(In reply to Kelly Cochrane [:kcochrane] from comment #0) > UX has previously stated: > "My understanding is that the 180px max-width is intended to make compact mode feel consistently denser, I think we're slightly getting lost in the weeds here in terms of what users enabling compact mode want and expect. > It would allow more tabs to remain visible at once The max-width does not make a difference for how many tabs can be visible at once. The min-width is the relevant measure for that, but we don't have much (or any, really) room to reduce that. > and prevent longer titles from taking up as much horizontal space." This is free space, intended for tabs to take it. Most users have so few tabs that they don't ever overflow, and allowing those users to see more of page titles seems like a good thing.
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(In reply to Kelly Cochrane [:kcochrane] from comment #0) > UX has previously stated: > "My understanding is that the 180px max-width is intended to make compact mode feel consistently denser, I think we're slightly getting lost in the weeds here in terms of what users enabling compact mode want and expect. This proposed change seems unnecessarily crippling. > It would allow more tabs to remain visible at once The max-width does not make a difference for how many tabs can be visible at once. The min-width is the relevant measure for that, but we don't have much (or any, really) room to reduce that. > and prevent longer titles from taking up as much horizontal space." This is free space, intended for tabs to take it. Most users have so few tabs that they don't ever overflow, and allowing those users to see more of page titles seems like a good thing.