Jakob Nielsen has pointed out in a recent article that I have been using tabs incorrectly in my designs. I have been using tabs as design elements instead of its intended use to alternate between views of things in the same context. This use of tabs as design elements was introduced by Amazon and has been used commonly ever since. I do wonder how that rule came about. When you think of tabbed folders on your desk, they are commonly labeled by subject and are not variations of the same information. Perhaps it comes from the tried and tested use of tabs in web design and the result was that the most sensical way was to alternate between items of the same kind.
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