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

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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] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I've started using vertical tabs in Firefox as soon as I got the notification. I never thought I would have liked them so much.

Why are you asking for decent vertical tabs? Are they inferior to some other browser you have in mind?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I like Arc's user experience with vertical tabs. They are bigger, easier to organize and they are cleaner. Also, the sidebar toggle is hard to work with, ideally I would prefer the ability to toggle with a shortcut or reveal on hover.

Aside Arc, Zen browser has a good vertical tab experience.

Overall, I still main firefox for my personal browser, though it's UX is still lacking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

There is a keyboard shortcut. It's CTRL+ALT+Z for me. Unless you mean something else?

As for the "reveal on hover", iirc there was a dismissable message that said it is coming soon.

If I can share my opinion, they are more than big enough if you toggle the checkbox "optimize for touch screen". I would have to try Arc or Zen again to understand what you mean.

The only complaint I have is that I need to hover (or expand) to see the title. It becomes annoying when I'm reading documentation and I end up with multiple tabs with the same icon.

EDIT: I can't seem to find the "optimize for touch screen" checkbox anymore, but I'm sure there is something like that somewhere because I enabled it on one of my devices which has a touch screen.

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

I've been using the tree-style-tabs plugin for the last 4 years, because I like vertical tabs, and nesting it provides.

But now that Firefox actually finally has proper vertical tabs, and tab groups, I can move away from tree-style-tabs (I don't use any of its other features).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wanted to like them but I dont know, I think they are more natural at the top still.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

I’m going to stick it out for maybe a couple months (past this first ~month period) just to see if maybe they are superior somehow