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>All of those things are quite niche. The reasons vertical tabs are niche: 1. horizontal is the default in every browser 2. The most popular browser doesn't h
by wintermutestwin 4y ago
>All of those things are quite niche.
The reasons vertical tabs are niche:
1. horizontal is the default in every browser
2. The most popular browser doesn't have any way to have functional vertical tabs
3. It is a huge pain to set up vertical tabs in Firefox
4. Safari's implementation of vertical tabs is a sad joke.
Vertical tabs are clearly superior and there is no doubt that horizontal tabs will eventually be a relic of the dysfunctional past.
- catach 4y ago> Vertical tabs are clearly superior The tradeoff of sacrificing some horizontal page space for a vertical tab list is indeed worthwhile if you're opening and revisting 10 or 15+ tabs. I've got about 150 open right now. However, I'm pretty sure that the vast majority only have open between 4 and 7 tabs almost all of the time. If this is true, and if it remains true, then it's likely the primary reason why horizontal tabs have been the default in browsers, and why it will remain the default.