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= Insufficient when Handling Multiple Pages = | = Insufficient when Handling Multiple Pages = | ||
Current browsers make it difficult for a user to manage more than eight pages, yet it's not uncommon to see people with 15+ tabs. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511493.aspx The Vista user experience guidelines] state | Current browsers make it difficult for a user to manage more than eight pages, yet it's not uncommon to see people with 15+ tabs. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511493.aspx The Vista user experience guidelines] state if there are eight or more tabs they should be vertical. | ||
Information shouldn't be sorted in a heterogeneous way, that's | Information shouldn't be sorted in a heterogeneous way, that's why tabs are movable. Although they are movable they are not automatically sortable, by default a user has to manually sort tabs. Sorting tabs becomes difficult when all tabs aren't visible, you can't group or even go between similar pages when researching if you forgot that you have that page open unless you see it. | ||
How would one go about solving this problem? Ask which interface native to Windows would serve a tab's function better. | |||
A couple possible solutions: | |||
#Manage pages with images the way Windows 7/Mac OS manage windows | #Manage pages with images the way Windows 7/Mac OS manage windows | ||