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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).

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How is hovering over a tab and waiting for a preview faster than clicking it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Again, in my opinion you approach the problem like a power user. Using a browser is not a speedrun where every millisecond matters. Here is why I think it provides more comfort to an average user:

No need to divert attention and look around the monitor. When you're not well versed with a mouse, it's easier to click and look at the same place
Nothing distracts you unlike when you click through pages. Imagine going from dark theme page to a light theme page, the entire screen suddenly lights up
Depending on the way it is implemented (perhaps by keeping compressed page screenshots?), it might be faster to show a preview than to render the page again on a weak machine

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how clicking can be considered "power user"... Had I said "just install tree style tabs, it's much better", you might've had a point, but you're arguing that clicking is worse than hovering. Really can't agree with you.

But hey, I don't give money to Mozilla and the chance is very low that I ever will, so they can do what they want. If they think this is how they want to spend the 500 million they get from Google, that's their prerogative.

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

I'm sorry, but did you... read my comment?

I didn't say clicking is power user, I said that you assessing features in terms of speed ("Is hovering faster than clicking?") is a power user approach. It's deeper than just bare speed and accessibility features are not developed to provide physically faster experience, but one that is more comfortable for some group of users.

Hovering preview does not even take ability to click through tabs away, but could provide comfort for a user who is not as browser proficient, for the reasons I outlined above.