Trapezoidal tabs
 Supermium 122 with trapezoidal tabs on Windows XP. | |
| Developer(s) | Chromium Devs and Google |
|---|---|
| Initial release | Chrome 1.0 (15 years ago. September, 2nd 2008.) |
| Final release | Chrome 68
/ (5 years ago) July 24, 2018 |
A type of browser UI that makes tabs look trapezoidal. Used in Chrome and Chromium until version 67. Trapezoidal tabs still exist in an unofficial fork of Chromium called Supermium.
History of trapezoidal tabs
[change | change source]It first started with Chromium and Chrome that came out in the year 2008, marking the start of trapezoidal tabs. The tabs became less sharp due to modernisation and oversimplification in the mid-2010s (circa 2014-2018), and in the year 2018, the trapezoidal tabs got replaced with rounded tabs, marking the end of trapezoidal tabs.