> Why have reverse tabs won? What are "reverse tabs"?

hayksaakian · on April 29, 2014

The parent is implying that safari style tabs are the proper version, and that chrome, Firefox, and IE are using 'reverse tabs'

djur · on April 29, 2014

For people who haven't used Safari, like me:

http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/107000/107752/safar...

It appears that "Safari-style tabs" are tabs that extend down from the address bar, not up from it.

tambourine_man · on April 29, 2014

Actually, Chrome invented them and everyone followed.

Safari is just the only one that didn't.

crazysim · on April 29, 2014

It followed for a little bit during a few betas and then didn't from what I recall.

jannes · on April 29, 2014

Chrome didn't invent tabs on top of the address bar. As far as I know Opera did, which had them in version 7 from as far back as 2003.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opera_7.02.png

math0ne · on April 29, 2014

Firefox had this long before chrome was even out...

tambourine_man · on April 29, 2014

http://www.blogcdn.com/downloadsquad.switched.com/media/2007...

And IE7: http://winsupersite.com/site-files/winsupersite.com/files/ar...

Excavator · on April 29, 2014

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2600816

blueskin_ · on April 29, 2014

Tabs on top like chrome.

I don't care where the tabs go by default, as long as we have an option to move them if we want. Unfortunately, as Mozilla are turning into google, they have decided choice is evil and bad.