566652 - stacked groups have a clunky workflow

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Graveyard :: Panorama, defect)

Description

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

currently if i have a stacked group, the workflow to open a tab looks like:

1. click the stack
2. wait for the panel to open
3. click an item

sometimes i want a specific tab in the group, but i have to click and wait and then visually hunt for it, and click again. it's really stop-n-go workflow. it'd be smoother if the stack opened on mouseover (suggested change #1).

but most times i actually just want to open the group, without a particular tab in mind yet. my whole workflow looking like:

1. ctl+e (closing current workspace, opening tabcandy)
2. click a stack
3. wait for the panel to open
4. get a papercut because i have to choose a particular tab to open the group
5. click a tab

i'd prefer to have a way to open the whole group/stack without having to open the panel and without having to click on a tab. double-clicking the stack would be ok, or maybe a little corner button for this (suggested change #2).

Comment 1

[Ian Gilman [:iangilman]]

Assigning to Aza for design.

Comment 2

[Aza Raskin [:aza]]

Good call, Dietrich. There was a hysteresis in interaction — leaving a group and getting back to the group were not symmetric. Now, clicking on a group drops you back into that group. Command-clicking on a group opens the tray. Will think more about adding a "quick-look" button as per your suggestion #2.

Comment 3

[(no longer active)]

Mass moving all Tab Candy bugs from Mozilla Labs to Firefox::Tab Candy.  Filter the bugmail spam with "tabcandymassmove".