2011/5/31 Janko Miv��ek
<janko.mivsek@eranova.si>
On 31. 05. 2011 18:35, Ramon Leon wrote:
> Tabs would make it more like practically every other program available
> that needs multiple edit windows. ��Tabs are better than multiple
> windows. ��Look around, tabs won; the battle is over. ��Tabbed browsing of
> the net or 15 instances of Firefox open? ��Seriously, you think multiple
> windows are better? ��Really?
Agreed, tabs won, therefore we need to implement it and this will be a
big step forward for usability of our tools. Not only for newcomers, for
us too. You will see sooner or later that tabbed windows are better than
full ones. I had such experience from VW and other VisualWorkers would
probably confirm that.
Ok, a right combo of both, tabbed and full. Say two browsers windows
with a reasonable amount of methods open in tabs. And adding back button
.. well that would be near nirvana considering current state :)
Take a look at my multi-window browser in Squeak trunk. ��Its not tabs. ��Instead its a drop-down menu from the window title area of windows sharing the one main menu. ��It works well for me and doesn't waste vertical real estate on the tabs themselves. ��You can also populate them programmatically, look at��openCogMultiWindowBrowser in the VMMaker-oscog fork. ��You need to enable the Multi-Window Browser preference in browsing and open a new browser to enable them.
HTH
Eliot
Best regards
Janko
--
Janko Miv��ek
Aida/Web
Smalltalk Web Application Server
http://www.aidaweb.si