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I'm really done with tabs only at the top. I use the Tree-style Tabs extension for Firefox and can't imagine going back. You will notice an increase in browsin

by thorax 17y ago

I'm really done with tabs only at the top. I use the Tree-style Tabs extension for Firefox and can't imagine going back. You will notice an increase in browsing/research productivity because you don't spend so much time managing tabs that have gotten too small/short to tell what they actually are. You'll find you can work handily with dozens of tabs open if you have them in a readable list on the left. Before I used tree-style tabs, I usually maxed out at, like, 10 tabs open. And then I was somewhat sad and started my "tab GC" to close the least needed ones. Right now, I have 40+ tabs open in Firefox 3.5 and it feels just as breezy as it does with ten. More so, actually, because I have all my varied research in different trees that I can collapse/hide if needed. Give me Chrome with the tabs on the side, preferably in a tree hierarchy, and you've won. Edit: Link, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890

ronnier 17y ago
Thanks for that. I'll have to adjust to it, but I can tell right away that this extension improves the browsing experience by giving some type of order to tabs and child tabs.
jimmyjim 17y ago
Come to think of it, it's possible to have tree-style tabs in a horizontal top bar. I hope someone more clever than me implements this idea sometime.
- thristian 17y ago
  The Tree-Style Tabs extension lets you put the tab bar on any of the four sides of the window, although you don't get the fancy collapse/expand features at the top or bottom.
blahedo 17y ago
As a long-time OmniWeb user, I've become quite attached to thumbnailed tabs in a drawer on the side of the window. There's a Firefox extension called TabSidebar that approximates this, but it's an inferior implementation. Tabs at the top of the window are almost completely useless, though---far too little visual information to associate the tab widget with the page it controls.
pvandehaar 17y ago
For the common user with 1~5 tabs, the issue is still relevant.

by thorax 17y ago

ronnier 17y ago

Thanks for that. I'll have to adjust to it, but I can tell right away that this extension improves the browsing experience by giving some type of order to tabs and child tabs.

jimmyjim 17y ago

Come to think of it, it's possible to have tree-style tabs in a horizontal top bar. I hope someone more clever than me implements this idea sometime.

thristian 17y ago
The Tree-Style Tabs extension lets you put the tab bar on any of the four sides of the window, although you don't get the fancy collapse/expand features at the top or bottom.

blahedo 17y ago

As a long-time OmniWeb user, I've become quite attached to thumbnailed tabs in a drawer on the side of the window. There's a Firefox extension called TabSidebar that approximates this, but it's an inferior implementation. Tabs at the top of the window are almost completely useless, though---far too little visual information to associate the tab widget with the page it controls.

pvandehaar 17y ago

For the common user with 1~5 tabs, the issue is still relevant.