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



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.


Actually, Chrome invented them and everyone followed.

Safari is just the only one that didn't.


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


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


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


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

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


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




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