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.

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

    • bruce965@lemmy.ml
      9·
      20 hours 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
        2·
        4 hours 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
          1·
          2 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.

      • flubba86@lemmy.world
        3·
        16 hours 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).

      • 1984@lemmy.today
        2·
        17 hours ago

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

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          9 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

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Go to Settings > Design, and then under Tab Bar Style select “Vertical Tab Bar (experimental)”. I recommend checking the “Collapse Vertical Tab Bar” checkbox, too. That way, the tab bar collapses into icons when your cursor isn’t over it, taking up less window space.