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I like Firefox and I would switch, if it had a "duplicate tab" feature like Chrome. For readers who haven't used this sublime feature, when you duplicate a tab

I like Firefox and I would switch, if it had a "duplicate tab" feature like Chrome. For readers who haven't used this sublime feature, when you duplicate a tab in chrome you get everything - history, tab contents, etc. A straight fort() of the current tab. I use it constantly - google something, click on first link, read a little, duplicate tab, hit 'back' on the duplicate tab and find another result I like.

davidivadavid 9y ago
How does that differ from what (I suppose) is the common way of doing it, i.e. go through the Google results page and open new tabs for each interesting result?
- aeturnum 9y ago
  Because each duplicated tab has the full history. No need to preserve the original search tab.
  - davidivadavid 9y ago
    Not sure how that's useful.
shabble 9y ago
not sure if it's 'Tab Mix Plus' or Tree Style Tabs, but one of those appears to provide the exact functionality you describe.
- aeturnum 9y ago
  Apparently it's a feature in the base version of firefox, just not one that's exposed prominently (I can't find a menu option - only mouse & keyboard shortcuts).
Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 9y ago
FWIW, when you middle-click the back button (to go back in a new tab) in Firefox, history is cloned, too. (At least on Nightly.)
- sp332 9y ago
  Yeah, this has worked on all versions for a long time.
ZyanWu 9y ago
It does support that https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/762043 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/762043
- aeturnum 9y ago
  Oh hey! So it does. I'm not sure how I would discover it, but it works exactly the same. Very cool - thanks.
  - reitanqild 9y ago
    Does that mean we have anprjer happy hn Firefox-user now? :-)
    - aeturnum 9y ago
      It means I'll be trying it out and seeing how I like it.
frandroid 9y ago
Have your pick: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=duplicate+tab&appver=54.0&platform=mac https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=duplicate...
jsfitzsimmons 9y ago
Drag and drop a tab to another position on the tab bar while holding ctrl. (Might be command or whatever on Mac?). No idea why this functionality isn't exposed via a menu item. I just tried it with this tab and not only did I get full back history but it also had my partially entered comment in this form. Edit: holding ctrl while using back and refresh also duplicate a tab with predictable behaviour.

davidivadavid 9y ago

How does that differ from what (I suppose) is the common way of doing it, i.e. go through the Google results page and open new tabs for each interesting result?

aeturnum 9y ago
Because each duplicated tab has the full history. No need to preserve the original search tab.
- davidivadavid 9y ago
  Not sure how that's useful.

shabble 9y ago

not sure if it's 'Tab Mix Plus' or Tree Style Tabs, but one of those appears to provide the exact functionality you describe.

aeturnum 9y ago
Apparently it's a feature in the base version of firefox, just not one that's exposed prominently (I can't find a menu option - only mouse & keyboard shortcuts).

Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 9y ago

FWIW, when you middle-click the back button (to go back in a new tab) in Firefox, history is cloned, too. (At least on Nightly.)

sp332 9y ago
Yeah, this has worked on all versions for a long time.

ZyanWu 9y ago

It does support that https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/762043 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/762043

aeturnum 9y ago
Oh hey! So it does. I'm not sure how I would discover it, but it works exactly the same. Very cool - thanks.
- reitanqild 9y ago
  Does that mean we have anprjer happy hn Firefox-user now? :-)
  - aeturnum 9y ago
    It means I'll be trying it out and seeing how I like it.

frandroid 9y ago

Have your pick: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=duplicate+tab&appver=54.0&platform=mac https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=duplicate...

jsfitzsimmons 9y ago

Drag and drop a tab to another position on the tab bar while holding ctrl. (Might be command or whatever on Mac?). No idea why this functionality isn't exposed via a menu item. I just tried it with this tab and not only did I get full back history but it also had my partially entered comment in this form. Edit: holding ctrl while using back and refresh also duplicate a tab with predictable behaviour.