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Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by greggyb » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 2:27 AM UTC

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #41

greggyb wrote: post #11

I've had this for years in i3 on Linux.

Can you run i3 on Windows through third party tools? Is not your point is moot.

I can run i3 or other WMs on Windows with a combination of first and third party tools. WSL with an X Server will happily run a desktop environment and window manager of your choice. Windows makes a great desktop Linux :D

I have run such a setup before on work machines that were required to run Windows.

Beyond that, it is entirely valid to compare features across OSes.

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by greggyb » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 2:27 AM UTC

WalterGR wrote: post #15

greggyb wrote: post #11

I've had this for years in i3 on Linux.

The README says it’s been available since 2009.

And that is only tested on Windows versions as late as 7.

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by kodablah » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 4:19 AM UTC

For anyone else wanting to, this might be fairly easy to do in Qt with QWindow::fromWinId and then using a tab widget. I have recently done similar w/ a POC to embed FF into a tabbed UI on Windows[0] when researching making a new browser backed by FF instead of Chromium (granted I used Go to test out their Qt binding at the time).

0 - https://github.com/cretz/ffembedpoc

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by skinnymuch » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 4:31 AM UTC

filoleg wrote: post #48

criddell wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not going to ask for numbers, but did you make a reasonable income selling this? The reason I ask is because I've been wondering about why the Mac seems to have a fairly healthy market for small software. It surprises me that Windows, being a much larger market, seems to have fewer opportunities for indie devs.

>I've been wondering about why the Mac seems to have a fairly healthy market for small software. It surprises me that Windows, being a much larger market, seems to have fewer opportunities for indie devs. I think it comes down to the target audience. Of course both Mac and Windows have their fair share of users across all categories. However, it seems that, in the US, most devs and enthusiasts prefer to use Mac/Linux…

I thought perhaps better curated listings, better communities, blogs, et al could be what could get Windows software to sell better. Especially like productivity and other sort of loved ones that have a consistent market with indie Mac Devs.

But Android I believe has all of the above like Mac and iOS do. Yet as you say, Android lags behind.

I need to check the article. Wouldn’t the sheer number of Android users mean there are enough of them with high disposable income? I’d think there’d be more (outside the US, UK, Canada markets)

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by tyingq » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 5:21 AM UTC

mauricef wrote: post #26

Hah! A friend just shared this with me, I'm Maurice the original author, long time anonymous hn lurker. This was a labor of love, I still remember the sheer exhilaration when I made my first sale!

Do you know if this is the "most maintained" fork? There sure are a lot of them, and this one is a fork of a fork of yours :)

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by thunderbong » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 6:32 AM UTC

I use QtTabBar -

http://qttabbar.wikidot.com

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by em-bee » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 7:36 AM UTC

donatj wrote: post #21

I'm surprised no one has mentioned BeOS / Haiku who's windows titlebars Tab automatically across all programs. https://discuss.haiku-os.org/uploads/default/original/1X/abb...

I am still looking for a way to get BeOS/Haiku like behavior for linux

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by btschaegg » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 11:23 AM UTC

em-bee wrote: post #57

donatj wrote: post #21

I'm surprised no one has mentioned BeOS / Haiku who's windows titlebars Tab automatically across all programs. https://discuss.haiku-os.org/uploads/default/original/1X/abb...

I am still looking for a way to get BeOS/Haiku like behavior for linux

If you're willing to write it yourself, `awesome` (the window manager) might be what you're looking for.

It's surprisingly powerful. As an example, I once had a cobbled together WM version of emacs' `ace-window` way of jumping between windows going. It wasn't even that much code…

There also supposedly is a Wayland based "successor" for it called `way-cooler`. I've never used that one, though.

Edit: OTOH, I've come to find the `i3` model of just allocating 10 virtual work spaces to work better for me, since that works way better with just a keyboard than tabs. But I guess this is a matter of personal preference.

Edit2: It looks like `way-cooler` was discontinued last year: http://way-cooler.org/blog/2020/01/09/way-cooler-post-mortem...

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by bjoli » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 1:28 PM UTC

em-bee wrote: post #57

donatj wrote: post #21

I'm surprised no one has mentioned BeOS / Haiku who's windows titlebars Tab automatically across all programs. https://discuss.haiku-os.org/uploads/default/original/1X/abb...

I am still looking for a way to get BeOS/Haiku like behavior for linux

I have used it in fluxbox and in kde(3?). Fluxbox probably still does it if it is maintained.

Today it seems forgotten, though.

Re: WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop

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Post by criddell » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 2:26 PM UTC

filoleg wrote: post #48

criddell wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not going to ask for numbers, but did you make a reasonable income selling this? The reason I ask is because I've been wondering about why the Mac seems to have a fairly healthy market for small software. It surprises me that Windows, being a much larger market, seems to have fewer opportunities for indie devs.

>I've been wondering about why the Mac seems to have a fairly healthy market for small software. It surprises me that Windows, being a much larger market, seems to have fewer opportunities for indie devs. I think it comes down to the target audience. Of course both Mac and Windows have their fair share of users across all categories. However, it seems that, in the US, most devs and enthusiasts prefer to use Mac/Linux…

> Given the price of an average Mac being higher than a Windows machine, it would also be fair to suggest that Mac users, on average, tend to have more disposable income as well.

I don't think it means much to talk about averages when the Windows market is so much larger. There are plenty of Windows gamers who spend thousands on their machines. There are also plenty of highly paid developers and white collar workers who primarily use Windows. So I don't think there's a shortage of Windows users who could buy indie software, but for some reason they don't.

So I don't think it's a financial reason. Maybe it's cultural? Maybe Mac users enjoy their computers more than Windows users and aren't afraid to pay a little bit more to make it even better. Mac users picked the minority platform whereas Windows is the default and people who don't care about computers end up on the default platform.