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-[http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/]
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is an [X11] WindowManager that deviates from the dominant overlapping windows paradigm. Instead, it allows you to divide your screen up into a series of frames. You can bind classes of windows to particular frames, and having multiple windows open per frame gives you a series of tabs in the frame titlebar.
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http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/] is an [X11] WindowManager written by Tuomo Valkonen after implementing [PWM] to test tabbing and finding
that it didn't suffice as a means of increasing the efficiency of use of [GUI] applications. [Ion]
deviates from the dominant overlapping windows paradigm. Instead, it allows you to divide your screen up into a series of frames. You can bind classes of windows to particular frames, and having multiple windows open per frame gives you a series of tabs in the frame titlebar.
Check out a screenshot to get a better idea: http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/screenshots/ion-1.jpg
It has excellent keyboard support, and obviates the need for programs like [Mozilla] to implement their own tabbing. In fact, programs that do their own tabbing are a [PITA] because you can't use your standard keybindings to manipulate them.
