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Tabs 0:34

A 34-second explainer of Tabs, narrated over the same demo you can try yourself.

The Tabs explainer. Prefer to do it yourself? Try the interactive demo.

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What this video covers

Tabs slice one area of the screen into parallel panels and show just one at a time. They keep a page short by hiding all but the panel you've picked - which is the whole trick, and the whole risk.

Flip to "one long page" and everything you just had to click for is suddenly there at once. That's the tab bargain laid bare: tabs buy you a tidy, scannable surface by burying every panel you didn't choose behind a click you might never make.

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