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1. coldpi+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-07-18 14:07:13
FWIW the Firefox address bar also searches your history and bookmarks, so you can still retrieve those sites by searching for them without keeping a tab open for each one. Feel free to do what you like, obviously, but if having a zillion tabs open is causing you problems, know that there are other solutions :)
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2. seba_d+l[view] [source] 2023-07-18 14:08:40
>>coldpi+(OP)
Firefox already allows for proper tab UIs, so no need to search for other solutions there :)
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3. coldpi+X[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-18 14:10:45
>>seba_d+l
Just curious, what does that UI look like with 1,000 tabs open? Isn't it just like, one pixel per tab, or a scrollbar 50 times wider than your monitor? Is that actually useful?
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4. twic+E1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-18 14:13:20
>>coldpi+X
That may be a reference to this classic Firefox extension:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

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5. seba_d+L4[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-18 14:22:30
>>coldpi+X
My browser looks very similar to this: https://framagit.org/ariasuni/tabcenter-reborn/-/wikis/theme...

Tab list usability remains pretty much the same regardless of how many tabs are open.

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6. CWuest+Ea[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-18 14:41:24
>>twic+E1
If it weren't for TreeStyleTab, the browser would be barely usable for me. This is the biggest reason that I won't use Chrome at all, and stay away from Edge.
7. accoun+2u[view] [source] 2023-07-18 15:45:12
>>coldpi+(OP)
Don't rely on you browsing history - Firefox will start deleting old entries without warning you if it gets big enough.
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8. Androi+Q01[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-18 17:39:26
>>coldpi+X
The handy part about Firefox, unlike Chrome, will shrink tabs to a minimum width and then make them a horizontally scrolling list. I am somewhat of a tab hoarder (I also keep browser windows on vertical monitors), so using Chrome, where it would shrink tabs more and more until there's nothing but a sliver, wouldn't work. Below are screenshots of examples. Firefox keeps things usable; Chrome not so much. (I also know it isn't 1000 tabs, nor is it close to the amount I keep open on my work laptop).

Firefox: https://yld.moe/raw/nVE.png

Chrome: https://yld.moe/raw/vu8.png

Also, if you're wondering why my tabs look like they're from 2017, that's just another benefit of using Firefox [1]. Although as nice as it being able to actually customize our browsers, it would be nice for Mozilla to stop breaking things for sake of breaking things.

[1]: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

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9. efreak+SP1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-18 21:48:45
>>Androi+Q01
If this is the only thing stopping you from using Chrome (ie you'd prefer to use Chrome), this might help. https://www.ghacks.net/2022/08/29/how-to-set-a-minimum-tab-w...
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10. Androi+Hc3[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-19 11:43:14
>>efreak+SP1
I was not aware of this, I will probably check this out on my Windows machine, since I've had a nasty bug where Firefox will decide to just use ALL of my GPU resources, crashing whatever game I am playing. Very annoying bug and I should probably take the time to report it, but every time I encounter it I'm usually focused on my game.

Thanks.

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