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Firefox Finally Did It (Tab Groups) (linuxiac.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thousands of users wanted it, so Firefox delivered it. Tab Groups are now live to help you declutter and stay organized while browsing.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You’re on of us then!

I, and many others, start closing stuff when there’s more than a handful.

Others, like many, just run then forever and ever. A sea of icons, tiny and compressed. Worrying they’ll lose that tab they really like in amongst the clutter. Unaware of the history feature.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

History shows everything I've ever been to including the "nope that top result in my search engine actually didn't contain the search string anywhere in its contents and is thus useless to me." pages
Bookmarks are for things I routinely go to for years
Tabs are useful results for the projects I'm working on now.
Pinned tabs are the pages I visit multiple times a day.

None of those is a substitute for any other.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I'm aware of the history feature. It doesn't do what you seem to think it does (keep a tab in suspension in an easily accessible location over multiple hours or days of browsing).

Now, the OneTab extension? That's actually suitable for this purpose. History doesn't do what it does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

You might have a valid point if history fucking worked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I can't stand having more than maybe 5-6 tabs open. As the poster above stated, it just gives me anxiety to have random tabs open. I get disoriented trying to figure out what my focus is in a sea of tabs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly, and if its important you just bookmark it.

I tend to shorten my bookmarks to just a space so in practice they are just a row of tiny icons anyway. They are always at the same spot and only take resources when needed.

I would love a vertical bookmark sidebar but for some reason we have to reinvent the wheel with tabs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

The bookmarks are already vertically aligned in the side bar.