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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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[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I love it, it was basically the only thing I missed when I switched from Chrome to Firefox. I've reorganized all of my tabs and everything is so much cleaner than it was a few days ago.

Now we just need jxl, webgpu, and better themes!

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours 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 bye to all those tabs.

[-] jhonmu648@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] OpFARv30@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 hours ago

Neither can we.

[-] kazaika@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Heres a neat easter egg: If you open enough tabs on firefox mobile the number in the tab icon changes to an infinity icon

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

On Chrome it becomes a smiley face. I use Firefox and my wife still uses Chrome.

[-] jawsua@lemmy.one 2 points 8 hours ago

I'm constantly trying to keep under that number, lol. It's a shame Easter egg

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Agile and task reprioritization at work.

Too many projects to work on at home.

Games.

[-] prole 5 points 10 hours ago
[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago

You gotta be nimble to navigate through 50+ tabs to find what you are looking for

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Hence the groups having the ticket name related to the task I am working on. When the task closes I delete that group once I've ensured anything important for future context is documented and then I say goodbye with confidence.

I don't bookmark things for work tasks, I log them in tickets or commit it to readme/code comments/team docs somewhere.

Edit: I should also note that my workflow uses Simple Tab Groups and not much of this new core feature.

Simple tab groups hides all other tabs and you switch groups via a dropdown. I usually only have 10-12 tabs open at once.

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

At work I’ll have like 20+ tabs open and I eventually am like F it, close everything and start over. Usually feels good.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 7 points 15 hours ago

They don't know how bookmarks work.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 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 5 points 12 hours ago

Use the bookmarks toolbar then.

[-] prole 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

This is what I do. You can even create folders with no name that take up very little space on the bookmarks toolbar, and fill them with links. You can have sub-folders within those folders... I truly just do not understand the tab hoarding mentality.

You can also just start typing and set up your search bar to automatically search bookmarks (and history too if you're afraid of losing something)

[-] Sibyls@lemmy.ml 18 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 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.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

It's akin to when everything is urgent, nothing is.

At one point, you gotta accept that you can't do everything and move on. You can always re-find the information if it comes down to it in the future. Or you can use bookmark folders to be able to eventually go back to what you think is important.

If I have more than 6-7 tabs open, I check what I need to absolutely save and add that to a bookmark folder, then I close my browser and start fresh.

[-] fishy@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago

Yup, that's how operate. I went to help a colleague with some stuff and dude had so many tabs and windows open it took him more time to find the tab he wanted me to see than it wouldn't taken me to search for it. Annoying

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[-] kepix@lemmy.world 7 points 16 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.

[-] prole 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I'm not usually one to really care about how others use their tools, but I agree with this completely. Tab hoarding is pathological.

I get stressed out if I have enough tabs open in one session so that none of them can display any text... But I will still exit them all every time I exit the browser. What am I a maniac?

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