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Why tiles are better than thumbnails

Friday, 3. February 2006, 00:10:20

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I just wrote out my full argument on why Opera's existing functionality is better than tab thumbnails (whether in Opera or Firefox) with screenshots to illustrate: http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lainspotting/2006/02/problem-with-tab-thumbnails.html

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Rijk 3. February 2006, 11:14

Just a quick note: in Opera 9, you can make FtWW the default, by setting 'Rendering mode=-1' in opera:config. This means you don't choose a specific mode, but instead let Opera pick the right mode for the window width, just like 'View > Fit to window width' does.

Lawmune 3. February 2006, 14:18

Very cool, thanks!

Lawmune 3. February 2006, 19:11

Mark, thank you. I already have a link to that in my previous post and the longer article.

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