Re: [dev] 2surf, an experiment in tiled browsing

On 6/11/11, Peter John Hartman <peterjohnhartman_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not just utilize dwm's tile mode and have each link open in a new
> window?
Presumably so you don't have to close a window after every article you
examine, and resize the search results window. If you're going to
resize the parent window every time before you use it, you could just
as well hide it.
A two-pane setup however mandates the common workflow of skimming the
results, selecting an entry for examination, examining the linked
article, and then either reading article or returning to the results
page for continued skimming. Opening a new window for every activated
link would allow for the alternative workflow of continuous skimming
and then reading articles one after another.
But resizing a pager's window will
Received on Sun Jun 12 2011 - 02:38:14 CEST