er, close something in a hurry :), and then later, somebody else in my house starts up Opera, and sees what I was last looking at... as you can imagine, that option is turned off on my Opera...
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"Über Geek David Hyatt (who, among other browser projects, works on Safari) has posted an interesting discussion about tabs, what he prefers, what works, and what doesn't."
Well, I don't know about Mr. Hyatt's techniques, but I have found that giving the bartender my card and saying "I'd like to open a tab and start off with a Woodchuck Amber, please." does the job nicely. YMMV. Sometimes I have to employ the Arm Wave or the On-fire Napkin tactics to get the tab started, but these are advanced practices best avoided by beginners. (If you're in austin and are looking for a good place to start a tab, I can heartily recommend the Dog and Duck pub as well as the Crown and Anchor, both close to the UT campus.)
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My sister drank a lot of Tabs way back in the 70's. But then the comapny introduced Diet Coke and that was that big "switch campaign." I didn't know theyy were still making the stuff...
It's a joke...just chuckle and move along...
The percentage of Safari Users that would use autocomplete is low at best ... it seems that the only people that are wanting this feature which causes interface clutter (eventhough minimal, it is is evasive) are the only ones posting, maybe several thousand. It also bloats code.
Other than a few bugs, in my opinion, the only thing Safari needs is tabs. Everyone that I do business with uses tabs. Personally, I list on eBay; for this, tabs is great when listing or when paying for something online.
I deal with 100's of customers a month and not one has wondered why Safari doesn't have autocomplete. ALL, miss tabs - some want password/keychain interaction.
if it ain't broke, break it.
Like leaves in the fall
Browser tabs fade away, and
you close the window.
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