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The thing that you want was around in the 90s already, and it's called multiple windows without tabs.
by aasasd 5y ago
The thing that you want was around in the 90s already, and it's called multiple windows without tabs.
- zaptheimpaler 5y agoYes but unfortunately that doesn't really work for heavy applications today. That would mean like 50 independent memory-hungry firefox or IDE processes corresponding to every tab/file you might have open. The entire point is to decouple a window from the resources/host process that controls the window.
- nsonha 5y agomultiple browser windows are not different resource-wise than multiple tabs, you are still running against same instance of the browser. The other benefit of leaving window (and tab) managerment to the OS is that tabs switching should also better, imagine your tabs show up in the OS switcher and you can look them up in spotlight or something.
- zaptheimpaler 5y agoOh wow i guess i should really try this "window" thing then. I am dumb lol. Thank you for all the replies here.
- nsonha 5y agohttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-less/mdndkociaebjkggmhnemegoegnbfbgoo https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-less/mdndkocia...
- aasasd 5y agoFF might have a setting on ‘about:config’ for whether to open links in tabs or windows. But off-hand I only know for certain about the one for links from other apps.
- aasasd 5y agoWhy would an IDE have a separate process for another window? At least, Idea does it right (iirc). As for FF, I have 47 windows opened, but 11 processes running—one of which is a ‘master’ process. Meanwhile tabs that are in one window can still run in multiple processes.