Re: Tabs

[Juri Linkov]

>> In browsers the width of each tab depends on the number of tabs
>> to share tab-bar space proportionally between all tabs.
>
> That is not entirely accurate.
>
> * Tabs start out at some pre-set maximum width (~200–300px?).
> * As new tabs are added, after they start pushing against the window
> edge, they shrink proportionally to fit, down to some pre-set minimum
> width.
> * When tabs don’t fit even at their minimum width:
>   * Chrome shows the N leftmost tabs that fit, and does not bother
> with the rest.

This is what surprised me that Chrome does not bother to cope with the
large number of tabs, this looks unprofessional.

>   * Firefox adds scroll arrows at the ends of its tab bar.

Scroll arrows are really more helpful in Firefox.

>     * A somewhat popular mod for Firefox enables multi-row tab bar;
> the tab bar grows vertically to accommodate all tabs, until some
> pre-set maximum row count. After that, it adds a vertical scroll bar.

Perhaps you meant Tab Mix Plus - it can't use Firefox without this
highly useful addon.