Firefox tab groups just got an upgrade, thanks to your feedback

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What does it mean "over 18 million people have used the feature"? It's enabled by default, easy to trigger by accident, and can only be disabled in about:config.

[-] Lag@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

I don't know how to group tabs because I only do it by accident. But I do know how to ungroup them instead of deleting them. Why did I need to learn this step?

[-] tracyspcy@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 months ago

I would be much happier if they rolled back the ai feature. This is my feedback.

[-] railway692@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Make it an optional plugin or extension.

That way, the people who actually want and use it still have access, and they'd have access to accurate stats on how many of those people there are.

(Probably not enough to justify spending money on it.)

[-] eksb@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

All they had to do was copy or incorporate TreeStyleTabs.

Instead they shoved AI down our throats.

[-] Vincent@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

We got vertical tabs, that's a good first step. I imagine full-on tree-style tabs is more work, though in combination with (non-AI) tab groups it has already replaced my use of Sidebery. A tree of tabs would be nice though.

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 4 points 2 months ago

I hope they fixed the hair-trigger on the drag-ungrouping ... so annoying.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

panorama had all of this and it was one of the best features firefox had... and i'm still sad they got rid of it.

bring it back, cowards.

[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Let's not all be downers here. This actually sound like nice improvements, I might give the groups a try.

[-] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

18 million sounds a lot but how many people use Firefox, also wasn't aware they got such details about how we use the browser to be honest

[+] solrize@lemmy.ml -8 points 2 months ago

Who asked for that? Give us a way to block sites from playing unwanted sounds before bothering with stuff like tab groups.

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 months ago

I can't remember when I last heard any unwanted sound from a homepage. I guess you have a problem with your settings.

And a LOT of people asked for better tab management. That's why they made it. Want names, or are you just annoyed that a lot of people wanted something you didn't? Here's a tip - you don't have to use the tab groups!

[-] heftig@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some websites that present cookie banners or other modal dialogs like to piggy-back starting an audible video to the click that dismisses the dialog. Most videos get ad-blocked anyway, so this rarely bothers me, but last week one news article with accompanying (non-ad) video hit me with sudden audio.

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

I didn't know that someone using Firefox, wasn't smart enough to install uBlock or likewise addon...

[-] heftig@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

You greatly overestimate the capabilities of Firefox's average user.

[-] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Me. And I’m pretty sure websites are already blocked from posting unwanted sounds by default, you should check your settings

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There is no setting for that and there are old open bugs about it. You can block "auto play" where the sound starts as soon as you open the page. But once there's any user input, it's no longer "auto" and the site can start playing sound. It can't be blocked. Bah.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

I set media.autoplay.blocking_policy=2 and media.autoplay.default=5. That seems to prevent anything from auto playing for me.

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

Hmm I will look into those settings. But I'd like to control it site by site rather than thru a global config.

[-] Vincent@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

My fix for those sites is to never visit them again. Horrible.

[-] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Ah I see. Haven’t encountered that anywhere, that sucks!

[-] WellTheresYourCobbler@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

A lot of people. The biggest thing people would complain about when I tried to get them to try Firefox was the lack of tab groups.

[-] Mensh123@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Tab groups have become one of Firefox’s most loved ways to stay organized — over 18 million people have used the feature since it launched earlier this year. Since then, we’ve been listening closely to feedback from the Mozilla Connect community to make this long-awaited feature even more helpful.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

You can disable autoplay video, wouldn't that do what your want?

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I want to disable all audio from a site, not just autoplay audio. . Like muting the tab except automatically for that site.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

What websites are you going to that have sounds in them like that?

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

lichess.org/training try playing a few moves. I want to get rid of the sounds.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah those settings you want exist. Look here:

When I go to that link there is a red muted sound icon in the upper right corner:

That button takes you here: https://lichess.org/faq#autoplay

That page explains that I should enable autoplay audio to hear the sound on the page.

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