Tab (interface)

[2] The WordVision DOS word processor[3] for the IBM PC in 1982[4] was perhaps the first commercially available product with a tabbed interface.

[5] The NeWS version of UniPress's Gosling Emacs text editor was another early product with multiple tabbed windows in 1988.

[7][8] HyperTIES also supported pie menus for managing windows and browsing hypermedia documents with PostScript applets.

That same year, the text editor UltraEdit also appeared with a modern multi-row tabbed interface.

One example is visual tabbed browsing in OmniWeb version 5, which displays preview images of pages in a drawer to the left or right of the main browser window.

Tab behavior in an application is determined by the underlying widget toolkit (for example Firefox uses GTK) framework.

[14] Tab hoarding can lead to stress and information overload,[14] distraction, and reduced computer performance.

[16] Tab hoarders have attributed the behavior to anxiety,[17] fear of missing out,[18] procrastination,[19] and poor personal information management practices.