[Sigia-l] tabbed design user test

[PeterV]

>  <snip>
>  A common issue with tabs is that a lot of designs use tabs 
>  for something other than different views or different types 
>  of information on the same thing. It beats me why this ever 
>  happens, but one sees it all the time. <snip>

That's not an issue. Tabs were originally used for different views of
the same information, however, the web evolved them into something else
- users no longer expect different views of the same information behind
tabs, they can be perfectly used to organise different information
that's not about 'the same thing'. Users understand them like that, and
"one sees this all the time", so it is a de-facto standard. Things
change, even in interface design.
PeterV