Written by arkashkin the 14 Dec 09 at 19:43.

In firefox there is a little '+' sign button wich opens a new tab where you press it. Both Nautilus and Terminal support tabs, but it is really anoying to open them throught a menu.

In firefox there is a little '+' sign button wich opens a new tab where you press it. Both Nautilus and Terminal support tabs, but it is really anoying to open them throught a menu.

Written by Otus the 15 Dec 09 at 09:17.

There are also other important differences:

In Firefox and Nautilus you can open a new tab with Ctrl+T, in Gnome Terminal you need to use Ctrl+Shift+T, while in gedit you use Ctrl+N. In Firefox you can close tabs by middle clicking them, in Nautilus, gedit or terminal you cannot.

Tabs should be both visually and functionally similar across the OS.

Copy the tab behavior of Firefox (familiar to most) to Nautilus, gedit and terminal as well as any other default apps that use tabs. Push for a shared tabbing library or create guidelines for tab use to developers.

There are also other important differences: In Firefox and Nautilus you can open a new tab with Ctrl+T, in Gnome Terminal you need to use Ctrl+Shift+T, while in gedit you use Ctrl+N. In Firefox you can close tabs by middle clicking them, in Nautilus, gedit or terminal you cannot. Tabs should be both visually and functionally similar across the OS. Copy the tab behavior of Firefox (familiar to most) to Nautilus, gedit and terminal as well as any other default apps that use tabs. Push for a shared tabbing library or create guidelines for tab use to developers.

Written by sephthir the 15 Dec 09 at 23:47.

I agree that a unified tab-interface style across the OS would be useful, but there are some technical difficulties to certain programs, such as gnome-terminal. The reason that it is ctrl-shift-t to open a new tab is because a terminal application may handle ctrl-t already. Past a few apps like this, it would be useful.

Also unified should be the ctrl-tab (next tab), ctrl-shift-tab (prev. tab), and alt-# (go to tab number #) shortcuts, as they are quite helpful but not all applications support them.

I agree that a unified tab-interface style across the OS would be useful, but there are some technical difficulties to certain programs, such as gnome-terminal. The reason that it is ctrl-shift-t to open a new tab is because a terminal application may handle ctrl-t already. Past a few apps like this, it would be useful. Also unified should be the ctrl-tab (next tab), ctrl-shift-tab (prev. tab), and alt-# (go to tab number #) shortcuts, as they are quite helpful but not all applications support them.

Written by saftaplan the 21 Dec 09 at 22:35.

... and remove them from the applications. No more implementing tabs (badly) over and over again in every application. Tabs are useful in most multiple document applications. And yeah, add a little plus.

... and remove them from the applications. No more implementing tabs (badly) over and over again in every application. Tabs are useful in most multiple document applications. And yeah, add a little plus.