Comments on: Write your web applications to work with tabs http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lots of tabs become unmanageable » ShiftBrowse http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/comment-page-1/#comment-291232 Lots of tabs become unmanageable » ShiftBrowse Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:10:08 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/#comment-291232 [...] 1. Michael Cote says - http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/ [...] [...] 1. Michael Cote says – http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/ [...]

]]> By: Collection of links — TabViz http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/comment-page-1/#comment-290732 Collection of links — TabViz Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:21:06 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/#comment-290732 [...] about his research into how people use tabs has spawned a lot of interesting conversation and reflection about how people use [...] [...] about his research into how people use tabs has spawned a lot of interesting conversation and reflection about how people use [...]

]]> By: Patrick Dubroy http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/comment-page-1/#comment-288847 Patrick Dubroy Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:55:37 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/01/30/write-your-web-applications-to-work-with-tabs/#comment-288847 Hi Michael, Good point! That's another way of using my findings that I hadn't thought of yet. Do you have any particular recommendations? One thing that a few people in my study mentioned is that they find it annoying when some links don't really work in a new tab. Most people said it's not something they encounter that frequently, but when they do, it's annoying. Web developers should make sure that opening a link in a new tab always does something reasonable. Facebook is a good example of an Ajax-heavy site that still works well if you open links in new tabs. Some other sites are not as well-behaved. Hi Michael,

Good point! That's another way of using my findings that I hadn't thought of yet. Do you have any particular recommendations?

One thing that a few people in my study mentioned is that they find it annoying when some links don't really work in a new tab. Most people said it's not something they encounter that frequently, but when they do, it's annoying.

Web developers should make sure that opening a link in a new tab always does something reasonable. Facebook is a good example of an Ajax-heavy site that still works well if you open links in new tabs. Some other sites are not as well-behaved.

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