Tabs A stunning discovery of digital surfaces. Especially for mobile devices. We see not only the current context, but also possible ones r…

Tabs A stunning discovery of digital surfaces. Especially for mobile devices. We see not only the current context, but also possible ones related by content or form. Tabs allow the current context to expand without interfering with main navigation. Unlike dropdown menus, tabs make it possible to see all options at once. And what about trends in styling? WhatsApp recently released an update where they made beautiful pills. And how else can tabs be styled so that it is sexy? A quick scan shows designers consolidating around one of two fandoms: - Material Design Enjoyer - Spotify Average Fan For the first group, the image can be explained by minimizing visual techniques: the line is the message! But what about the second? I just go squish-squish! In 2023 Spotify had an interesting development of expanded contextual navigation. Now they have abandoned it on the main screens. Netflix is holding on for now. I like this technique: after tapping a tab, nearby you can try to promote something completely unhinged. What am I getting at. It seems that today, if you need to use tabs, you need to choose underlines or pills. There is no third option. Native iOS tabs are not sexy at all. WhatsApp tabs look sexy. Because of the tinting of the pills' text labels.