On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:04:12 -0700, Chris Palmer wrote:
Bloat is when you embed a flight simulator into a spreadsheet program. Tabs do not bloat Dillo.
I agree on this. If tabbing takes us closer to frames, they are ok. Otherwise, i couldn't more disagree with your views.
When it comes to software, "everybody wants it" is a really, really good sign that the feature is necessary.
"Everybody" doesn't want tabs inbrowser. That's a fact. Look around you.
Maybe the feature could be implemented in the window manager, but not everybody uses PWM, or wants to.
There are a lot of window managers other than PWM that support window tabbing - one of the best is Pekwm, wich i've been using for surfing with dillo for an eternity now. Waimea and Fluxbox are also getting there slowly, but their implementations lack usability at the moment. Having tab support in a window manager is flexiple. Much more flexiple then they can ever get in a, lets say browser, without writing a complete internal window manager. Simple tabbing support built into a browser can however be wery usefull in certain situations, and an implmentation like the one in question is a wery good exmple of a well made job.
It would not be easy to use since the toolkit (Gtk) is not tightly integrated with the window manager
How should this be of any importance? Please enlighten me, who wonder in the dark. I care to object on the plea of ease of use. This far all the tabbin browsers i have tried have been overly complicated to use compared to the way pekwm handles it. And the sheer fact that i can rebind my keys and mouse clicks with the window manager but not with the browsers is enough to convince me of ease of use.
(any of 600 crappy things on Freshmeat).
There are many great window manager projects developed, and i do hope you take attleast that one back. After all, dillo once was a petty crappy piece of software (and still is for an untrained eye), but it has potential. Just like many of those window manager projects, which you seem to doom as a byproduct to make a wery pointed point.
Implementing it in the application is the best way to do it, given the realities of the X Window System.
As someone pretty happily using a tabbing window manager - could I get closer information on this, thank you. Closing word, The fact that dillo now could and probably will have tabbing support is absolutely great. The fact that the work put into it might get us closer to having frame support is absolutely great. The fact that I can toggle it off at compilr time is absolutely great. People being more or less out of order in a mailing list about a matter like this is _not_great_. Please get your acts together. I've used to expecting quality posts in this list. -- shared, sorry for feeding it, it just looked so wery hungry