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That, 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... )
Regarding the use of horizontal space: This is what the Reading List feature of Safari 5 is for. (Example for comparison: http://i.imgur.com/x2tkl.png ) Tabs are really only supposed to be used for things you're actually looking at simultaneously ; any time you're just middle-clicking everything on a page (e.g. the HN frontpage), in order to queue those pages up for reading after you close the index page, you should…
Regarding the use of horizontal space: This is what the Reading List feature of Safari 5 is for. (Example for comparison: http://i.imgur.com/x2tkl.png ) Tabs are really only supposed to be used for things you're actually looking at simultaneously ; any time you're just middle-clicking everything on a page (e.g. the HN frontpage), in order to queue those pages up for reading after you close the index page, you should…
Good to know, information was scarce on the subject. Had it not be syncing it would have killed the feature for me.
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. 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.
> In similar iOS style, screens should be rotatable and shift their content accordingly. I have a 24" rotatable screen. 1. The amount of cabling hooked to the screen makes it a pain. The size also makes it unwieldy, and if your desk is anything worse than spotless you'll likely have to move a lot of crap around before you can rotate the screen without shoving stuff around and on the floor 2. A 24+" 16/10 (let alone 1…
i would vouch for a "page-only" browser window with hover controls. like a video player
i would vouch for a "page-only" browser window with hover controls. like a video player
The vast majority of the time, I don't interact with the chrome of the window: the back and forward buttons, the address bar, tabs, etc, so why not get that out of my face while I'm not interested?
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. 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.
Except now your fonts are rendered like trash because the subpixel rendering and hinting assumes each RGB pixel triplet is in a horizontal line.
