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They are referring to hiding individual tabs, not hiding the horizontal tab bar. The legacy extension they are referring to is Tab Groups [0]. It allowed you t

They are referring to hiding individual tabs, not hiding the horizontal tab bar. The legacy extension they are referring to is Tab Groups [0]. It allowed you to separate the tabs of a single session into groups. Selecting the active group would hide the other tabs. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-groups-panorama/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-groups-pa...

neuland 9y ago
Oh! Ok. I've actually used this extension a bunch, but it was several years ago. Wasn't it part of Firefox at one point? Or, am I misremembering.
- maccam94 9y ago
  Yes: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-removal https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-removal
xg15 9y ago
Still, it seems that the current API couldn't really support that use-case if tabs with active audio or video can't be hidden. At least there will be some random tabs hanging around that don't belong to your group.
- nicklaf 9y ago
  I don't know if this is the case, but the API ought to also let you kill any active video or audio streams playing in a tab. Then you'd be able to go ahead with hiding them. If this is not possible or planned, it feels kind of broken in my view.
  - xg15 9y ago
    Looks like it's only for recording streams, not playing them. I misunderstood that. Apologies.
- calcifer 9y ago
  > if tabs with active audio or video can't be hidden That's for a good reason. I don't want a tab I can't see to record audio or video. Why would you want to?
  - xg15 9y ago
    But the main use-case for this API seems to be organizing things - and it's strange that I would want certain tabs not take part in my organisation scheme. If I had virtual desktop support, but certain windows are nevertheless shown on all desktops, that would feel broken, too. Of course notifying users of audio/video recording is important, but this could be done with a separate notification - with options to stop recording or activate and un-hide the tab.

neuland 9y ago

Oh! Ok. I've actually used this extension a bunch, but it was several years ago. Wasn't it part of Firefox at one point? Or, am I misremembering.

maccam94 9y ago
Yes: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-removal https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-removal

xg15 9y ago

Still, it seems that the current API couldn't really support that use-case if tabs with active audio or video can't be hidden. At least there will be some random tabs hanging around that don't belong to your group.

nicklaf 9y ago
I don't know if this is the case, but the API ought to also let you kill any active video or audio streams playing in a tab. Then you'd be able to go ahead with hiding them. If this is not possible or planned, it feels kind of broken in my view.
- xg15 9y ago
  Looks like it's only for recording streams, not playing them. I misunderstood that. Apologies.
calcifer 9y ago
> if tabs with active audio or video can't be hidden That's for a good reason. I don't want a tab I can't see to record audio or video. Why would you want to?
- xg15 9y ago
  But the main use-case for this API seems to be organizing things - and it's strange that I would want certain tabs not take part in my organisation scheme. If I had virtual desktop support, but certain windows are nevertheless shown on all desktops, that would feel broken, too. Of course notifying users of audio/video recording is important, but this could be done with a separate notification - with options to stop recording or activate and un-hide the tab.