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 == Alternate 1 - tabs further off to the side ==
-A concern raised about the zooming design is that the zooming time could become annoying for a user.  If, especially on a mobile device, the activity most performed with tabs is switching between a small set rather than managing a large set, then there may be advantage to displaying a simple thumbnail list or grid further off the page:
+A concern raised about the zooming design is that the time consumed by the animation could, eventually, become frustrating for a user.  If, especially on a mobile device, the activity most performed with tabs is switching between a small set rather than managing a large set, the value of a full spatial space may not outweigh this consumed time.
+An alternate approach would be to have a list or grid of tab thumbnails placed slightly further off to the side of the current page than the control strip.  This further space would snap into place in the same manner as the control strip.
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