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Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by qwerty456127 »

miroljub wrote: post #9

I don't want to piss on the OP effort, some people will find it useful. For me, I don't understand the problem. Why do so many people need a tab manager in say Firefox, but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander?

> but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander?

Because they rarely open so many tabs there? I routinely open dozens of tabs in web browsers as I navigate to other pages wanting to keep the previous while I explore the web (I hardly ever left-click links - I almost always wheel-click) but I rarely ever open more than 6 folders in Total Commander or more than 6 documents in an Office.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by Sujeto »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #45

By the way, does anyone happen to know how to overcome the sidebar width limit in the current Firefox versions? I want the tab titles to be less truncated but Firefox won't let me expand the sidebar more than 432 px in width. An alternative (maybe even better) idea which came into my mind is make item title display multi-line (word-wrap). Is there a Grasshopper configuration option for this? I already enabled URL dis…

>I already enabled URL display so it already is two-line effectively but I feel like probably making both parts (the title and the URL) two-line each.

So apart from having URL + Title shown at the same time, I take it you mean to reserve two lines for those to have some room to wrap? I'll add a note to try it as a setting.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by PurpleRamen »

jaytemple wrote: post #8
bigpapikite wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Been using this as my userChrome.css: https://gist.github.com/BrianGilbert/1ad7e3931406f485a86a35a...

Thanks. Surprised there isn't an extension to allow toggling on/off.

Mozilla seems to see potential for abuse with this, which is why they are not offering an API for this.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by Sujeto »

jaytemple wrote: post #8
bigpapikite wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Been using this as my userChrome.css: https://gist.github.com/BrianGilbert/1ad7e3931406f485a86a35a...

Thanks. Surprised there isn't an extension to allow toggling on/off.

Could just be an about:config flag, that would be better than having to apply userChrome.css on every profile where you need it.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by PurpleRamen »

miroljub wrote: post #9

I don't want to piss on the OP effort, some people will find it useful. For me, I don't understand the problem. Why do so many people need a tab manager in say Firefox, but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander?

> but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander?

How do you know? Those apps have no way to customize on the same level that Firefox allows. But they also have their ways to handle masses of documents and windows, they are just not very good.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by nsonha »

miroljub wrote: post #9

I don't want to piss on the OP effort, some people will find it useful. For me, I don't understand the problem. Why do so many people need a tab manager in say Firefox, but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander?

i refuse to believe this is a real question

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by Sujeto »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #51
Sujeto wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Already added to my notes. I'll likely implement it. Make it pin+normal tab aware even, like only sort normal, pins, or both.

Thanks. Sounds great.

Sort Tabs has been added as a tabs action (Top right menu). Or as a command.

Wrap Text is now a setting. Defaults to false.

For further ideas you can use the github repo... thanks

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by eddd-ddde »

capableweb wrote: post #19
miroljub wrote: post #9

I don't want to piss on the OP effort, some people will find it useful. For me, I don't understand the problem. Why do so many people need a tab manager in say Firefox, but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander?

> Why do so many people need a tab manager in say Firefox, but not in Word, Excel, Windows Explorer or Total Commander I guess you could call me a "tab hoarder", I commonly have 50+ tabs open for the various topics and contexts I'm browsing and switching between. I usually also always restore my previous session from the day before, so some of the tabs are 2 weeks old but I have yet to finish the thing they're relate…

I tried it once but i dont function like that. Every couple of minutes I just spam ctrl+w to reset my mind off and i start again and repeat.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

wintermutestwin wrote: post #27
ccakes wrote: post #16

If any Firefox devs or PMs are reading, PLEASE build even a simple tab grouper into the browser natively. Regardless how recommended a given extension is, all tab manager extensions require access to all web content which is too much. I’d rather use something built in but barebones rather than an addon

While you have their attention: Where are native vertical tabs? Or at least a settings checkbox to turn horizontal tabs off.

Tree Style tabs should be a built-in feature, IMO. Make the browser great again.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Tab Manager for Firefox

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Post by speakspokespok »

wintermutestwin wrote: post #32
speakspokespok wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This works on the LTS version of Firefox but needs an update if you’re running the latest version. Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter to load it. In the search box above the list, type userprof and pause while the list is filtered. If you do not see anything on the list, ignore this step. Switch toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets preference from false to true. Type about:support in…

... and that ridiculous kluge is why the vast majority of users will never experience vertical tabs - which would be a better experience for the vast majority of users...

... and also a great reason for keeping notes! As a linux user modifying a text file is par for the course, yet I totally agree in substance with your point.
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