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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Thousands of users wanted it, so Firefox delivered it. Tab Groups are now live to help you declutter and stay organized while browsing.

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[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 3 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

The way they did it though.. the tab group name cant be collapsed so it takes a lot of room. I find I'm still using task oriented groups from the Simple Tab Groups extension, and then using the new core groups feature as a way to group subtopics for that task.

And before you say "you must have a million tabs".. I used to have millions of tabs, but now i average less than 100 when I have a lot of tasks I need to balance, and I know what all of them are open for. So when I complete a task I delete the Simple Tab Group and say by Felicia to all those tabs.

[-] jhonmu648@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 8 hours ago

Why people like 50 tabs at once. I can't understand.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago

They don't know how bookmarks work.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Bookmarks are great if I remember what I want is there. Usually bookmarking is like putting a piece of paper in cabinet that I will never open.. A tab is leaving the paper on my desk for me that I will rediscover.

[-] umfk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Use the bookmarks toolbar then.

[-] Sibyls@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I used to feel the same way. But recently, I just don't have time to 'finish' each tab/section. When I was younger with more time, I could.

For example, the first section of my browser is several self hosted apps I'm currently implementing. So, I don't want to lose the relevant forum posts/documentation.

The second section is some articles I couldn't finish reading.

The third section is something I'm researching for my work.

Fourth are media tabs, some YouTube videos I haven't finished, a music tab, etc etc

So basically, if I had time to read the articles, one section closed. Or finished my implementation, etc.

The hard part this is this is every week. Always new projects, work or personal. Always new studies to read. Always new vids. You get the point.

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

adhd. I'm considering making at alert for when my browser uses so much tabs that I'm almost out of RAM

[-] cravl@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 minutes ago

Just install the Auto Tab Discard extension. After a certain amount of time it will replace your loaded tab with a (RAM-free) placeholder that reloads when you click it again. Me, my ADHD brain, and my 500 tabs can be at peace now.

[-] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago

The only way to keep my ADHD at bay when I'm on the computer is to be radical with my tabs. Don't need it in the next hour? That's definitely a bookmark, not a tab. I configured my browser to not save tabs between sessions so I always start clean. I'd long be dead otherwise, suffocated by my own browser tabs.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee -3 points 4 hours ago

to hide thier porn tabs.

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[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 hours ago

whoa. mozilla doing something the people want?? WHAT PARALLEL WORLD IS THIS?

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 hours ago

Don't worry they say they'll shove AI in it so it's definitely our world

[-] kepix@lemmy.world -4 points 4 hours ago

ive seen this in opera, and instantly ran into the options to disable it. i donno how many tab you guys have in the browser, but may god forgive you all for using the browser wrong.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

Maybe you only have 300 or less but I typically have several windows open.

[-] LMurch@thelemmy.club 5 points 10 hours ago

So now when I open my mom's computer, she see 20 tab groups, I'll know it's even worse than it looks...

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago

I'll never understand you people that need like 50 tabs open at once.

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago

I have a few use cases:

  1. Many youtube videos that are like 30+ minutes long saved for later
  2. Documentation on some stuff that I need to go back and forth
  3. Movies or games that I found, but don't want to write down and forget
  4. Going down rabbit holes on wikipedia and saving it for another day
  5. Everything else that catches my attention and deserves a honorable spot in the tab bar

Basically, I use my browser as a notebook. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 5 points 9 hours ago

So a shit ton of tabs that never get looked at again? I swear all of you secretly want your tabs to disappear so you have something to complain about.

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Not the slightest! I can perfectly fine live without them, but I would be a little bit sad if they were gone. It happened once after my OneTab extension got somehow corrupted.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago

Yeah those all seem like great uses of bookmarks and save functions.

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Bookmarks are only for the stuff I will always need again. Tabs just for the stuff I haven't finished yet and don't want to forget about.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Buddy have I got some news for you. You can actually delete bookmarks when you're done with them.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

RIGHT

So why’s it hard to explain why they’re not the same… 🤔

[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 7 points 13 hours ago

I will do my good deed of the month. You seem like a prime candidate for Tab Stash. Does the same but better than Tab Groups. Check it out. You might like it.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stash/

Let me know, love it or hate it. Cheers.

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Hey, this looks like a better OneTab that I always wanted!

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