Safari Tabbed Browsing Petition - Almost 3000 votes!

m01ety · January 11, 2003 8:54AM

Hey guys and gals;

Long time lurker, first time poster. I've created a petition for Apple to urge them to include tabbed browsing in Safari. At least one prominent mac news site has picked up the link as a story, and I'm hoping more will in the future.

Either way, the petition can be found here:

<a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/safaritb/petition.html"; target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/safaritb/petition.html</a>;

If you want tabbed browsing and autofill, why not go and sign it? It'll only take a second or two of your time.

******

To the trolls: Yeah, Apple might not listen. Then again they might. Either way, I still believe that (grassroots) democracy is a viable way to get things done, and I've got nothing to lose by having started the petition.

******

*waves to Chucker*

[ 01-11-2003: Message edited by: m01ety ]

chucker · January 11, 2003 9:05AM

[quote]Originally posted by m01ety:

*waves to Chucker*

eman · January 11, 2003 9:59AM

I signed when I first saw the link, I think at MacNN.

m01ety · January 11, 2003 10:02AM

Thanks, EmAn.

I don't think MacNN posted the link... So far only MacMinute did. Either way, if they did, great!

[ 01-11-2003: Message edited by: m01ety ]

pscates · January 11, 2003 10:07AM

I hate to sound so stupid, but what is "tabbed browsing", exactly? I've heard this phrase flung around since Tuesday, but I don't know what it is.

thegelding · January 11, 2003 10:15AM

signed early too (number 49 or something like that)...linked from macminute....g

pscates....u never used chimera??

tabs are like having multiple windows open, but more compact and easier to use....they are nice and make going from multiple sites faster...they aren't a "deal breaker", but it would be nice if safari had them......the tabs are near the top of that photo...i think i opened five sites.....

ps...i feel almost brad-like when i do these geeky things....of course his are much better in layout and presentation....and clarity....and often come with a nice photo of a stuffed japanese monster doll...that's what my posts need more of....stuffed japanese monster dolls.....

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thegelding · January 11, 2003 10:50AM

blue arrows point to tabs in the above photo...ugly blue arrow i must add...g

spart · January 11, 2003 10:52AM

Geez gelding, how bad are your eyes if you must enlarge the text that much to read?

thegelding · January 11, 2003 11:26AM

i have 20/15 vision...only person out of my mom and brothers who doesn't wear glasses....i just like big text...damn you

g

spart · January 11, 2003 11:29AM

I wish I had 20/10 vision...that would be sweet.

thegelding · January 11, 2003 11:33AM

yeah, not bad for an old man like me...vision is one of the only things still working well on this old timer.... :eek: g

nahhh, life is good, all is good....nice to have the luck of an irishman, and the liver of one too.....g

burningwheel · January 11, 2003 11:56AM

if they add tabs it's an option they should allow you to turn on and off..

i've never used chimera so i have no experience with them

eman · January 11, 2003 11:59AM

[quote]Originally posted by burningwheel:

if they add tabs it's an option they should allow you to turn on and off..

i've never used chimera so i have no experience with them<hr></blockquote>

Why? Just don't use them if you don't want them.

eman · January 11, 2003 12:00PM

[quote]Originally posted by m01ety:

Thanks, EmAn.

I don't think MacNN posted the link... So far only MacMinute did. Either way, if they did, great!

[ 01-11-2003: Message edited by: m01ety ]<hr></blockquote>

I meant the forums, not the main site.

burningwheel · January 11, 2003 12:07PM

[quote]Originally posted by EmAn:



Why? Just don't use them if you don't want them.<hr></blockquote>

why? it would be easy to make them to be able to be turned off and on

nevyn · January 11, 2003 12:38PM

Sorry to rain on the parade, but someone used Interface Builder to examine Safari... and there's unused buttons in the preferences labeled 'Tabbed' and 'No Tabs'.

That strongly implies that tabbed browsing is on the way once kinks are worked out -> chill & wait.

ast3r3x · January 11, 2003 1:30PM

i'd rather have autofill first, tabbed browsing really isn't important to me, i dont mind having it at long as we can NOT have it on

rok · January 11, 2003 2:23PM

um, why the hell is there a petition for tabs in the browser? it's beta software, for chrissakes. just send in the feature request, like apple asked you to do. a full-blown "petition" seems a bit over-the-top for week old beta software...

pscates · January 11, 2003 3:59PM

I downloaded Chimera a while back and used it a little, but I don't think I activated the tabbed thing. I see now what it is.

Yeah, that might be a useful, cool thing for Safari to have.

I think, when it's all said and done, Safari is going to be THE browser for OS X.

See my sig below...I'm already very, very pleased with it. Haven't launched Explorer (or any other browswer, for that matter) since Tuesday afternoon.

Me likes!

trevorm · January 11, 2003 4:05PM

I havent signed the petition, and wont, But I assume that Apple plan to implement tabbed browsing when they add more important features first (Like more prefs etc).

Love Safari!

shawnpatrickjoyce · January 11, 2003 5:21PM

I've signed it at least 3 times.

<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

Seriously there's no way to tell how many unique signatures were actually collected.

Safari Tabbed Browsing Petition - Almost 3000 votes!

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