The user experience with tabs on top, especially in full screen, is poor. In full screen one must move the mouse to the top of the screen to click a tab, yet one cannot have the mouse reach the edge because that triggers the Mac menu, which menu prevents seeing or clicking on the tabs. One must wait a second for the Mac menu animation and for the menu to disappear. From time to time the Mac menu gets "stuck", and one has to leave and re-enter full screen to see tabs. The precision necessary to hover and click the tabs in this scenario takes extra cognitive attention and tactile care - particularly challenging for people with e.g. Parkinsons, which attention and care would be rendered entirely unnecessary if the tabs could be placed at the bottom.
All to say: In the case of full screen, this is a particularly important consideration.
I very much agree with this suggestion.
The user experience with tabs on top, especially in full screen, is poor. In full screen one must move the mouse to the top of the screen to click a tab, yet one cannot have the mouse reach the edge because that triggers the Mac menu, which menu prevents seeing or clicking on the tabs. One must wait a second for the Mac menu animation and for the menu to disappear. From time to time the Mac menu gets "stuck", and one has to leave and re-enter full screen to see tabs. The precision necessary to hover and click the tabs in this scenario takes extra cognitive attention and tactile care - particularly challenging for people with e.g. Parkinsons, which attention and care would be rendered entirely unnecessary if the tabs could be placed at the bottom.
All to say: In the case of full screen, this is a particularly important consideration.