I've had this in my mind for a while but just thought I'd throw together a sketch/concept of my idea, pretty sure it's a common thought by many people but I would really like to see the browser's tab evolve seeing how everything else around them are evolving also.
I spend a lot of time with my browser open, looking at news, researching for school, etc. It's tough to manage multiple tabs and the content on each. My biggest gripe is with internet music players. You can't control them unless you go into their browser tab/window and change it from there, taking focus off of your current tab. Facebook and Gmail and other sites have used the tabs/title bar to display the amount of notifications that someone has, but that's as far as the tech can bring them. Why not allow sites to specify certain links that will be clickable in the tab bar, such as a link to a friends list, main page, photos, an upload option, etc. Most sites make these options available on their pages but why not extend the page beyond the window and into the tab? In theory all one would have to do is extend a webpage into the tab itself rather than the tab grabbing info from the website to display. With this designers/developers can choose what to put on their "tab section" such as playback controls or links, making access easy even outside of the window.
Here's a drawn-up concept:
Emphasis on "Clickable" and interactive elements within the tab
Ok, procrastination over, comments?
I spend a lot of time with my browser open, looking at news, researching for school, etc. It's tough to manage multiple tabs and the content on each. My biggest gripe is with internet music players. You can't control them unless you go into their browser tab/window and change it from there, taking focus off of your current tab. Facebook and Gmail and other sites have used the tabs/title bar to display the amount of notifications that someone has, but that's as far as the tech can bring them. Why not allow sites to specify certain links that will be clickable in the tab bar, such as a link to a friends list, main page, photos, an upload option, etc. Most sites make these options available on their pages but why not extend the page beyond the window and into the tab? In theory all one would have to do is extend a webpage into the tab itself rather than the tab grabbing info from the website to display. With this designers/developers can choose what to put on their "tab section" such as playback controls or links, making access easy even outside of the window.
Here's a drawn-up concept:
Emphasis on "Clickable" and interactive elements within the tab
Ok, procrastination over, comments?