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Michael G Schwern <schwern@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Martin Ebourne wrote: >> Well, you're right for you I presume, but definitely not right for >> everyone. > > Can't we all just hate everyone? Hey, this list is for hating software, not people. Maybe a =20 hates-people list would be too scary. > Windows on the desktop tend to be more than half an inch wide. Big long > window bar, teeny little close button. Makes it hard to hit the wrong spo= t. Ironically I think you're completely wrong on that one too. :) Most windowing systems these days put the tiny little maximise button =20 right next to the tiny little close button in what has to be one of =20 the most stupid UI design decisions ever. I hit the wrong one far too =20 often. Fortunately on sensible systems I can configure the window close =20 button on the left where I never hit it accidentally. > Though I notice Firefox got a few things right. The close button disappea= rs > on inactive windows when the tab goes below a certain width, that's > good. Ah, I think I see the problem now. I also hate the browser when it =20 squashes the tabs up so small that you can't tell which is which from =20 the title, or if the close button takes up too much of the title. Fortunately one of the hateful firefox extensions lets you set a =20 minimum tab width(*) which means I can always see which tab is which =20 and there's plenty of width for me to click without hitting the close =20 button. With sensible scroll buttons on the tab bar, grouping of =20 opened pages together (so hate the default of always putting new tabs =20 on the far right), and the ability to drag them around I find working =20 with 20 tabs quite fine. (And I don't close tabs by accidentally =20 hitting the button, but do sometimes hit the wrong close button by =20 stupidity or just change my mind as I press it, so undo is nice too.) > But hey, do it your way. That's why we have configurable UIs. I do agree with you on that point. :) (*) I actually set a fixed tab width which means that tab's don't =20 randomly resize on me and makes things a lot more predictable. To =20 close a bunch of tabs together I just click close on the one on the =20 left of the group a lot and they all collapse in nicely, no mouse =20 movement at all. :) Cheers, Martin.There's stuff above here
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