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Looking for a plugin/addon/theme/config recommendation for a friend who is migrating from Chrome and prefers the tab UI from there, specifically when there are way too many tabs open. (fedia.io)
submitted 1 year ago by StormBurnX@fedia.io to c/firefox@fedia.io
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Specifically, when you open a reasonable number of tabs in any browser, the tabs look like this. However, as my friend has just imported all of his tabs and bookmarks over from Chrome to Firefox, he has an immense number of tabs open right now; in Chrome, he can see all the tabs at once with its UI. On Firefox, however, it keeps things actually legible by not squashing the tabs so obscenely.

"Okay, so I need some help. I've noticed Firefox doesn't show all tabs like Chrome does. Instead it shows a few, and makes me press a button to see more. Please, tell me there's a way to fix that."

I pointed out that this was an accessibility thing (being able to actually see and read the tabs is a useful feature) and they said it was "not good enough". Further explanation of basic things such as using their scroll wheel to scroll through their tabs, or double/triple clicking on the left/right arrows to jump by page or start/end, or using the Ctrl+# shortcuts, are all tools at their arsenal, but that also was not good enough. Personally I'm a 1,000-2,000 tabs kinda person and manage just fine with those instead of having each tab be literally a pixel wide, so I've never looked for an addon to crush all the tabs together like Chrome does, and my attempts at searching the extensions and themes has come up with nothing.

Is there something like this in the about:config page perhaps, or a convenient theme/extension/addon/plugin/etc that my friend can install to feel comfy using Firefox again?

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[–] And009@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are the tab grouping addons not useful, there's so many. I personally don't use them since I'm more of a 0 inbox and under 10 tab kinda person. I'd rather have 3 browsers open for different workflows.

I find it hard to navigate without being able to see the favicon and page name on the tab but if I had many, some sort of auto grouping extension might be immensely helpful.

[–] StormBurnX@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this! I'll toss the info their way and see what they say. As far as I understand from trying to troubleshoot and discuss with them, the really only viable solution is to have all of their tabs visible at once "just like Chrome", so I don't know if the tree-style tabs plugins will fit their needs, but it can't hurt to suggest it.

I really do appreciate the input; It can be frustrating (as an autism myself) to ask "Hey how do I do A" and everyone responds with "don't do A, do B or C instead" but I have to do A for a very specific set of reasons. Even still, it's nice to see that everyone is at least pitching in with extra info and advice, just in case.