Comment 12 for bug 743447

I think I have to agree with Christian on this one. When you first open a browser you probably go for the tab button right away so you can open all of your most visited sites.

Having the new tab button in the tabbar on the left increases discoverability by a wide margin. I can backup this statement by my own experience when I first tried Midori. It was a pain to find the tab button first time around, normally browsers like Firefox and Chrome have their new tab button on the left. Including it in Midori would ease the transition for new users. Having the new tab button on the left next to other 'action' buttons would increase productivity. When I switched from Chrome to Midori my productivity fell by a slim margin.

In Midori, you have to drag the mouse upward and to the right to the other side of the screen while in maximized mode to reach the button. Then you have to drag it downward to the left to get to the new tab that you opened.
In Chrome, the button is next to your new tab, so very little movement is necessary between the button and the tab.