Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser.
I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
Colibri: A Browser Without Tabs
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#12I would recommend trying 'surf' for those who want to try a browser without tabs, without also needing an email address/privacy violations that this one requires.
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#13Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
> I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
Not complain per se, but people were commenting how tabs were a crutch for poor top level window management, and how their WM of choice had had tabs for ages. I'd say they aren't wrong about them being a crutch, but I guess crutches are useful at times.
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#14Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
Yup. My one beef about the mobile browser Firefox Focus is that it doesn't have tabs.
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#15Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
I use the Fluid app to create tabless views into web apps. Great for Slack, unless you use it for calls. https://www.fluidapp.com
Well worth the $5, imo.
But, no I see no point in this tabless browser.
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#16Is this a parody?
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#17Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
> I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything. Not complain per se, but people were commenting how tabs were a crutch for poor top level window management, and how their WM of choice had had tabs for ages. I'd say they aren't wrong about them being a crutch, but I guess crutches are useful at times.
Have WMs gottten any better at tab management? I know Windows added Sets recently, but I don't think adoption has been great. KDE and GNOME still don't. OSX has it against its entire paradigm.
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#18Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
Yup. My one beef about the mobile browser Firefox Focus is that it doesn't have tabs.
It does have - if you open something in a new tab there is a big dot in the bottom right
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#19Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
A few years ago, Mozilla had a tabless browser based on Servo. It was actually pretty cool.
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#20Can't imagine a single use case for when I'd prefer a tabless browser. I also can't remember seeing literally anyone complain when browsers start adopting tabs, even though people complain about anything.
I use the Fluid app to create tabless views into web apps. Great for Slack, unless you use it for calls. https://www.fluidapp.com Well worth the $5, imo. But, no I see no point in this tabless browser.
For anyone who doesn't want to download something extra and is willing to DIY the launch shortcut, you can do this with Firefox (and Chrome too I believe).
1. Go to about:config and set browser.ssb.enabled to true.
2. Restart Firefox
3. Click ... in the address bar and then "use this site in app mode"
4. Launch directly from command line or shortcut: firefox -ssb "https://news.ycombinator.com"