Open Pages list is confronting user expectations of UI reaction (proximity theory)
Submitted by Evgeny Kolesnikov
Link to original bug (#791786)
Description
Created attachment 365746 The "fixed" variant of the control
The four-button radiobutton/tablike switch is closer to the Open Pages than to things it really controls. It become more obvious when the list is growing.
There is a "fix" for this in the attachment which makes things better from the proximity theory point of view, but, at the same time, emboldens awkwardness of whole panes mixup, mentioned in 785426.
I'm not really proposing my "fix", but more like making a point that there is a problem.
I might personally like to have it at the right side, toggleable with a hotkey (with focusing on toggling), maybe coupled with something else like search results. I did not come to conclusion about what I'd like it to be though, so I'm not creating a new report yet.