ideas: - extensible menue with common options like "close tab", "close other tabs", etc. http://media.askvg.com/articles/images2/Use_Google_Chrome_Side_Tabs.png - different orientation/tabs at the bottom like in Excel with navigation and scrolling http://www.functionx.com/excel2003/images/tabs1.gif possible to have tabs at all side http://www.office-outlook.com/u/4team/TabView_inbox2.gif - an option for centered text/icon http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tabs/tabviewctrl/TabViewCtrl.jpg - if more tabs than space then use arrows to navigate http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tabs/igorsplitpane/splitpane.jpg http://www.codeproject.com/KB/wtl/ATLFlatTabCtrl/ATLFlatTabCtrl.gif http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/images/scrolling_tab_control.jpg - stacking of tabs depending on space: http://www.functionx.com/vcnet/images/proppages3.gif - non-active tabs in panes background color http://www.infragistics.com/uploadedImages/Content/PRODUCTS/ASPNET/Controls/... ...