Redesigning the browser window
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#2This left hand side vertical tab bar is how I used my firefox with some addons. (well my last installation has that addon. I'm not using it now). And this layout is a real screen saver for widescreen laptops.
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#3i would vouch for a "page-only" browser window with hover controls. like a video player
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#4The real problem isn't the browser. It's the screen. Large horizontal 16:9 screens are great for video but poor for text and pages.
In similar iOS style, screens should be rotatable and shift their content accordingly.
Watching a video? Great, put the screen to horizontal. Browsing the web? Writing a letter? Coding? Put the screen to vertical.
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#5I like this very much. Safari 5.x suddenly feels aged compared to those screenshots. It also goes a long way showing how the iOS tabbed Safari is awful on the iPad.
In Firefox realm there has been Tree Style Tab, which I personally loathe, but for a take strikingly similar to the article description, there's apparently Vertical Tabs[0] available.
[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vertical-tabs...
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#6The real problem isn't the browser. It's the screen. Large horizontal 16:9 screens are great for video but poor for text and pages. In similar iOS style, screens should be rotatable and shift their content accordingly. Watching a video? Great, put the screen to horizontal. Browsing the web? Writing a letter? Coding? Put the screen to vertical.
> The real problem isn't the browser. It's the screen. Large horizontal 16:9 screens are great for video but poor for text and pages.
This is why I suggest to [some] others to vertically mount a monitor.
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#7That, or use a split-frame browser extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fox-splitter-...) (http://www.chromeplugins.org/plugins/google-chrome-dual-view...)
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#8The real problem isn't the browser. It's the screen. Large horizontal 16:9 screens are great for video but poor for text and pages. In similar iOS style, screens should be rotatable and shift their content accordingly. Watching a video? Great, put the screen to horizontal. Browsing the web? Writing a letter? Coding? Put the screen to vertical.
Good luck with trying that on a laptop.
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#9I don't see how most computer screens - even the large widescreen ones are a problem when reading webpages. I sort of like scrolling... It would be weird for me to read from the top of the screen, move down to the middle and then make my way to the bottom. What I usually do when reading is keep my eyes in a relatively fixed position and I just scroll down very slowly. This thing is pretty cool, but it might be a little annoying to have tabs on the side just to save 10-20 pixels of vertical screen.
And while I don't find it difficult to click on tabs (keyboard shortcuts!) I really like the idea of having the url inside tabs - adding that firefox/chrome and then getting rid of the url bar would be pretty cool.
Re: Redesigning the browser window
#10The real problem isn't the browser. It's the screen. Large horizontal 16:9 screens are great for video but poor for text and pages. In similar iOS style, screens should be rotatable and shift their content accordingly. Watching a video? Great, put the screen to horizontal. Browsing the web? Writing a letter? Coding? Put the screen to vertical.
Good luck with trying that on a laptop.
Asus Transformer styled detachable screen with two connectors (one one the long side, one on the short) should do the trick.