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Tabs 0:34

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

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What this video covers

Tabs split one screen into parallel panels, showing only one at a time. They keep pages short by hiding everything except the selected panel - which is the whole point, and the whole danger.

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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