• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      It always bothers me about this whole vertical tab concept, that, on a theoretical level, I’m fully on board with what you’re saying. But in practice, I’ll often have Firefox tiled side-by-side with another window, and then it’s painful for that sidebar to take up any space at all.

      I am happy, though, that this feature is being integrated for the people that find it useful.

      • Nonononoki@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Hear me out, responsive tabs. Wide browser window? Vertical tabs. Narrow browser window? Horizontal tabs.

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          2 months ago

          Yeah… technology just isn’t there yet for mozilla. Good idea though, just not feasible. Best they can do are chatbots.

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        I have a keybind to close the tab side window. Works pretty nicely when i have firefox tiled beside some other window. I don’t need to see the tabs all the time. But when i am looking at them; it’s nice to have them stacked, on the side.

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        The tabs could collapse to just an icon and expand when hovering over it, it still takes up some space, but not nearly as much

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      2 months ago

      But how are you going to read the title of the tab without making the sidebar too wide? That’s like having a vertical taskbar in the days before Windows 7 came out.

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        2 months ago

        …same way I’m able to read the title on a horizontal tab? it’s even easier since the vertical ones don’t shrink in size when they reach a certain number, like the horizontal ones do.

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        2 months ago

        some janky hack I used to use but couldn’t recreate as of 2 computers ago had long titles over multiple lines

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      2 months ago

      Exactly. Monitors are horizontal. Tab names are horizontal. They should be listed vertically with the names written horizontally. You can hide them if you need to, but I find my monitor has plenty of space.

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      2 months ago

      That would work well with my dual 32" 4K monitors

      I’m not so sure it would work well on a 15" laptop. It’s easier to scroll vertically than horizontally

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      2 months ago

      … you can hide them and only show when you open a new tab …

      Not like you need your bookmarks at the same time while browsing other pages.