160566 - New Tab Button for Toolbar

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Camino Graveyard :: Tabbed Browsing, enhancement)

Description

[Stefan Wrobel]

I just think it would be nice to have a new tab button that can be added to the
toolbar (a new window one wouldn't be bad too...)  Thanks :-)

Comment 1

[saari (gone)]

The user studies on the mozilla new tab button are not encouraging, basically no
one gets what it is. So if you're advanced enough to figure out how to do tabs,
do you really want a button on the toolbar? Just a question.

Comment 2

[Winnie Lam]

Another idea:  have an "open new tab" button available in the Customize Toolbar
panel so that users who'd like to have it in their toolbars can customize it
themselves.

Comment 3

[Stefan Wrobel]

That's exactly what I was suggesting ... one in the customize toolbar panel so
it can be put in if wanted.  Not in there by default.

Comment 4

[Lauri Kieksi]

Attachment: Proposed New Tab toolbar icon

I agree, a toolbar button for making a new tab would be nice. Not to mention
hideable, so it doesn't need to be there to bother users who don't understand
it or just don't want it there. Here's a suggestion for the icon. Also see bug
155292 for its counterpart, the Close Tab toolbar icon.

Comment 5

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

that icon is sorta busy and confusing. could you simplify it?

Comment 6

[Lauri Kieksi]

Attachment: Improved New Tab toolbar icon

Well I gave it a try, here's the result.

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

->pink, but feel free to reassign. :)

Comment 8

[Cortland Klein]

Not only should there be a New Tab button in the toolbar, there should be a
Close Tab button also.

Comment 9

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

-> simon, who is getting good icons from ugo. there's a newer bug filed on this
already. dupe as appropriate.

Comment 10

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Fixed.

Comment 11

[Brad Kemper]

I just downloaded 2002112204, but I don't see any new icons. Nothing about new
tab or close tab.

Comment 12

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

No new nightly builds have been done since this was checked in.

Comment 13

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

rs vrfy --see bug 180839.