Firefox Finally Did It
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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.
        • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          24 days ago

          The chrome tab groups were what I missed the most when I switched, so I’m happy with the change. It’s a little jankier feeling as in chrome it’s harder to drag a tab out of the group, while in Firefox if you move a tab to the end it’s hard to get it to stay in the group.

          It would also be nice if any of it was themeable, but themeability in Firefox is a whole other problem.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      26 days ago

      Not when window history in only 3 windows long. That deletes 90% of my tabs instantly.

      Managing that would be a nightmare too. Good luck alt-tabbing to the one you want.

  • raptir@mander.xyz
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    26 days ago

    I’m glad they’ve added it to desktop, but based on my usage it’s more important for me on mobile. Hopefully they bring it to Android soon.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      25 days ago

      As someone who is disgusted by people’s browser tab hygiene on desktop, I will say that I do have this issue on mobile. But it’s really more about how the browser is set up (on Android at least). Every single link I click opens a new tab, and I almost never scroll through existing tabs because, out of sight out of mind.

    • bruce965@lemmy.ml
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      26 days ago

      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?

      • souperk@reddthat.com
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        26 days ago

        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.

        • bruce965@lemmy.ml
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          7 days 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.

          EDIT 2: the “optimize for touch screen” option can be seen by right clicking the toolbar and choosing “Customize toolbar”. Changing the density to “Touch” (on the bottom) makes these icons bigger.

    • some_random_nick@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      I have a few use cases:

      1. Many youtube videos that are like 30+ minutes long saved for later
      2. Documentation on some stuff that I need to go back and forth
      3. Movies or games that I found, but don’t want to write down and forget
      4. Going down rabbit holes on wikipedia and saving it for another day
      5. Everything else that catches my attention and deserves a honorable spot in the tab bar

      Basically, I use my browser as a notebook. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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    26 days ago

    Can someone at least help me understand what tabs have that bookmarks don’t?

    If i have more then 4 tabs open i get anxious because i can’t intuitively remember what each does. I have folders for categories of bookmarks.

    • TheBeesKnees@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      26 days ago

      It’s a combination of things… I’m a software developer, so I’ll often end up with 20+ tabs open while resolving a problem.

      • I don’t want to bookmark them because I don’t need them when I finish the task.
      • I can’t close the tabs until I’m sure everything’s working because Google sucks these days and who knows how hard it’ll be to find the source again.
      • Relying on browser history is like finding a needle in a haystack. Tasks can take multiple days and 100 different entries in history.
      • I might have “finished” a task that still needs tested and I know it’s a bit shaky; I’ll want to move onto a new task but keep the most useful references until I no longer need them.
      • I only bookmark pages that I’ll need long-term or multiple times. It’s already hard enough to keep those organized…

      My tab hoarding has only gotten this bad because search engines are terrible now and the amount of AI garbage to sort through makes finding anything useful a pain in the ass the first time; let alone trying to find it a second time.