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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Mark Curtis wrote on 28/02/11 19:14:
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> Chrome's tab behavior for quickly closing tabs is for quickly closing
> the current tab and the ones after (to the right) of it.

Once there are no more tabs to the right, it works for tabs to the left
as well, up to a maximum tab width.

> If close buttons for the tabs were on the left, then Chrome's behavior
> would be the same, reorder the tabs upon close, resize them
> (if necessary) ones the mouse leaves the tab area.

Which would work for tabs to the right, but not for tabs to the left as
it does now.

Conscious User wrote on 28/02/11 19:42:
> 
> It is true that Chrome does not currently cover the use case Matthew
> presented, even with the buttons on the right, but I think his point
> was that it *could* if the devs *wanted to*, while with buttons on
> the right, it is not possible without awkwardness.
>...

Actually, I was describing Chrome's current behavior.

> That said, I do question if two having different behaviors (sliding
> when the tab is not the final one, resizing when it is) is a good
> idea... sounds inconsistent and awkward in its own way.
>...

The sliding isn't a goal in itself. It is only part of the secondary
goal of minimizing distraction (the primary goal being maximizing
efficiency). Sliding once is less distracting than sliding twice.

> Also, even buttons on the right do not properly cover the case
> where the use wants to start closing by the last tab, but there
> are not enough tabs to horizontally fill the screen, unless we
> follow the "tabs are streched for horizontal feeling even when
> there are very few tabs" philosophy of Nautilus... which is kinda
> ugly, to be honest.
>...

Indeed. The Chrome developers have set a maximum tab width at the point
where they think aesthetics trump efficiency.

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