Whatever happened to single window mode?

guitarbloke · February 14, 2002 3:19AM

Yeah, I know, everyone hated it in the OS X beta, but for apps like Internet Explorer, swapping between webpages to try and make the most of 56k bandwidth, it'd be a godsend.

Any alternatives?

xeo · February 14, 2002 6:55AM

I thought there was an app that could do something similar to it back in the 10.0.x days. I don't know what it was called and it doesn't seem to be on VT anymore.

Sorry.

macanoid(tm) · February 14, 2002 7:16AM

[quote]Originally posted by Guitarbloke:

Yeah, I know, everyone hated it in the OS X beta, but for apps like Internet Explorer, swapping between webpages to try and make the most of 56k bandwidth, it'd be a godsend.

Any alternatives?<hr></blockquote>

You should really try Mozzila 0.9.8. It has a 'tabbed-browsing' option. this allows you to have many windows open in the form of tabs, while loading new ones in the background.

also, is very very fast, and (in my humble opinion) renders pages more beautifully than IE!

ghost_user_name · February 14, 2002 4:36PM

tabbed windows hum? That's a neat idea. I'll have to think abou that.

thinkingdifferent · February 14, 2002 9:43PM

[quote]Originally posted by Scott H.:

tabbed windows hum? That's a neat idea. I'll have to think abou that.<hr></blockquote>

It actually does sound like a neat idea but I've heard mozilla can be flakey sometimes..

jeremiah rich · February 15, 2002 12:48AM

Ya, I was watching the keynote unveiling of the OSX interface, and wondering this myself....

macanoid(tm) · February 15, 2002 2:30AM

[quote]Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent:



It actually does sound like a neat idea but I've heard mozilla can be flakey sometimes..<hr></blockquote>

As of 0.9.8 mozilla has been completely stable. Not a single crash, not one!!

and this is what Mozilla will look like in a few weeks or so - look at the cool 'tabbed' windows

[ 02-15-2002: Message edited by: macanoid? ]

fobie · February 15, 2002 6:08AM

Dosen't Opera have tabbed windows to?

vasu · February 15, 2002 9:43AM

[quote]Originally posted by macanoid?:



As of 0.9.8 mozilla has been completely stable. Not a single crash, not one!!

and this is what Mozilla will look like in a few weeks or so - look at the cool 'tabbed' windows

<hr></blockquote>

WOAH. How'd you get Mozilla to look that cool? I didn't know it could look *that* aqua, just kinda aqua.. Those buttons are no nice.

can this be done in 0.98 or something later?

-vasu

big red · February 15, 2002 10:04AM

I just wanted to chime in and echo the sentiment that the most recent Mozilla for OS X is pretty sweet. There are still a couple of pages that won't load properly, but it's ahead of IE for OS X right now, IMO. It's fast, very stable, and does a pretty good rendering job.

logan cale · February 15, 2002 1:25PM

That's Chimera.

vasu · February 15, 2002 7:09PM

[quote]Originally posted by MacAgent:

That's Chimera.<hr></blockquote>

Where can I get and/or get more information on this?

I really love tabbed browsing (even though it could use some improvments), but the tabs are too huge!

The tabs in the screenshot above looks really good, I'd like that

-vasu

wjmoore · February 16, 2002 11:45AM

[quote]Originally posted by vasu:



Where can I get and/or get more information on this?<hr></blockquote>

<a href="http://chimera.mozdev.org/"; target="_blank">http://chimera.mozdev.org/</a>;

Wesley

nebagakid · February 16, 2002 12:36PM

What is the plug-in that allows for mouse movements to be commands?

Like drawing an X means close the window?

Whatever happened to single window mode?

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