Comment 3 for bug 1028650

I wonder if perhaps expanding the entry points for the existing record tiling interface (look for bibs_abreast.js and bibs_abreast.xul, available since Fall 2010) might be more usable, from a cataloging perspective. To see the existing interface in action, just toss a few bibs in a bucket and select the "Merge these records?" action.

I suspect that vertical tiling could be added pretty easily by switching the orientation of the outermost hbox to vertical as "Stack subfields" does in the MARC editor, code re-use would decrease maintenance costs (BTW, looking into the internals of tabs and windows can be fragile, and break across XulRunner versions), and help drive general improvement to the feature as more folks use it.