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Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by TACIXAT » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:46 PM UTC

aembleton wrote: post #97

TACIXAT wrote: post #14

I use a similar tab layout in Vivaldi and it's amazing. Page titles are wide, stacking them vertically along the side makes a lot more sense.

Last time I tried Vivaldi, it only had one dimension for the vertical tabs - middle click on a link and it just gets added to the list of tabs. With TST, I get a second dimension - child tabs are indented in underneath their parent, so that it is clear where they come from. This is the reason that it is called a Tree.

Yea, there is one more level of nesting, you can group tabs but it is a manual effort. I mostly use that when I want to collapse a bunch of pages relevant to a single project that I'm not working on. What problem does the knowing where the tab came from solve?

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by henriquemaia » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:47 PM UTC

rkagerer wrote: post #43

Is there a new hotkey for sibling (vs. child) tab? Does this play nice with tab save/restore addons similar to Session Buddy? (i.e. is hierarchy persisted?)

Have you checked the addon options? It has a submenu for defining keyboard shortcuts.

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by mitchtbaum » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:48 PM UTC

Let us remember that these UX patterns are not browser specific features, but Tile/Window management features.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/why-tabs-must-die

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by pbhjpbhj » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 4:49 PM UTC

cuillevel3 wrote: post #98

barryhoodlum wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know how people live with the mental burden and clutter of dozens of tabs of things they'll (if they were honest with themselves) never get around to reading. It's like watching one of those TV shows about hoarding, where people live in a rabbit warren of junk they claim they'll use one day.

Reminds me of desktops cluttered with icons

My desktop is icon free, my tab bar has 27 tabs at present (in the current context; I use "Tab Groups"): I'm buying two different things that need heavy consideration - computing and sports equipment.

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by pbhjpbhj » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 5:02 PM UTC

cocolos wrote: post #23

chrismorgan wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right clicking on a tab, I have an item `Tree Style Tab → Bookmark this tree…`. I use Firefox Nightly; this may be a Nightly feature, I don’t know.

It saves the tabs but it doesn't keep the hierarchy. I will try Nightly. Thanks!

I just installed and it says it needs extra permissions for that to work, so that might be the problem, that you didn't check the box on the "just installed" page to enable the permissions?

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by vnw » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 5:03 PM UTC

gamma-male wrote: post #60

pletnes wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They did a «pilot» experiment recently but apparently decided it’s not important enough. That code is available as another extension (don’t recall the name, perhaps tabcenter).

They should get their priorities right. Their test was really bad compared to TST

They are busy putting ads in your browser and siphoning your data to ad companies.

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by vfq » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 5:31 PM UTC

Anybody knows if something like this is possible in Chrome?

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by yardshop » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 5:34 PM UTC

blitmap wrote: post #117

I use this addon, but I wish it showed as an actual tree (not an indented list of buttons). Also, there's some space to the left that can be reclaimed if you're not using tab groups.

There are a couple appearance options (Vertigo and Sidebar) which don't have the button outlines, may be closer to what you are after. They also don't have the dotted branch lines that some tree controls have. There is also a "No Decoration" option where you can add your own style rules in the Advanced section.

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by vickychijwani » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 5:44 PM UTC

vfq wrote: post #127

Anybody knows if something like this is possible in Chrome?

There's a similar, though not quite as good, Chrome extension called Sidewise. Unfortunately Chrome itself is not as extensible as Firefox so there are issues in Sidewise, the most glaring being that the list of tabs appears in a separate window and Sidewise snaps its position and layout to match your Chrome window using some heuristics.

All that said, just use Firefox. It's a much better experience and after Quantum it's on par with Chrome in terms of UI performance.

Re: Tree Style Tabs

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Post by vfq » Sun, Jan 06, 2019, 5:48 PM UTC

vickychijwani wrote: post #129

vfq wrote: post #127

Anybody knows if something like this is possible in Chrome?

There's a similar, though not quite as good, Chrome extension called Sidewise. Unfortunately Chrome itself is not as extensible as Firefox so there are issues in Sidewise, the most glaring being that the list of tabs appears in a separate window and Sidewise snaps its position and layout to match your Chrome window using some heuristics. All that said, just use Firefox. It's a much better experience and after Quantum…

Sidewise... I already tried it, and it is nothing more than a bad hack... I guess we'll never get that.

Firefox has worse performance than Chrome and I don't trust Mozilla, so unfortunately using Firefox is not an option for me.