Linux

48067 readers

771 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

591

Firefox Devs Working on Tab Previews (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

172 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (3 children)

In current versions of Firefox you hover your mouse over a non-active tab [...] to see (after a small delay) a tooltip containing the web page title.

Uh... what is the point of that? If I am looking for a specific tab then:

I probably want to switch to the tab that I am looking for, so staying on the current one is not required
if there are a few tabs from different pages from the same domain the difference might be hard to see on a thumbnail (similar page headings with logos)
and most importantly: opening the tab is faster than waiting for the delay anyway

This sounds like a "cool" feature that's looking for an actual problem to solve.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Tooltips are a standard accessibility feature. Just because you may not find them helpful doesn't mean others do not benefit. The delay is to ensure they don't get in the way unintentionally (but still allow usage) for those who do not need the accessibility benefit at all times.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In the vast overwhelming amount of cases tooltips show additional information that you cannot see from clicking on something or provide an explanation to an option that isn't available without scrounging through a manual. None of those apply here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Tooltips show the full title of the tab, which is useful if the title is long, the tabs are small because there are a lot of them, or it's a pinned tab

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The page title isn't necessarily visible on the web page that sets the title.

Clicking is not always a simple task.

I shouldn't have to leave my current page just to figure out what another tab is.

Again, just because you feel something is useless or easily avoided doesn't mean that all internet users feel the same.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

So, a toggle in accessibility settings, default off?

Wait, FF doesn't have separate accessibility settings anymore?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

came here looking for this exact comment. Agree with all point (last one most importantly).

Firefox team should look at what Arc browser is doing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I suspect the small delay is just to prevent them from going crazy if you swing your mouse over the tab bar, it's not going to be like a second or something. Sounds useful for the case of multiple tabs on the same site with similar titles, especially at higher resolutions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a second https://sopuli.xyz/comment/6926705

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ok... That's too long. Weird decision.