Comments on: Is it time to move browser tabs to the right?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:48:07 +0000

>That needn’t be a limit — not if it the list is designed to be scrollable

Unfortunately in Opera there is no scrolling implemented. On other hand it now has tab stacking which is also very helpful for managing many tabs with vertical layout.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:33:48 +0000

> Disadvantage [of side tabs] is that this view
> has limit of hitting screen bottom.

That needn’t be a limit — not if it the list is designed to be scrollable — AND you can still easily read the tab content.

Since the advent of wide screens, I ALWAYS have plenty of horizontal screen real estate, but I almost always have to scroll vertically. So anything that provides more vertical room is welcome.

Side tab placement (right side is my preference) makes good sense to me.

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By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:42:51 +0000

@Riparazioni Torino

No worries.

Myself I switched to vertical tabs at work 1440×900 just to have it consistent with home. Definitely feels bit cramped at times, but still I can manage and perk of more clear organization is nice.

By: Riparazioni Torino

Riparazioni Torino — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:43:29 +0000

Sorry about that. I misread. But I am familiar to horizontal tabs too. Vertical ones are not my choice, as I said : 1600×900 resolution so I would be able to fit too few. Sorry about the confusion.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:29:51 +0000

@Riparazioni Torino

Bookmarks or tabs? :) I think you are confusing the two. Post is about tabs.

By: Riparazioni Torino

Riparazioni Torino — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:02:37 +0000

I use horizontal bookmarks because is much more easy and more natural. It fits a lot better and I get about 20-30 bookmarks on my 1600×900 resolution depending on the description i made for each one. I really don’t like sidebar bookmarks.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:59:59 +0000

@Angelo

Right click tab bar > Customize > uncheck Enable Thumbnails in Tabs

btw Martin did posts about vertical placement for Firefox and Chrome, see pingback higher in comments.

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:48:24 +0000

@Rarst

I tried the right side just to test it out though. I don’t really use Opera except for cross browser tests so I’m not to familiar with it. I only had about 4 or 5 tabs open at the time, but Opera displayed them in thumbnail mode as opposed to just the tab. Is there any way to disable that? If so then I would probably swap it back to the right for a little longer.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:03:37 +0000

Like Angelo, I keep my windows side by side. Vertical tabs would take way too much horizontal space.