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I just can't go back to horizontal tabs anymore.
by barbazoo 1y ago
I just can't go back to horizontal tabs anymore.
- the_real_cher 1y agoWhat are you using instead?
- DauntingPear7 1y agoProbably Zen, as Arc is dead
- FinnKuhn 1y agoPretty sure both Firefox and Microsoft Edge both offer it as an option too.
- MangoToupe 1y agoOrion, too.
- daveidol 1y agoAnd Brave
- maleldil 1y agoFirefox's new implementation is subpar. You're better off using an add-on like Sidebery for more features, but you need custom user chrome CSS to hide the horizontal tabs.
- teecha 1y agoZen is lovely but I actually really miss the little arc window. Didn't realize how much I used it until it was gone. Sticking with Arc for now.
- jitl 1y agoArc works fine; Orion (Kagi's browser) is like an Arc built on WebKit.
- mitchell209 1y agoI really don't see many similarities between Orion and Arc but I also didn't use Arc very much because I was pessimistic that it would stay free and consistently updated without annoying monetization features. I didn't expect them to switch to a brand new browser though lol.
- barbazoo 1y agoArc
- Unai 1y agoNot OP, but I use vertical tabs with Vivaldi. Pretty happy with it; I tried basically all browsers out there, fully switching to them for some time even if I didn't even like them, and after all that time I found Vivaldi the best overall browser right now (for me).
- dialup_sounds 1y ago+1 for Vivaldi, so many options
- adsuna 1y agotried vivaldi and it felt really bloated and clunky to me, atleast compared to zen, is that just how it is or is it much better after configuration?
- tredre3 1y agoVivaldi is clunky and slow because the entire user interface (tab bar, address bar, title bar if enabled, etc) is a webview rather than native-ish controls like all other browsers.
- Resubmit7765 1y agoI used it for six months and it had some things I really liked about it, but there were some really frustrating bugs that would pop up each release. I eventually got tired of it and had to move to another browser. It's a shame, because I like the attitude and spirit behind Vivaldi.
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoFirefox added vertical tabs recently
- vovavili 1y agoEdge for me, since it has the single best implementation of vertical tabs on the market, with smooth expand on hover. Every time I try other browsers, I am immediately put off by how lacking in polish vertical tabs feel in comparison and go back.
- int_19h 1y agoVivaldi has an excellent implementation of vertical tabs.
- Resubmit7765 1y agoAs someone who loves vertical tabs, I was disappointed with Vivaldi's vertical tab behavior/implementation compared to Edge and Brave. I used Vivaldi full time for half a year before deciding to revert back to Edge for work and Brave for personal. Of course you can customize with CSS and other types of things, but I'd ideally like my browser to just work well and be designed well. Having said that, I miss some features from Vivaldi. However, I am much happier using vertical tabs in other browsers that have that feature.
- _def 1y agovertical tabs never really worked for me. What would you say are the biggest benefits for you?
- setsewerd 1y agoNot the parent commenter but 1. Great if you have a wider screen (could never do it on my old 13" Macbook Air, for a 15" it's pretty good but for a 24" iMac it's perfect). But if you need the space youjust have it set to minimize by default, maximize on hover. 2. See the titles of your browser tabs, which is great when you are like me and never have fewer than 30 tabs open at once. 3. Easier to select browser tabs when you have many of them open (ie they don't get squished unreadably small)
- al_borland 1y agoI still use horizontal tabs, but have dabbled with vertical tabs. The biggest benefit I saw was that tab names stayed a consistent width and readable, no matter now many tabs I had open. With horizontal tabs, once you have over 10-15, you’re kind of flying blind.
- gwbas1c 1y agoBasically, it's easier to see tab titles when you have a LOT of tabs open. They really only work if you have a large monitor. I use a 50" 4k TV and two other monitors, and a 15" laptop. When I'm on smaller screens I have to hide the tabs.
- int_19h 1y agoYour typical screen today is wider than most content on the web needs it to be, so most web pages render as tall columns with ample margins. Vertical tabs use up that space efficiently to show a large number of tabs in a way that makes it much easier to see all your tabs at a glance without losing track because the titles are shortened into nothing.
- asimovDev 1y agoi can't wait for Safari to add proper horizontal tabs. There's a sidebar with tabs but you still have compact tabs taking up precious vertical space
- al_borland 1y agoThey didn’t really take up any space in Sequoia, but Tahoe brought them back. I guess people didn’t like how Sequoia was doing things. I find the Tahoe tab bar pretty ugly.