228552 - "Close Other Tabs" easy to select accidently when attempting to "Close Tab"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 103354

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[aicklen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208

In the tab context menu, the "Close Other Tabs" option is directly below the
"Close Tab" option. When rapidly opening and closing tabs, it is _very_ easy to
hit "Close Other Tabs" by accident. Since by definition you were trying to close
the tab you _didn't_ want, you end up with all of the desired tabs closed. This
human factors issue commonly results in lost productivity, stress, and an
increased propensity to accidently choose "Close Other Tabs" again.

Possible solutions include:
  - Optional elimination of "Close Other Tabs" menu option
  - Move "Close Other Tabs" away from "Close Tab" menu option
  - Implement an "Are you sure?" dialog for "Close Other Tabs"
  - Implement an "Undo" capabiltiy for tab closings


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Become very busy
2. Open many tabs
3. Decide to close one tab
4. Miss "Close Tab" by just a smidgeon

Comment 1

[Gilles Durys]

Bug 191578 is about a confirmation message.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103354 ***

Comment 2

[HJ]

MultiZilla.mozdev.org might be a good help to you, like it is for many others
people ;)