Friday, January 21, 2011

Browsers To Define Mulitple Home Pages Across Tabs

When is it going to happen?  The web browser I will be most impressed with is the one which allows me to define multiple home pages across the tabbed windows.

Over the years I can admit I have really gotten spoiled by all the advancements with web browsers.  So much so I can't really remember what the first ones really offered and not.  I think the first web browser I remember using was Netscape.  Over the years I have used Internet Explorer and my favorite now is Mozilla Firefox.  It seems every time I try and use Google Chrome it just doesn't work for me.

I thought it was so cool when I first saw the browsers allow multiple tabs.  The first browser I used that feature in was Internet Explorer.  I love it.

Now I want to be spoiled a little more.  When I open my web browser I want multiple tabs to open with the sites I open routinely every time I get on the computer to appear in each tab automatically.  Okay the home page of course I want set to my www.LynneRuffin.com, then I want the next tab to be set to FACEBOOK, then I want a tab where I can check my web email, another tab to go to GOOGLE, then a tab to go to Twitter, , and my Web-Styles.com website.  So I'm thinking at least five tabs would be good.  Six or seven tabs pre-loaded would be great.

I know browsers will hold stuff in session.  I don't want that.  I like everything to be cleared from history when I close out the browser.
Since I'm spoiled already having things like Bookmarks and Favorites is helpful when I come across sites I want to Bookmark or add to My Favorites.  However, I want what I deem my daily to-do sites I want to automatically appear as home pages across multiple tabs.  I want the ability to change and/or update as possible.

Now I'm wondering how big of a change they would need to implement to make it happen.  It appears since the big programming piece is already done it may be a little clunky but at minimum let users select how many tabbed windows they would like preloaded when a browser is opened.  Then incorporate the code for homepage.1, homepage.2, homepage.3, etc. for the end user to define what the home site will be on each tab.  Even as I am typing this post I see there are six tabs predefined.  "Posting, Comments, Settings, Design, Monetize, Stats."

From my database development experience it is as easy as using a tab control to define multiple tabs.  Now I can honestly say I haven't seen the ability for the end user to define on the web what he wants to see in each tab.  However, it is a feature I think is long over due.

Now this is definitely one of these areas I can talk the talk and probably could walk the walk in the right development mind frame or environment.  But since I'm already spoiled I've learned it is much easier to put stuff out there and maybe someone will make it happen.  Better yet to send me a link to where it is already happening and I just don't know about it.

Here's hoping.

Lynne