On 14 Oct 2015, at 15:54, Carpii UK <carpii.uk@gmail.com> wrote:

the main reason for the tab bar is to allow ⌘1-n as accelerator keys for the first n tabs (where n is probably no higher than 5).

No it isn't.

You do realise you are arguing with the TextMate author here?

Maybe TM doesn't work exactly how you want it to, but the reason he's provided for the feature is not something you can really dispute

It doesn't mean features can't be disputed, it makes apps better, and for tabs a horizontally scrolling tab bar is better than a menu. Or a menu where the items of which can be dragged and dropped within it.