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Tree Style Tab is the killer feature for me and some of my scientist coworkers. If this disappears or doesn’t work, I’ll probably use Chrome.

Yoric 9y ago
Which would be a shame, now that Firefox is (IMHO) better than Chrome, once again :)
- snaky 9y ago
  Are you kidding? It's like "Blackberry is better than iPhone once again, finally losing the keyboard". The main and only distinctive feature of Firefox was programmability (XUL, XPCOM), and now it's gone. There are forks like PaleMoon and Waterfox though but for how long. Firefox had to take that app-platform niche (thanks to XUL, XPCOM) that now occupies Electron, but failed on that chasing after Chrome.
  - minitech 9y ago
    No, it’s not like that at all. Firefox’s performance, memory usage, and UI all far outstrip Chrome’s in my browsing now; I don’t see any reason to use Chrome apart from the usual cross-browser testing, and it’s been that way for a year (?) now. (And Firefox “forks” have always been a very good way to be behind on security patches to no benefit.)
etatoby 9y ago
I have switched from Tree Style Tabs to the Test Pilot vertical tab extension (I don't remember the exact name) plus the about:config option that makes them always small, plus a few lines of userChrome.css to make the close button larger, like it was in one of the first versions. I recommend it.
- TuringTest 9y ago
  It was called Tab Center, but now the experiment has ended. Is there a way to install the extension now? https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center
  - callahad 9y ago
    Tab Center Redux: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tab-center-redux/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tab-center-re...
etatoby 9y ago
Plus, there's that recent Webkit-based browser with vertical tabs as it's main feature. It was covered here on HN a few days ago.
- baby 9y ago
  What is it????
  - TuringTest 9y ago
    Vivaldi, maybe? But I don't think it has nested tabs.
  - Santosh83 9y ago
    Not sure if parent means this, but Vivaldi can do vertical tabs. But no idea if that is as powerful/flexible as Tree Style Tabs on Firefox. Probably not...
  - kodablah 9y ago
    I wrote https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ and did a show hn a few days ago. It's chromium based though, not webkit.
callahad 9y ago
Just in case you missed if above, there is a preview version of Tree Style Tab that's compatible with Firefox 57. Edit: Actually, not a preview versions. TST just published an update and now it works on Firefox 57: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...
hossbeast 9y ago
Is there a Tree Style Tabs extension for chrome? I thought it was only possible in FF.

Yoric 9y ago

Which would be a shame, now that Firefox is (IMHO) better than Chrome, once again :)

snaky 9y ago
Are you kidding? It's like "Blackberry is better than iPhone once again, finally losing the keyboard". The main and only distinctive feature of Firefox was programmability (XUL, XPCOM), and now it's gone. There are forks like PaleMoon and Waterfox though but for how long. Firefox had to take that app-platform niche (thanks to XUL, XPCOM) that now occupies Electron, but failed on that chasing after Chrome.
- minitech 9y ago
  No, it’s not like that at all. Firefox’s performance, memory usage, and UI all far outstrip Chrome’s in my browsing now; I don’t see any reason to use Chrome apart from the usual cross-browser testing, and it’s been that way for a year (?) now. (And Firefox “forks” have always been a very good way to be behind on security patches to no benefit.)

etatoby 9y ago

I have switched from Tree Style Tabs to the Test Pilot vertical tab extension (I don't remember the exact name) plus the about:config option that makes them always small, plus a few lines of userChrome.css to make the close button larger, like it was in one of the first versions. I recommend it.

TuringTest 9y ago
It was called Tab Center, but now the experiment has ended. Is there a way to install the extension now? https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center
- callahad 9y ago
  Tab Center Redux: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tab-center-redux/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tab-center-re...

etatoby 9y ago

Plus, there's that recent Webkit-based browser with vertical tabs as it's main feature. It was covered here on HN a few days ago.

baby 9y ago
What is it????
- TuringTest 9y ago
  Vivaldi, maybe? But I don't think it has nested tabs.
- Santosh83 9y ago
  Not sure if parent means this, but Vivaldi can do vertical tabs. But no idea if that is as powerful/flexible as Tree Style Tabs on Firefox. Probably not...
- kodablah 9y ago
  I wrote https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ and did a show hn a few days ago. It's chromium based though, not webkit.

callahad 9y ago

Just in case you missed if above, there is a preview version of Tree Style Tab that's compatible with Firefox 57. Edit: Actually, not a preview versions. TST just published an update and now it works on Firefox 57: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

hossbeast 9y ago

Is there a Tree Style Tabs extension for chrome? I thought it was only possible in FF.