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Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by The_suffocated »

gnabgib wrote: post #2

Looks like default-off (phew), unlike Chrome. A feature no-one asked for. Especially in FF where memory is well managed.

I have longed for this feature. For me, it is useful in many scenarios, such as:

  * reading two distantly separated sections of a long article on two split tabs;
  * reading a research paper on one tab and typing a question to StackExchange on the other;
  * reading a scanned book written in French on one tab and using a dictionary on the other.

Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by stnvh »

I've always wondered why Firefox don't grab hold of the "renegade" space they already occupy, with confidence through their existing users, an alternative and genuinely independent browser down to the engine. They are the market leaders of non-webkit, a huge strength among chromium copycat popup shops with identical wins and failures... or do I have to write the TV ad as well?

I feel confident to assume the majority of dedicated Firefox users will read and think of this feature release, et al most new features as of late, as trivial. The true benefit of using Firefox in itself isn't "ease of planning camping trips" but something much more.

Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by garciansmith »

pimlottc wrote: post #3

What makes this better than having two full browser windows side by side?

It means the content of two tabs is side by side but nothing else like the browser chrome. Haven't used this in Firefox yet, but I certainly find it useful for other apps like file browsers.

Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by rcxdude »

montroser wrote: post #5
pimlottc wrote: post #3

What makes this better than having two full browser windows side by side?

If you want to switch back and forth between "these two web things side-by-side" and "something else" over and over, then in that case it's better than two full browser windows side-by-side because they come into the foreground and vice versa as a unit.

It is a bit of a continuation of the somewhat annoying trend of integrating features into apps that should be part of the window manager (tabs, in the first place, for example). This one is extra awkward because even windows (which has spent a lot of time behind on window management) can do two things side by side as the same unit now.

Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by [deleted] »

The_suffocated wrote: post #11
gnabgib wrote: post #2

Looks like default-off (phew), unlike Chrome. A feature no-one asked for. Especially in FF where memory is well managed.

I have longed for this feature. For me, it is useful in many scenarios, such as: * reading two distantly separated sections of a long article on two split tabs; * reading a research paper on one tab and typing a question to StackExchange on the other; * reading a scanned book written in French on one tab and using a dictionary on the other.

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Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by hollandheese »

garciansmith wrote: post #13
pimlottc wrote: post #3

What makes this better than having two full browser windows side by side?

It means the content of two tabs is side by side but nothing else like the browser chrome. Haven't used this in Firefox yet, but I certainly find it useful for other apps like file browsers.

Huh? There's actually more stuff in the way than if you used two windows since the divider is actually larger than the gap between windows is.

The only way this saves on space is if you're using vertical tabs.

Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by tomwheeler »

gnabgib wrote: post #2

Looks like default-off (phew), unlike Chrome. A feature no-one asked for. Especially in FF where memory is well managed.

I never thought I'd say something nice about Google Chrome, but this feature was the only reason that I sometimes used that browser instead of Firefox. The split view is incredibly handy when you're looking at a web application and an observability tool for that web application at the same time.

Re: Firefox introduces Split View: Two tabs side by side, right where you need them

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Post by altairprime »

vfclists wrote: post #7

Firefox introducing a feature which addons handled quite easily and much better in previous versions.

Which addons? Better how? Are they still available? Do you have experience with them? Have you used the new feature as well?
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