By increasing the maximum width of tabs and taskbar buttons, you can
- see more of their text labels without truncation,
- have a larger hit area for your mouse pointer, and
- make better use of the space on your wide monitor.
This does not break the resizing logic when you open more tabs, so the worst-case scenario behavior is unchanged. For example, you could set the maximum tab width to a size at least as wide as your monitor. Then, when you have one tab open, it will consume 100% of the available space. Next, when you open another tab, they will each consume 50% of the available space. When the minimum tab width is reached, the existing overflow or scrolling logic will still apply.