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Edge's reading list shows newer entries at the top. The problem is you don't have to do anything extra to use tabs. You just... leave them open, and then there'

Edge's reading list shows newer entries at the top. The problem is you don't have to do anything extra to use tabs. You just... leave them open, and then there's no reason to use bookmarks or reading list or history

throwaway91111 9y ago
Yea, but that reduces the value of tabs overall. You can't just glance at the top of the browser to remember where you just were. If i don't look at a tab for a few hours, it's not worth keeping around as it just adds to the noise without providing value. If i need to read something, i either read it immediately or bookmark it to read later. The result: i can confidently resume work without distractions at any time.
- always_good 9y ago
  > You can't just glance at the top of the > browser to remember where you just were. You just look at the last X tabs you opened. Just because it's not your workflow doesn't invalidate it. With tree-style tabs, each root represents a train of thought. I just collapse them until I decide what to do with them. Sometimes I bookmark and banish them. Sometimes I come back to that thought next weekend. Chrome's default tabs at the top, to me, are the distraction where each tab has equal weight. But I'm not going to say that anyone is doing it wrong if that's what they prefer.
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bigbugbag 9y ago
There's a good reason not to use edge: it's not available outside windows.
- acdha 9y ago
  How is that relevant to a UI discussion?
  - bigbugbag 9y ago
    It could be the best UI ever, if it is not available it is useless. In this particular example microsoft uses edge to push people to use the latest version of their adware/spyware OS.
    - acdha 9y ago
      That says nothing about whether a particular UI feature is good – and browsers in particular have a long history of good ideas becoming widely implemented by most vendors.

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Edge's reading list shows newer entries at the top. The problem is you don't have to do anything extra to use tabs. You just... leave them open, and then there'

by montibbalt 9y ago

throwaway91111 9y ago
Yea, but that reduces the value of tabs overall. You can't just glance at the top of the browser to remember where you just were. If i don't look at a tab for a few hours, it's not worth keeping around as it just adds to the noise without providing value. If i need to read something, i either read it immediately or bookmark it to read later. The result: i can confidently resume work without distractions at any time.
- always_good 9y ago
  > You can't just glance at the top of the > browser to remember where you just were. You just look at the last X tabs you opened. Just because it's not your workflow doesn't invalidate it. With tree-style tabs, each root represents a train of thought. I just collapse them until I decide what to do with them. Sometimes I bookmark and banish them. Sometimes I come back to that thought next weekend. Chrome's default tabs at the top, to me, are the distraction where each tab has equal weight. But I'm not going to say that anyone is doing it wrong if that's what they prefer.
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bigbugbag 9y ago
There's a good reason not to use edge: it's not available outside windows.
- acdha 9y ago
  How is that relevant to a UI discussion?
  - bigbugbag 9y ago
    It could be the best UI ever, if it is not available it is useless. In this particular example microsoft uses edge to push people to use the latest version of their adware/spyware OS.
    - acdha 9y ago
      That says nothing about whether a particular UI feature is good – and browsers in particular have a long history of good ideas becoming widely implemented by most vendors.