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[Allan Patrick Caeg <allancaeg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I want to point out that Firefox and Chrome on OS X have the tab close buttons on the left. There must be a good reason why Mozilla and Google did this. Consistency between versions of the browser between platforms? Maybe.

On Feb 20, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:

> 
> The close-multiple-tabs-fast behaviour just requires that the tab
> realignment be smart. If you look closely, Chrome realigns twice, once
> for fast closing, then for better spacing.
> 
> In other words, if fast-closing is a goal, then it's perfectly possible
> to ensure that successive close buttons are placed underneath one
> another, and then the whole set are re-flowed once the obvious
> "closefest" is over.
> 
> So, +1 for moving the close button to the left, for consistency, as long
> as the rapid-close behaviour is preserved.
> 
> Mark
> 
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