[Bug 572074]

[Fryn]

(In reply to Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich) from comment #34)
> (In reply to Zhenshuo Fang (:fang) - Firefox UX Team from comment #32)
> > Since most of
> > the user expect the new tab shows up near where they click the new tab
> > button.
> 
> Hi! Can you explain your rationale or show the evidence to support this
> claim?

We make the new tab button look like a tab, so when the user clicks it,
we lead the user to expect that the button will either transform into a
new tab or produce a new tab from itself.

Also, as a general rule, I think buttons should produce visual feedback
as close to themselves as possible; conversely, place buttons as close
to their target of action as possible.

We (at least Limi and I) have considered/wanted having every new tab
open next to the current tab, but this would require having a "plus"
button be attached/adjacent to the current tab for the mapping to make
sense visually, and I don't think we solved it in terms of visual design
yet.

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Title:
  New tabs open to the right of all existing tabs instead of opening
  next to the current tab

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