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It has been over a [http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wa_browser_mult.htm#history decade] since tabs were introduced. Today, tabbed browsing has seen mainstream adoption, and having more than 20 or even 50 tabs open at once is a common occurrence. However, users rarely are working on that many separate tasks. Instead, tabs can be naturally grouped into their related tasks or categories. | It has been over a [http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wa_browser_mult.htm#history decade] since tabs were introduced. Today, tabbed browsing has seen mainstream adoption, and having more than 20 or even 50 tabs open at once is a common occurrence. However, users rarely are working on that many separate tasks. Instead, tabs can be naturally grouped into their related tasks or categories. | ||
Without | Without a built-in tab grouping mechanism as of Firefox 3.6, using multiple windows is still the primary method of separating groups of tabs. ([http://azarask.in/projects/tabcandy/ TabCandy] aims to solve this problem.) With multiple tab selection, we leverage the windowing system to provide useful functionality without breaking existing interactions. We also follow each operating system's selection paradigms when they make sense in the tab container context. | ||
Firefox 3.5 shipped with a "tab tearing" feature that enables users to detach a tab to a new window or drag individual tabs between windows. However, there are many cases in which a user may have already opened multiple tabs that the user wants to move to a different window. Currently, this requires one click-and-drag per tab. As specified in this document, multiple tab selection would achieve this result with at most ''n'' clicks and 1 drag motion. The common case of selecting and dragging a range of tabs can be completed in at most 2 clicks and 1 drag. | Firefox 3.5 shipped with a "tab tearing" feature that enables users to detach a tab to a new window or drag individual tabs between windows. However, there are many cases in which a user may have already opened multiple tabs that the user wants to move to a different window. Currently, this requires one click-and-drag per tab. As specified in this document, multiple tab selection would achieve this result with at most ''n'' clicks and 1 drag motion. The common case of selecting and dragging a range of tabs can be completed in at most 2 clicks and 1 drag. | ||