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I really like the concept of bringing i3-style tiling management to the browser space, but why is it specific to messengers? Since most well-designed websites w

I really like the concept of bringing i3-style tiling management to the browser space, but why is it specific to messengers? Since most well-designed websites work at any size, couldn't you just have a permanent tab at the side of the screen of, say, twitter, or some browser-based IRC client? Admittedly, I'd probably use facebook messenger as this tab anyway, so my needs are covered, but it seems like a missed opportunity. Obviously more technically-inclined individuals on more technically-inclined OS's have this already with proper tiling window managers but Windows and MacOS users probably don't want that system-wide and the browser would be the perfect place to introduce it.

H4CK3RM4N 9y ago
Safari has their pinned tab which makes it easily accessible, if not always open.
claudius 9y ago
Ironically, the old Opera did have this feature, where you could arrange tabs side-by-side within the browser window…
nly 9y ago
Opera had tiling some 12-15 years ago. By default tabs were just 'maximized' to the full window, and they made it harder and harder to access with subsequent versions. I'm not even sure if it made it to the latest presto release (version 12). Edit: the Wikipedia page shows tiling in Opera 1.0 in 1995... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#/media/File:MultiTorg_Opera.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_brows... I'm with you though. I dumped Opera the moment they became a featureless skin around Chrome. Such a sad event Operas best days were the early to mid 2000s
- bigbugbag 9y ago
  Just fired up the real opera (v12.16 b1860) I still have around and use occasionally to this day to test this. Sure enough the tiling feature is there. Right click the tab bar and go to the arrange menu.
  - maaaats 9y ago
    Vivaldi (by the original Opera people) has tiling.
    - bigbugbag 9y ago
      I find vivaldi is not really suited for my several hundreds opened tabs navigation style yet. But I have good hopes for vivaldi and encourage people to try it and even use it as their main browser.
      - thablackbull 9y ago
        > I find vivaldi is not really suited for my several hundreds opened tabs navigation style yet. What is the solution you are currently using that you want them to implement? Is quick commands (F2) + typing the tab name to navigate around not sufficient on Vivaldi?
        filchermcurr 9y ago
        Unfortunately the quick commands window is very slow. It definitely doesn't live up to its name. I love it, though, and I truly hope performance is something they tackle soon.
        thablackbull 9y ago
        This may or may not be a problem specific to your own installation though. While I don't have 100+ tabs, I've been using quick commands for everything since I started using Vivaldi without any issues - it is very snappy for me.
        filchermcurr 9y ago
        Could be. I've noticed it slows down more when you have a lot of bookmarks. Ideally you could choose what type of results quick search would return. I'd be perfectly happy only searching tabs and commands.
jonmccull 9y ago
Vivaldi's "Web Panels" are doing this with a lot more flexibility - you can add any site you want as a custom panel in the sidebar and resize the width to adjust the ratio with your main window. Granted, a lot of people use it for social/messengers, but it's also super useful for resources and tools like Stackoverflow or Google Translate.
- Corristowolf 9y ago
  I like Vivaldi as a whole. Very nice browser and a lot more flexible then chrome and firefox (at least in the UI sense).

H4CK3RM4N 9y ago

Safari has their pinned tab which makes it easily accessible, if not always open.

claudius 9y ago

Ironically, the old Opera did have this feature, where you could arrange tabs side-by-side within the browser window…

nly 9y ago

Opera had tiling some 12-15 years ago. By default tabs were just 'maximized' to the full window, and they made it harder and harder to access with subsequent versions. I'm not even sure if it made it to the latest presto release (version 12). Edit: the Wikipedia page shows tiling in Opera 1.0 in 1995... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#/media/File:MultiTorg_Opera.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_brows... I'm with you though. I dumped Opera the moment they became a featureless skin around Chrome. Such a sad event Operas best days were the early to mid 2000s

bigbugbag 9y ago
Just fired up the real opera (v12.16 b1860) I still have around and use occasionally to this day to test this. Sure enough the tiling feature is there. Right click the tab bar and go to the arrange menu.
- maaaats 9y ago
  Vivaldi (by the original Opera people) has tiling.
  - bigbugbag 9y ago
    I find vivaldi is not really suited for my several hundreds opened tabs navigation style yet. But I have good hopes for vivaldi and encourage people to try it and even use it as their main browser.
    - thablackbull 9y ago
      > I find vivaldi is not really suited for my several hundreds opened tabs navigation style yet. What is the solution you are currently using that you want them to implement? Is quick commands (F2) + typing the tab name to navigate around not sufficient on Vivaldi?
      - filchermcurr 9y ago
        Unfortunately the quick commands window is very slow. It definitely doesn't live up to its name. I love it, though, and I truly hope performance is something they tackle soon.
        thablackbull 9y ago
        This may or may not be a problem specific to your own installation though. While I don't have 100+ tabs, I've been using quick commands for everything since I started using Vivaldi without any issues - it is very snappy for me.
        filchermcurr 9y ago
        Could be. I've noticed it slows down more when you have a lot of bookmarks. Ideally you could choose what type of results quick search would return. I'd be perfectly happy only searching tabs and commands.

jonmccull 9y ago

Vivaldi's "Web Panels" are doing this with a lot more flexibility - you can add any site you want as a custom panel in the sidebar and resize the width to adjust the ratio with your main window. Granted, a lot of people use it for social/messengers, but it's also super useful for resources and tools like Stackoverflow or Google Translate.

Corristowolf 9y ago
I like Vivaldi as a whole. Very nice browser and a lot more flexible then chrome and firefox (at least in the UI sense).