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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 3 weeks ago

Now do it on mobile and I'll happily switch

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

Anyone know if it will be integrated into Fennec as well? Or, like, soon?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

This was the only thing keeping me on chrome at work. Tab groups are so nice for keeping resources related to specific projects together, especially if you’re juggling several features/fixes at the same time.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I’ve never understood this. You guys know you can have multiple Firefox windows, right? What’s the point of tab groups when you can just group related tabs in a different window? Between multiple workspaces, multiple monitors, and multiple browser windows, I never feel the need to have more than 5-10 tabs open on any one of them at a time. More than that and I’m clearly doing something wrong and need to clean up anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

You underestimate the tab hoarders.

I'm also like you where I barely have more than a few tabs open. But I regularly witness people I know fill the tab bar until you can't read the first 3 letters of the title anymore.

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

Different strokes for different folks. I replied to the guy who replied to you and raised a couple of ideas that I think may distinguish the options to answer your question.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, here's the ol' "I have no use for this feature, and I can't see why anyone else would have one, either", so I get to check that off my bingo card.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

He’s just asking as in, maybe someone can share their perspective on why there may be an advantage to tab groups over windows. And to that end… isn’t there a certain amount of system resources that are increased more with a whole new window as opposed to just more tabs in groups? I would think it would consume more resources, albeit perhaps not to any severe degree. —?

And to the actual question I think visually tab groups are easier to navigate than swapping back through windows. Task managers don’t really tend to present windows in a fashion where you could refer to them in context of one-another. Maybe some custom views that you can install in Linux but even then, ones I’ve tried still don’t quite give you a quick easy overview that shows enough detail. You pretty much see what program you’re swapping to, but not laid out in ways you can compare and choose on the fly the way you want when it’s the same application but different content. That’s my experience, anyhow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

It’s called the ‘inner platform effect’. They are basically replicating parts of the underlying platform (the OS in this case) inside their own application, until the application turns into a platform itself, one crappier than the one below it. You see this happening with web browsers and ‘web apps’.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Switching between windows is far less fluid than switching between tabs.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then maybe switch to a better OS / Window manager?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't matter which one you have.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ever since i switched to zen browser i hace not thought of coming back for a second.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yea Zen is amazing, especially the neat Workspaces feature.

I'm still going back to Firefox because of tab groups.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

live to help you declutter

Me ready to clutter even more 😈

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Right??! So instead of clutter of tabs it will be clutter of tab groups… of tabs, lol.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago

After everybody else yeah... woopie fkn doo. I say this as a LibreWolf user and using Firefox on alt PC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe add some decent vertical tabs too?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

What's wrong about it? I really like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Vertical tabs are working great in FireDragon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, how do you turn them on?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What's the difference to the tab group extension?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

It actually works, without a bunch of insane weird behavior.

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