Comments on: The tabbed interface schism in OS X http://rc3.org/2008/04/02/the-tabbed-interface-schism-in-os-x/ Strong opinions weakly held Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: http://jerakeen.org/ http://rc3.org/2008/04/02/the-tabbed-interface-schism-in-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-2563 http://jerakeen.org/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:03:10 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8184#comment-2563 <p>Command-Shift-Left/Right used to be my preferred shortcuts for this reason, but they don't work if focus is in a textbox, so I've forcibly trained myself out of it. Annoying.</p> Command-Shift-Left/Right used to be my preferred shortcuts for this reason, but they don’t work if focus is in a textbox, so I’ve forcibly trained myself out of it. Annoying.

]]> By: Brent Simmons http://rc3.org/2008/04/02/the-tabbed-interface-schism-in-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-2559 Brent Simmons Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:48:38 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8184#comment-2559 <p>I just checked out the Tab or Window menus for a few apps. Safari, Terminal, and NetNewsWire all list cmd-{ and cmd-} in their menus, but also respond to cmd-shift-leftArrow and cmd-shift-rightArrow.</p> <p>As a developer, my thinking is that doing the same thing as Safari is the best bet, given no other guidance. (Safari because it's probably the most commonly-used tabbed application from Apple.)</p> I just checked out the Tab or Window menus for a few apps. Safari, Terminal, and NetNewsWire all list cmd-{ and cmd-} in their menus, but also respond to cmd-shift-leftArrow and cmd-shift-rightArrow.

As a developer, my thinking is that doing the same thing as Safari is the best bet, given no other guidance. (Safari because it’s probably the most commonly-used tabbed application from Apple.)

]]> By: Paul Mison http://rc3.org/2008/04/02/the-tabbed-interface-schism-in-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-2558 Paul Mison Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:05:26 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8184#comment-2558 <p>Camino uses command option arrow, not command shift arrow, so it's different from both Firefox and Safari (but I'd argue closer to Apple's convention).</p> <p>It also uses command-# for bookmark bar entries, like Safari (and unlike its Gecko-powered relative Firefox). However, it only does this if the bookmark bar is showing: the rationale for this is in a <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340099" rel="nofollow">bugzilla entry</a>. I still find this an odd decision, but the team seem set on it.</p> Camino uses command option arrow, not command shift arrow, so it’s different from both Firefox and Safari (but I’d argue closer to Apple’s convention).

It also uses command-# for bookmark bar entries, like Safari (and unlike its Gecko-powered relative Firefox). However, it only does this if the bookmark bar is showing: the rationale for this is in a bugzilla entry. I still find this an odd decision, but the team seem set on it.

]]> By: bec http://rc3.org/2008/04/02/the-tabbed-interface-schism-in-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-2556 bec Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:37:18 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8184#comment-2556 <p>In Firefox you can also switch between tabs using command-option-arrow, which <em>almost</em> makes it easier to switch between FF and Safari.</p> In Firefox you can also switch between tabs using command-option-arrow, which almost makes it easier to switch between FF and Safari.

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