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Will Tabbed Windows Be the Next Big Thing?

Posted by timothy on from the oh-for-the-love-of-gimp dept.

kai_hiwatari writes "The recently released KDE SC 4.4 Beta 1 has introduced tabbed windows as a new feature. It is now possible to tab together windows from different applications. This looks like it will be a very good productivity tool. Like the tabbed browsers, this may well end up as a feature in all desktop environments in the years ahead."

6 of 528 comments (clear)

  1. Will Goatse trolling be the next big thing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Netcraft confirms it, Goatse is here.

  2. thunderbird 3.0 rc2 by Sanat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Release Candidate 2 has many new exciting features avbailable for Linux, Windows, and Macs

    from website:

    http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0rc2/releasenotes/

    Thunderbird 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1.5 platform including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, web compatibility, and code simplification and sustainability.

    Tabbed Email Messages

    Double-clicking or hitting enter on a mail message will now open that message in a New Tab window. Middle-clicking on messages or folders will open them in a Tab in the background. When quitting Thunderbird, visible tabs will be saved and will be restored when you open Thunderbird the next time. There is also a new Tab menu on the Tab toolbar to help you switch between Tabs.

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    And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
  3. e*p! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    future aT All

  4. Re:Simply put by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Their time. They don't want to spend their time. Also, "contextually" might be a more correct choice later on.

    You appear to be British, based on your spelling of "organising" in this post, and "Rumours" in a previous post. I must admit, I am disappointed. I expect more from non-American speakers.

  5. Re:My favorite solution: by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh god. Who of you losers with mod points have a upset now??

    Firefox users? Naah.
    KDE users? Unlikely.
    loud retards? *PING*

    Fun fact: Watch me, not caring. ^^

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  6. Re:So what? by LaissezFaire · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hopefully it will drive a little more to quick keyboard shortcuts. I used ion3, and my favorite feature was going quickly from screen to screen with ALT+1, ALT+2, etc. The Opera browser uses similar quick-shortcuts with 1 to move left a tab, 2 to move right a tab. Fast.

    Now, the documentation to set up ion3 was rough, but for a work computer I liked it a lot.