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Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by kk_cz »

bruce_one wrote: post #77
ohstopitu wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have this feature in sublime text & Atom and absolutely hate it. I feel like ctrl + tab has to move to next tab & ctrl + shift + tab should move to previous tab (cycle if it reaches the end). I feel like that's more predictable behaviour.

It's all personal preference, but since Opera 12 I've been addicted to ctrl-tab for most recently used switching (Opera 12 had a nice tab switcher that made the interaction very understandable/manageable), and then alt-tab for switching in "physical" order. (I run a large number of tabs, and quickly switching between two (or a small number) that I've used recently seems to be a common interaction for me - but then be…

Check out TabMix Plus extension for firefox - you can set up literally everything about tabs behavior.

(It is literally the reason I will not be leaving Firefox after this Ctrl-Tab moves to most recently used tab abomination :))

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by michalstanko »

It's great that Firefox finally has this option and I'm surprised that so many people dislike it; it's the single most important feature why Opera is my default browser.

I guess the reason why it's confusing to people is that Firefox (just like Sublime) doesn't have that little popup displaying a list of tabs while switching, it would make all the difference in the user experience, and make things clear.

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by govg »

elkos wrote: post #152
uabstraction wrote: post #131

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Qutebrowser is also worth checking out. I haven't really given it a full blown test drive yet, but it's certainly less bloated than Firefox and Chrome, and has Vim-like keybindings.

I've vim keybindings on my Firefox through a plug-in... I almost forget I have a mouse

Is it Pentadactyl? Does it work on the latest versions of Firefox?

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by slowmotiony »

Aardwolf wrote: post #24

"Set a preference to have Ctrl+Tab cycle through tabs in recently used order " Finally something that is an actually improved UI feature! Not some "removed status bar and instead hover its info over text you want to read sometimes" or "moved refresh button to different place than before just to annoy you" or similar thing :)

Added things with hip names like Pocket or Share that you will never use and inserted it right next to your address bar.

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by andimm »

bearcobra wrote: post #93

If they could just add a decent profile management option, I would switch back from Chrome. Keeping my work and personal accounts separated is the only thing keeping me using that battery killer

I use 'firefox.exe -p "test" -no-remote' to open a second window with a different profile. or do you require to have it in the same window ?

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by scriptdevil »

Manishearth wrote: post #146
ohstopitu wrote: post #80

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a feature that I've loved about Vivaldi (and vimium on chrome) is the spotlight like search for tabs. When you run a lot (~30-40) of tabs, that's an killer feature right away!

Aside from the fact that the regular URL bar in Firefox does this, Tab Center ( https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter ) puts tabs on the side with a filter-search at the top.

This is brilliant! I wasn't aware of tab center. The best part is that it works really well with tabgroups too.

However, I am unable to use it through the keyboard. The undocumented C-S-l seems to trigger a search over there. But there is no way of navigating to a matching tab without the mouse. Any tips?

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by acqq »

flukus wrote: post #174
acqq wrote: post #60

Still relatively slow startup, even on my quite powerful computer (i7, SSD, 8GB RAM, the second start, everything already cached in RAM, no add-ons or extensions but the defaults, no sessions restored, open to empty tab) I have at least a whole second during which I don't see that the program is starting. At least visibly better than the 49.

Of all the things to optimize, especially on the "modern" web, I doubt startup time is anywhere near the top.

May be, but this one is what matters to me, and I report it.

Re: Firefox 50.0

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Post by nevex »

Manishearth wrote: post #146
ohstopitu wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a feature that I've loved about Vivaldi (and vimium on chrome) is the spotlight like search for tabs. When you run a lot (~30-40) of tabs, that's an killer feature right away!

Aside from the fact that the regular URL bar in Firefox does this, Tab Center ( https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter ) puts tabs on the side with a filter-search at the top.

The search and hide/unhide function seemed interesting to me, but in my opinion the Tree Style Tab add-on is superior. Perhaps that is because TabCenter is aimed at a less technical audience [1]. Hierarchical tab structures are more valuable in my opinion, because it implicitly groups related tabs together. The structure in which tabs are opened reflects my workflow while opening them and allows me to e.g. close all tabs that were related to a certain problem. It does however lack a search function and some sort of versioning, as I find my tab-bar clutter over time. Perhaps a aging approach could be helpful for me, but I have yet to come across something better than Tree Style Tab.

[1] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498#issuecomment...

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