I think that's how it works now. I just tried it -- I opened Twitter, pinned it, clicked in the address bar, typed "facebook.com", pressed enter, and it opened in a new tab.
Using 4.0.249.30 (Official Build 33928) on Linux. Or am I misunderstanding the desired behavior? On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 08:53, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > (Re-CCing Chromium-discuss) > I understand what you mean, but I do not see a reason to make the specific > change you are talking about. > ☆PhistucK > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 16:48, Ali B. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually, I think your use case is rather common. But back to the original >> topic, I am not sure I understand what's the purpose of pinned tabs if >> they're going to behave 100% like "ordinary" tabs. Surely their existence is >> not solely cosmetic now, or is it? >> >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:26 AM, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I do not see a reason to do that. >>> Moreover, I would love to have an option to create a new pinned tab when >>> clicking on a link in a pinned tab (right click-->Open in a new pinned >>> tab?). >>> (For example, you start your day with Google Reader on and you go to >>> GMail, but at the end of the day, you close GMail and leave Google Reader >>> open at the end of your workday. Chrome remains open all of the time.) >>> But I guess my use case is uncommon. >>> ☆PhistucK >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 16:14, Ali B. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello >>>> I'd like to discuss the sense behind adding more restrictions to pinned >>>> tab as opposed to the normal normal tabs. >>>> Right now, typing an address, performing a search or hitting the home >>>> button would normally result in changing the location of the active tab, >>>> whatever it was. Unless Alt or the middle button is used. While this sounds >>>> reasonable for regular tab, it maybe too much for pinned ones IMHO. >>>> The reason is because my understanding of pinned tabs, besides the >>>> technical fact that they will be "pinned" to the left side of the window, >>>> minimized in sized and having their close button hidden, I think the real >>>> benefit and the main use case for this feature is keeping aside tabs that >>>> I'd definitely want to keep open (Think my Gmail). I would want these tabs >>>> to be somehow preserved from being tampered with while I can browse freely >>>> on other tabs. Therefore, what would you guys think of having a >>>> different behaviour for opening new address when a pinned tab is the active >>>> one? Say, defaulting opening the address in a new tab when pinned tabs are >>>> active? >>>> -- >>>> Ali B./dmondark >>>> http://awhitebox.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] >>>> View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> Ali B./dmondark >> http://awhitebox.com > > -- > Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -- Caleb Eggensperger http://calebegg.com/ -- Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
