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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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[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 12 hours ago

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

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] LMurch@thelemmy.club 5 points 14 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...

[-] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 day ago

finally firefox re-added tab groups, after removing them once already in the past >_>

https://venturebeat.com/mobile/mozilla-is-removing-tab-groups-and-complete-themes-from-firefox/

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 21 points 18 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 7 points 13 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 9 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.

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[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

RIGHT

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

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[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 7 points 17 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 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

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

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Is there some way this could work on android?

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[-] kepix@lemmy.world -4 points 8 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.

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[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 24 points 23 hours ago

live to help you declutter

Me ready to clutter even more 😈

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[-] jupiter2643@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 day ago

As a librewolf babe, I'm keeping an eye on this: https://codeberg.org/librewolf/issues/issues/2458

Tab grouping is so useful and something I've always had to resort to extensions for. Good for Firefox for this, can't wait for it to make its way to a browser that doesn't sell users data.

[-] Ery@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hey, you can use tab grouping in Librewolf if you set browser.tabs.groups.enabled to true in about:config

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[-] raptir@mander.xyz 38 points 1 day ago

I'm glad they've added it to desktop, but based on my usage it's more important for me on mobile. Hopefully they bring it to Android soon.

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[-] om1k@sopuli.xyz 10 points 23 hours ago

Ever since i switched to zen browser i hace not thought of coming back for a second.

[-] KernelTale@programming.dev 5 points 19 hours ago

I tried it -> couldn't figure out how to get rid off vertical tabs -> uninstalled -> installed Librewolf

[-] UnfairUtan@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

Yea Zen is amazing, especially the neat Workspaces feature.

I'm still going back to Firefox because of tab groups.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

Can someone at least help me understand what tabs have that bookmarks don’t?

If i have more then 4 tabs open i get anxious because i can’t intuitively remember what each does. I have folders for categories of bookmarks.

[-] TheBeesKnees@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 1 day ago

It's a combination of things... I'm a software developer, so I'll often end up with 20+ tabs open while resolving a problem.

  • I don't want to bookmark them because I don't need them when I finish the task.
  • I can't close the tabs until I'm sure everything's working because Google sucks these days and who knows how hard it'll be to find the source again.
  • Relying on browser history is like finding a needle in a haystack. Tasks can take multiple days and 100 different entries in history.
  • I might have "finished" a task that still needs tested and I know it's a bit shaky; I'll want to move onto a new task but keep the most useful references until I no longer need them.
  • I only bookmark pages that I'll need long-term or multiple times. It's already hard enough to keep those organized...

My tab hoarding has only gotten this bad because search engines are terrible now and the amount of AI garbage to sort through makes finding anything useful a pain in the ass the first time; let alone trying to find it a second time.

[-] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago

I have the same workflow. Usually, I never have more than maybe three tabs open, but when I'm debugging something.... oh god. Easily 15 or 20.

I also bookmark extensively, and actually have my address bar set up to only give me suggestions from my bookmarks. Additionally, I use a tiling window manager, which makes managing windows and tabs very easy. I really don't have a use for tab groups, but, who knows, maybe I'll learn to use them someday.

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[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 12 points 23 hours ago

Relying on browser history is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Oh sweet Satan, yes. I wish somebody could explain to me why browser history is so awful.

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[-] lime@feddit.nu 19 points 1 day ago

if i bookmark something i will never look at it again

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