9 Tab-Based Interface Techniques
Tab-Based Interface (TBI) is a growing phenomenon on the web. Designers and developers have worked hard to incorporate this feature in many well-known websites. Tab-based interface is an extremely user-friendly way of highlighting quality content because it allows developers to maintain multiple content on one page navigated by tabs which avoids users to open multiple windows to access the important content.
You have seen it being used on many famous websites and it often looks complex. But it doesn’t have to be. Creating tab based interfaces and customizing it to match your design is a matter of few minutes. With the combination of CSS, JavaScript, and DHTML this is made possible and doable. Content is not loaded separately instead it is being loaded all in one page using Ajax-based techniques.
So lets check out some of the freeware tab interfaces that will let you create and implement tabs on your website within minutes.
Free Tab-Based Interfaces
jQuery Tab Script
Control Tabs
Ajax Tab Content Script
Tab Panes
JavaScript Tabifier
Crackajax Tab
DOMTab – Navigation Tab
Tabtastic
Kollermedia Tab Menu
We all know that tab based interface is being used on many blogs now a days. Why, because there is a switch to Magazine Style Themes now. Bloggers want to highlight more content on their home page, so readers can get to see the important stuff without going into their archives. This is a perfect way. Simple edits to CSS and you will have a beautiful tabber running on your blog.
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Thank you for an elaborate and exhaustive explanation. You have made it simple to understand. I hope to see more of such explanatory posts.
Wow thanks for the post, I had no clue it was actually this simple
Tabs seem like a great way go when doing something that requires instructions or filling something out. Especially when you may have to flip back to a certain page and not loose your data on your current page.
You forgot my favorite one, StereoTabs!
It’s the only one I’ve ever used and I stick with it because it’s so simple to use.
Anyway, great list here nonetheless.
Thank you for the instructions.They are useful,absolutely clear and convenient in practical work.
Tabs are really useful when you need to put a lot of information on small space. Thanks for gathering scripts.
Excellent share. Thanks. Tab-Based interfaces are very popular and very useful also, and you gave us best examples.
These are very useful, techniques, thanks for sharing them. Tabs are always good to have
I have been looking into just this thing lately.
Its a good post. I liked the detailed explaination given by you
I like the tab interface. The only problem with tabbed interfaces are still the search engines crawling…
I also recommend Scrolling Tabs http://extjs.com/deploy/ext-2.0-alpha1/examples/tabs/tabs-adv.html
i love these tab based interfaces.but the fact is it makes my blog loading very slow.
Thank you so much. Never had an idea tab based interface was so simple.