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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by _coveredInBees on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @10:52AM (#18656098)
Firefox is never going to lose me as a user as long as the awesome Tree-style tabs extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

is supported on it. It completely changed my browsing experience, and I cannot use any other browser except for quick, temporary browsing (like how one might use Notepad on Windows in a bind).

I'd highly, highly recommend this extension to anyone who has never had the pleasure to use it.

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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by nkristoffersen on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:03AM (#18656190)
Looks like a ton of similar extensions exist for Chrome as well.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggk...

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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by slavak on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:24AM (#18656376)
Chrome doesn't support the APIs needed to make a full Tree-style Tabs replacement. Anything that attempts to do it by necessity runs in a separate window disconnected from your browser.

So it's there, but it's nowhere near as seamless and convenient as it is in Firefox.

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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by _coveredInBees on Friday December 14, 2018 @09:38AM (#18681066)
As @slavak mentions, Chrome APIs are far more hobbled and every tree-style implementation I've seen has been glaringly deficient in comparison to Tree-style-tabs on Firefox. TST should be the way all browsers handle tabs, especially considering that vertical screen real-estate is far more expensive. I've been using it for 6+ years and can't imagine browsing any other way.
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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by sudoaptget on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:15PM (#18658482)
This is an amazing add-on. Thanks!
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