jkirk3d ago

Split View is an interesting new #firefox feature:

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/split-view/

Split View in Firefox: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them | The Mozilla Blog

Much of what we do on the web involves looking at more than one thing at a time – booking tickets while checking your calendar, taking notes as you go th

Show threadKarl Voit  3d ago

@jkirk I don't know.

Another feature that tries to replace normal OS window operations. 🤷

Show threadgregor perner 🐧

@publicvoit @jkirk

That is just a symptom of the stagnation of GUI usability in my opinion. After decades still, the software-stacks are far away from providing these features for generic applications to other user-groups than ricer/power-users.

So the applications build it themselves, which is understandable and easier to deal with than the myriad of combinations of window-manager/compositor/desktop-environment integrations.

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Show threadKarl Voit  3d ago

@grulli @jkirk Well, most DM as well as Windows provide Win+left/right for that use-case AFAIR.

Furthermore: before dragging generic functionality to each application separately, I'd rather think of how to educate people.

After all: this feature also needs instructions and advertisements as it is not totally obvious.

Then there is the issue of having different UX for the same feature implemented in different application which results in much worse situation.

Similar effects: each app implementing "read later" or "simple todo list" and so forth.

This is a bad strategy IMO.

#PIM #education