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What happens if you put all your browser tabs in two dimensions? Answer: you get a mess. That's why browsers weren't built like that, and also why I think thi

• ge96 3mo ago
  What if... imagine stacked skewed windows and you scrolled through them like a rolladex
• thaumasiotes 3mo ago
  > What happens if you put all your browser tabs in two dimensions? > Answer: you get a mess. > That's why browsers weren't built like that But people frequently go out of their way to put their tabs into two dimensions. There are tab trees: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tabtree/afejdkkhibimaedcimpjkfljbhckinbm https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tabtree/afejdkkhibi... There are tab groups: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups There are tab containers: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... It seems pretty clear that people want their tabs to be organized in multiple dimensions.
  • Zircom 3mo ago
    FYI those Firefox containers have little to nothing to do with organizing tabs spatially, it just lets you have different 'profiles' to open tabs in that can all have separate cookies and so lets you be logged into different accounts on the same website for one example/use case.
    • thaumasiotes 3mo ago
      I know that. They define an additional dimension to the tabs. Most dimensions aren't spatial.
  • euroderf 3mo ago
    Someone please inform the Safari team.