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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

#21

Post by lofaszvanitt »

It's completely useless. Chrome had it first, and I already hated it there. Now when you rightclick, it takes the place of the "open in new tab" option that people have been using for ages.

Who comes up with these fooken bad decisions? And why does Firefox feel the need to copy every questionable idea that Chrome's dev team pushes out?

At this point, it would be better to just let users customize their own browser UI. The current situation is a complete mess.

And the new YouTube player... What a disaster. There are endless articles about performance metrics, first paint times, and how high the hiring bar is, but the end result just feels bad. All that hard work gets overshadowed by strange UI and UX choices that make the experience worse.

Meanwhile, regulators don't seem to step in, and companies like Google just keep going without much resistance.

Honestly, it feels like everything is moving in the wrong direction. So it's time to summon Godzilla or the aliens from The Abyss and let them rip.

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

#22

Post by spankalee »

I find this handy in Chrome occasionally. Just confirms that BeOS had the right windowing features all along.

Two more OS-level windowing features I'd like to see in browsers:

- OS X like Expose that shows a preview of all tabs for a window. That would help me find a tab visually.

- A command to override the meaning of fullscreen to take over the whole tab, rather than be truly fullscreen. That would let me use other window management features with maximum video size within the window.

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

#23

Post by huhkerrf »

pimlottc wrote: post #3

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

The only place I've found it useful is when screen sharing and I have to show two tabs side by side, but I don't want to share my entire desktop.

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

#24

Post by orphea »

hollandheese wrote: post #16
garciansmith wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Whatever? I too prefer two windows side by side and I don't see this feature useful, but if others do, that's great.

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

#25

Post by insin »

pimlottc wrote: post #3

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

I've found myself wanting something like this since I switched to the new built-in vertical tabs, as it's a pain to get rid of them temporarily in side-by-side windows.

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

#26

Post by soraminazuki »

pimlottc wrote: post #3

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

The same reason people like tmux or split-pane terminals? Seriously, the amount of negative spins this thread attracted for a useful and harmless feature like this is weird.

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

#28

Post by e40 »

vfclists wrote: post #7

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

Addons that expose your tab’s data to random strangers who might cash out when they get enough users, where the new owner is much less ethical? No thanks.

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

#29

Post by e40 »

lofaszvanitt wrote: post #21

It's completely useless. Chrome had it first, and I already hated it there. Now when you rightclick, it takes the place of the "open in new tab" option that people have been using for ages. Who comes up with these fooken bad decisions? And why does Firefox feel the need to copy every questionable idea that Chrome's dev team pushes out? At this point, it would be better to just let users customize their own browser UI…

Agreed! Destroyed muscle memory, but maybe now it brings parity to chrome and firefox, so those of us who have to use both have an easier time.

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

#30

Post by arnoooooo »

I've been pretty happy with ditching tabs altogether. I don't get the idea of tabs. Desktop manager already has workspaces and windows, do I really need yet another abstraction ?

I use split view all the time, but with two browser windows.

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