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zeeakzJul 23, 2010
Wow, it looks good. :D
frostekJul 24, 2010
This how I've generally wanted the browser to mode towards.
It would also work well with multiple desktops on Linux. :-)
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
The first thing I thought of was the kwin "present windows" plugin.(or similar compiz plugin - i forget the name now)
morphinapgJul 24, 2010
I just came up with a new idea:
How about multiple tabs on screen at once, for people with high resolution displays:
http://i.imgur.com/x2GDm.jpg
If you're familiar with the interface of Blender 3d, you'll understand how this works: Right click the grey bar separating the tabs, and you can split or join the tabs. There would probably be a grey bar by default on the top and left side of very window so you can simply right click the grey bar, split, and have multiple tabs in the view.
crewbie4lifeJul 24, 2010
Why not just have 2 windows open? with windows 7 you can easily just click windows- left on one and windows right on the other and they're nicely tucked on each side of your screen. and Chrome (maybe firefox too now) lets you move tabs back and forth easily.
morphinapgJul 24, 2010
Well, you can only tuck windows to the sides, and that's it. If you want more than 2 tabs, this makes it much easier, just split and you're ready. Plus, it probably would save some memory, and just plain look nicer.
unfatherJul 24, 2010
While I agree with Crewbie that this has a minimum necessity of 3 windows before it is of any use in operating systems that allow you to easily organize windows side by side, for those of us who do roll like that, this could be extremely helpful. For my purposes, your idea actually seems to me better than Tab Candy.
bjornskiJul 24, 2010
@morphinapg
It already exists. Split your screen up in any way you want.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4287/
morphinapgJul 25, 2010
@bjornski:
Nice! Anything like this for chrome?
firebhaalJul 24, 2010
browser inception
sen5241Jul 24, 2010
Tab Candy + Morning Coffee = Win!
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Although it's neat to have this as a feature, I already do this by opening new windows.
Open a new window and tab it up. Seperate similar groups with new windows.
Awesome that it's a feature now, just saying it's doable without it.
dengzhiJul 24, 2010
it's cool not but revolutionary. also useless for anal ppl who like to keep things clean and never open more than 4 browser tabs at a time.
erikgismeJul 24, 2010
I just tried tab candy and it works quite well... of course this stuff is possible, but this interface is much more organized and dynamic. Especially with touch interfaces becoming the "holy-s**t that's cool" direction for technology, tab candy fits the bill precisely. Right now the early build is available. Try it out and you'll see it has some solid uses, the main one of which is quick access/organization.
lordofshadowsJul 24, 2010
I would probably just end up reading the pages I'm looking at currently than go through the trouble of grouping tabs so I can open set of tabs that must be grouped before looking at them.
mikealopeJul 23, 2010
mmm.. tab candy can't wait to eat it up
blapierreJul 24, 2010
Tab candy can't wait to eat up your ram either. Firefox already sucks down the ram with 10+ tabs open.
gunit99Aug 11, 2010
Yeah, great. Now I can see what it looks like to have a browser eating up 2GB or ram instead of *only* 1... OM NOM NOM
unfatherJul 24, 2010
Exactly. I didn't move to Chrome because it has different tabbed browsing features, because it doesn't.
oriondrJul 24, 2010
It does have pinned tabs
unfatherJul 24, 2010
Edit: Different tabbed browsing features that I am aware of.
punkrawkstarJul 24, 2010
Don't eat the Fap Candy.
crunchydeluxeJul 24, 2010
Seriously. That's nasty.
homercles337Aug 6, 2010
In Windows you can use Fences to get an idea how this works.
PatriceBeaulieuJul 23, 2010
Nice im currently on firefox \m/ ! Thumb up if your on firefox.
shmefJul 24, 2010
No. That's silly.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
I'll give you one "word to the mother", but then it's straight to bed mister!
jack416Jul 24, 2010
Go back to youtube.
evil_doerJul 24, 2010
you're*
trythinking1stJul 24, 2010
*you're*
iignotusJul 24, 2010
Oh, I'm on it all right, but that's just stupid.
PatriceBeaulieuJul 24, 2010
Haha ,well thanks for the thumb down =P
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Gotta catch 'em all
trx131Jul 24, 2010
Your glass is half full....with my seamen. BAM!!!
greevarJul 24, 2010
It's half full of sailors?
arschgaudiJul 24, 2010
Hook em !!
araytaJul 24, 2010
I'm on Google Chrome, but this just might make me switch back. :P
jimtJul 24, 2010
Patrice Beaulieu... Va te coucher !
invictus125Jul 24, 2010
HAY GUYS IM ROCKIN IT ON THE INTERNET! ISNT THE INTERNET GREAT. WERE ALL ON THE INTERNET
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!11!!!!!!!11!!!!!1!!!
ghostwoJul 24, 2010
He told me to digg him if I use FF, so I did.
p0rtakal2Jul 24, 2010
Yay I'm on Firefox too! Buried.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Do you always do what a troll says?
jones82Jul 24, 2010
There should be a comma after 'nice', it's "I'm" and "you're", Firefox is a proper noun, and it's 'digg up' not 'thumb up'Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
PatriceBeaulieuJul 24, 2010
Comon, i'm french... Well thanks for correction
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
I hope all you people always thumb down the youtube comments that do this as well. I'd hate to think I'm fighting this fight alone.
essarJul 24, 2010
No dude, you're not alone at all; when Youtube comments do this, I fly into a rage, thumb down the comments with my multiple accounts and send the offender pictures of my spread ass with the words 'thumbs down' tattooed on each cheek within the cleft.
greevarJul 24, 2010
Essar, you literally made me lol.
PatriceBeaulieuJul 24, 2010
Wow,I never knew posting such a comment would have gotten alot of replys like that. Essar you might be over raging.
ziffelAug 4, 2010
HAY GUYS ... A/S/L ??!!! ANY GIRLS IN HERE????????
gamingforeverJul 24, 2010
Firefox always seems to amaze me...
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
It smells nothing like a flaming fox. But it seems to do more things involving the internet than one. And that's what I'm after.
craftyguyJul 24, 2010
@GamingForever
Granted nearly every feature in Firefox right now (with the exception of this tab candy crap) is stolen from Opera. So perhaps your statement should say: "Opera always seems to amaze me..."Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Lemme guess - you're one of those "This is the year of Linux on the desktop" Or "I saw this post on Reddit yesterday" kind of guys?
Since almost nobody uses Opera do you really think its supposed technical or innovative superiority over Firefox is worth jack in the real world?
craftyguyJul 24, 2010
Considering that Firefox wouldn't be half the browser it is now, you're damn right.
And no, I'm not one of those guys you assclown.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Assclown eh? I bet that's your favourite insult isn't it nooblet?
Enjoy your shallow feelings of superiority as you browse Reddit using Opera on your Linux box. You're in a very special demographic. Short bus special.
babywookieJul 24, 2010
Heh. It's true. As soon as I started reading about this, something seemed off. Than I realized what it was: this feature is not in Opera 10.6.
thejackylJul 24, 2010
It SEEMS to amaze you or it DOES amaze you?
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Are you working hard or hardly working?
Har har har har har.
thejackylJul 24, 2010
That's actually not the same thing at all.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
You know what they say... "A bird in the hand is rolling like a stone with some moss or some s**t."
end quote yo.
thejackylJul 24, 2010
Well, you know what they say "When in Rome, you have to shake the hand of a badgers dad"
tommedwardsJul 24, 2010
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/amigcgbheognjmfkaieeeadojiibgbdp
iziiziJul 24, 2010
why are you getting dug down? i didn't know about this extension.
fungie5Jul 24, 2010
Except you didn't notice this line -
"From the makers of TooManyTabs for Firefox, TMT has come to Chrome to help all your tab needs!"
Very interesting....
But I have to thank you...I just made me aware of another interesting extension for my Firefox browser.
tommedwardsJul 24, 2010
I prefer VerticalTabs
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/imimolldggofidcmfdkcffpjcgaggoaf
hordespawnJul 24, 2010
Chrome just does Tabs better. Scrolling horizontally is a pain, and this is no less true for tabs. Chrome may not have all the titles visible when you have 30+ tabs open, but you can click all of them without scrolling. You also have better tools for dealing with tabs. It's not quite perfect, but the ability to close a group of tabs at once is really nice. Firefox just seems clunky after using Chrome.
Firefox's Tab Candy is interesting, but you can already emulate some of the functionality in Chrome by dragging tabs into a new window. It doesn't have the collaboration extensions but, for casual browsing and most day-to-day usage, that's not a big deal.
In short, anyone saying Firefox handles tabs amazingly hasn't spent much time using Chrome.
fungie5Jul 24, 2010
Chrome only does tabs better if you're sticking to the default browser capabilities. Firefox actually has many more tab management capabilities that can be unlocked by installing 'Tab Mix Plus'. For instance, with Tab Mix Plus, you can change how Firefox handles the open tabs - I have mine set to form multi-rows of tabs, allowing me to still view which site each tab belongs to while having as many as 70 sites open. I could talk all day about the features that Tab Mix Plus brings to the table - tab protection, undo closed tabs, protection from accidental tab closure, page locking, tab bar autohide, mouse gestures...etc, etc, etc.
Also, Firefox actually allows you to drag open tabs to new Windows and to give a tab its own window by dragging the tab away from the others, just like Chrome does. But that's not nearly as efficient as what this new feature is aiming to provide. I use Firefox, Chrome and Opera regularly, with Firefox being my default and favorite. From my point of view, it actually appears as if YOU haven't spent enough time using Firefox.
hordespawnJul 24, 2010
Do I understand you correctly that Firefox is worse with tabs unless you use extensions? Chrome supports extensions as well, so basically the playing field becomes, at the very least, level, with Chrome maybe coming out ahead because it is natively better (by your own admission).
As for your dig about an unfamiliarity with Firefox: what do you think I used before chrome? Granted, Firefox has been upgraded since I used it as my primary browser but, as a web developer, I've had to continue to use it for compatibility testing. The main reason I stopped using Firefox (aside from Chrome's superior tabbed browsing), was it's bloat. Everytime I open firefox, it takes about 2-3 times longer to load than Chrome does. The extensions also intrusively attempt to upgrade, and it uses screen real estate less efficiently. When it comes down to it, adding extra features does not address any of those features. Show me an extension that fixes that, and I'll consider using Firefox as my primary browser again.
jgardnerJul 24, 2010
TabCandy won't just redefine how we browse---it may redefine how we run our apps on our computers. I would love to see something like this in KDE.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
prodigitalsonJul 24, 2010
"it may redefine how we run our apps on our computers"
Technically wouldnt it be OS X's Expose, and Xorg's multi-desktop as opposed to Mozilla's in-app adaptation?
frederiknsJul 24, 2010
Yes, but with sorting
spiralspiritJul 24, 2010
wow, can you imagine it? virtual desktops? can you google it? I suggest you do. then download some of the more popular ones, and try them out.
already in existence.
dontthinksoJul 24, 2010
Apparently he uses KDE, which has virtual desktops out of the box.
dontthinksoJul 24, 2010
If you use KDE, then you've already had this on your desktop for years.
tommedwardsJul 24, 2010
Lol... KDE.
cesclaveriaJul 24, 2010
and many, many other neat things. fish from konqueror and being able to open anything on a remote server like it were local is great, not sure if it was the first with something like this but it was the first I knew.
v3rtex7740Jul 24, 2010
Not really, it just makes it a little easier to have separate windows with grouped tabs. You can already do this in chrome by dragging tabs between browser windows.
prodigitalsonJul 24, 2010
You can do that in FF as well... at least on OS X. Safari too i think, but im not sure as i rarely use Safari.
honoredmuleJul 24, 2010
I've never been a fan of expose. It doesn't really scale well. And, while my desktop doesn't often have more than 10 windows open at a time, my browser does. Add to that the tendency for several tabs to come from the same site, and various groups of re-sized-screenshot thumbnails a going to be indistinguishable from each other.
The real fix is to use an extension like Tab Mix Plus to make tabs open, revert, and cycle in a more logically organized/structured manner.
doomesticJul 24, 2010
Besides, isn't the Windows 7 task bar pretty much like that?
westyvwJul 24, 2010
KDE activities?
KDE plasmoids?
KDE Desktops?
It's in KDE. Coolest feature? Take 4 programs, say a music editor, a beatbox, a browser for the "how to:" instructions, and Filemanager and group them in a single window as tabs. All part of one project, all grouped together, and in a desktop with information and dashboards about music. Neat. Thats KDE.
honoredmuleJul 24, 2010
I haven't gotten around to trying this, mostly as my Linux boxes are all headless servers and one netbook. Can those groupings also be internally divided into panes, or are you forced to only see one member window at a time?
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
6 replies, but no one calling you out for saying apps for pc software? Please; I know apple have influence over the masses, but don't let this happen.
kungfool101Jul 24, 2010
Or you could just use Tree Style Tab with space for a vertical stack of 30+ tabs and a collapsible structure... and not have to spend time sorting and switching screens.
The not-yet-implemented tab sharing stuff looks pretty cool though.
areallygoodnameJul 24, 2010
I was thinking they should simply auto create the groupings when opening multiple new tabs from the one page.
eg. From the main digg page after opening 5 or so articles i'll have a new tab group that automatically has those 5 pages.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
kungfool101, I completely agree with you. Tab Candy LOOKS cool, but when it comes to functionality, compared to Tree Style Tabs it fails. With Tree Style Tabs I almost never have to waste time managing my tabs. With Tab Candy, I'll be spending AGES sorting all my tabs out into different groups and so on, taking me away from why I opened the browser in the first place (to look at web pages!). Not sure why I get buried for saying the same thing as you...
higherlogicJul 24, 2010
Or just open new windows and use each window as a "group" for tabs...this looks kind of pointless though. Who the hell keeps 30 (or as the video mentions, hundreds) tabs open?
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
I do. Quite a few people do actually. We call ourselves... 'Super Surfers'. When my friends watch me browse the internets their jaws drop. "WHOAH SLOW DOWN. WHATS HAPPENEING I CANNOT EVEN UNDERSTAND IT!" is something I often hear.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
terminal157Jul 24, 2010
A lot of people keep tons of tabs open, actually.
NewAccount001: No one calls themselves 'Super Surfers'. Not even you call yourself that, despite having just called yourself that.
scuba7183Jul 24, 2010
@terminal157 Good thing he was being completely serious
diemunkiesdieJul 24, 2010
I've only got 12 tabs open right now, but according to this extension called TabCounter, on December 13, 2008 at 7:29:59, I had 69 tabs open. So yes, it can happen that you have an insane amount of tabs open. According to this extension, I usually have an average of 20.15 tabs open.
I use Tab Mix Plus to have it shrink the size of each tab, as I get more and more open, so I dont have to scroll like the guy in the video.
mxm111Jul 24, 2010
With Tree style tab, there is no problem to have up to 100 tabs open. The largest problem is memory usage and restarting FF when you come to that amount of tabs, but NOT managing them.
shoopd3Jul 24, 2010
There is also tab group manager which does a similar thing but not with site thumbnails
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10254/
Tab kit also allows for colour coded grouping but doesn't allow you to edit groups,it just does it by which tab was opened first.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5447/
yage2006Jul 24, 2010
Nice this will be great when porn surfing.
chiefbandit2200Jul 24, 2010
I'm convinced that porn drives the majority of new innovations in internet technology.
pushmouseJul 24, 2010
Porn has been at the leading edge of media since cave paintings.
tyrghastJul 24, 2010
VHS vs Betta-max came down to what the porn industry preferred.
sciraJul 24, 2010
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inactiveuserJul 24, 2010
Porn led the way to modern video codecs, pity those twits at the major studios couldn't understand what the plot was even when they were tripping over one.
evi1d33dJul 24, 2010
Now you can put all your fetishes into individual groups! Now I can fap efficiently.
dlan4327Jul 24, 2010
I would love to see that demo vid.
"So as you can see I'm just going to drag this window here... Now I'll label it 'urine, celery & fire' and... All my extreme fetishes in one group. Simple & easy to remember."
lcllamJul 24, 2010
Nah. I think you want tags, not groups. From the video, it's not clear if you can link the same page to multiple groups.
residentsJul 24, 2010
"Midget Fisting"
monkiboiJul 24, 2010
A tab candy orgy.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
porn surfing makes the brain the release dopamine, that is why people get addicted to porn on internet.
skillelJul 24, 2010
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Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Porn browsing mode needs to set up a "only play sound from the currently active tab" option, and somehow implement a "disable video autoplay when a tab is opened in the background" option.
Just sayin... Not that I would know, or anything.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Install the FlashBlock plugin it. Basically does what you require by making you click Play on any flash object before it plays.
ostegoJul 24, 2010
also i'm sure their a greasemonkey script for that somewhere. I have one that enlarges thumbnails on hover.
...What? I'm old school porn.
fujiwaratofuJul 24, 2010
I think he's talking about making the sound from his video automatically mute when he switches to another tab without video.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Tofu nailed it - both preventing sound from starting in new tabs in the background, and automagically disabling the sound if one switches away from the tabs - whether that switch is to another tab with video, or a tab with icanhascheezburger, if someone walks into the room unexpectedly.
skillelJul 24, 2010
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Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
unfortunatel the browser doesnt have much control about what flash is telling your speakers to do. it can't just make FLASH stop telling the speakers to play music.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Then disable all flash that's on any inactive tab. Problem solved.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
@NewAccount001
The browser hosts the flash plugin, so perhaps the sound feed goes through the browser before going to the operating system's sound system - if so, it would be trivial to implement.
angrytortillaJul 24, 2010
2 girls 1 browser
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Psst... firefusk
mysticaloneJul 24, 2010
you guys are forgetting, with Tab Candy you can share what your browsing. One minute ur talking to mom, grandma, or ceiling cat and the next they are looking at you masturbate to Japanese chicks s**tting in each others mouth.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
I feel like i buy an equal ratio of goof off to lube when i prepare for the weeks fappage :(
manwithanameJul 24, 2010
porn, porn, porn, porn, porn, porn, cameras, photography
firebhaalJul 24, 2010
one small leap for porn, one large leap for browser kind
sulakattackJul 24, 2010
wow group porn browsing sessions, imagine the possibilities! internet orgies?
nevermind, gross
inactiveuserJul 24, 2010
HA! I have already downloaded the Internet! No need to surf porn anymore, I have it all....
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA What a joke. I'm laughing at all you idiots who are unable to distinguish between eye candy and usefulness. TREE STYLE TABs _CRUSH_ this stupid f**king idiot. I have over 40 tabs open right now and I didnt have to waste time organising them - tree style tabs does it for me.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mikeoxbiggJul 24, 2010
You seem happy and well-adjusted. Your opinion therefore carries a lot of weight.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Insanity aside, tree style tabs is worth checking out if you find you often have more than 20 tabs open.
ravenlarkJul 24, 2010
See, you really should have started with that level-headed recommendation. Much more pleasant and digg-worthy.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Doesn't quite work well with tabs on top addon FYI.
Then again..when you use the tree style addon you'll realize why you won't need tabs on top.
lethargicmonkeyJul 24, 2010
go take your ritalin. then i'll listen to your arguement.
skillelJul 24, 2010
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laughtoJul 24, 2010
Looks great! About time there was some actual innovation in browsers.
Just a shame that "Tab Candy" is such a terrible name.
higherlogicJul 24, 2010
You mean actual innovation from Firefox besides copying other browsers?
limiJul 24, 2010
Tab Candy is just the code/project name. The video even shows it being called "Tab Sets" — final name to come.
exekutorJul 24, 2010
Wait for apple to copy it and integrate it into Safari. They'll get a good name or shove it down your throat until it sounds good.
I can hear Jobs in my head: "... and one more thing. In 2005 we introduced tabs into Safari. Today, we have design a new and revolutionary way of managing those tabs. We call it iTab"
laughtoJul 24, 2010
They'd probably just call it "tab expose". And actually implement it well.
usma1000Jul 24, 2010
Hmmm.....info guilt....I like that.
Approved.
wontstoptalkingJul 24, 2010
Sorry to hijack your comment, but....Am I the only one that can't see the video? It's all distorted and green and red, like someone used a compression scheme that is just totally broken. Audio comes in fine, though.
After watching the Vimeo over and over and still not getting improvement, I just searched for it on Youtube and got this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH1ol8Sa88A
And, to my amazement, SAME PROBLEM. What the heck is going on?
Is it that I'm in Firefox 4 Beta 1? (That....would be kind of ironic, wouldn't it?)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
greevarJul 24, 2010
Instead of hijacking digg comments, why don't you actually go to the site you're having issues with and ask THEM why you're not getting results?
skillelJul 24, 2010
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Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Too much grey! Excellent functionality, looks boring.
brianmp007Jul 24, 2010
Its just an alpha, they are just describing the concept, it will most likely look completely different when it is released
mysticaloneJul 24, 2010
like everything else that has ever been in alpha except for Google's products? unpossible!
leanneohareJul 24, 2010
This is brilliant!! I am sure I will love this for a week or so. Then I'll start losing track of the mini-windows as their numbers spiral out of control. But still, pretty cool.
niubaiJul 24, 2010
It's not I'm fanboy. I'm not. But I think it's quite hard for any browser developer to deliver a better experience to what is chrome today. I really wish all the best luck with firefox 4, we need competition.
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robert99aJul 24, 2010
Chrome sucks.
kordox3Jul 24, 2010
Chromium on the other hand...
uthmanJul 24, 2010
while watching the video i was like, it's cool but is that really necessary? then i looked up at my browser and realized i have a total of 15 tabs open (in two browsers--chrome and opera) that have aggregated over the course of two days.
in short, yes, i think tab management is necessary =) good looking out mozilla
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
"If you’re anything like me, at any given time you have a dozen to two dozen tabs open across multiple web browser windows"
http://tinypic.com/r/ehgrjb/3
I guess I'm not.
(And before some smartass can say "You should have more bookmarks" I have like 5,000 bookmarks)
(Also, IE has 42 tabs open too - something screwed up and I can't close them, so I've been moving them into Firefox. And for comparison purposes, Firefox has 2.3gb of ram commited, with about 800mb being actually used. IE has 4.5gb commited, and about 1.8gb being actually used. And that's with only 20% of Firefox's tabs)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fujiwaratofuJul 24, 2010
Maybe I'm missing something here, but why would you ever need that many tabs open at once?
n0diggityJul 24, 2010
5000 bookmarks...wtf
skillelJul 24, 2010
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sfuryJul 24, 2010
For me it's necessary - I've got right now 30+ tabs open (I kid you not) and several themed txts with links on my desktop - all "for later viewing", so I'm downloading that Firefox 4 beta right away.
Kudos to Mozilla for coming up with that great innovation!
josephshellJul 24, 2010
A good 30+ after a days browsing.
Each open for a reason.
Each forgotten when browser crashes.
:-(
sfuryJul 25, 2010
Yeah but that way you start at a clean state - kinda does you a favor, doesn't it? ;0
Hasn't happened to me for a lot of time though - damned Opera is so good that even if it crashes the session is always saved and all those tabs haunt you again when you restart it.
p.s. just tried the Firefox beta - damn that thing is broken, guess I'll wait some more
josephshellJul 25, 2010
True.
Thanks :)
aloysiusdiggJul 24, 2010
I felt the same way about chainsaws, and then I looked over and realized that I have about 15 dead hookers piled up in 2 different rooms that have repudiated over the course of two weeks.
misterfunmanJul 24, 2010
Three dimensions of internet. Yee.
theexitwoundJul 24, 2010
I have a hard time seeing this as anything useful. If you have 12+ tabs open to begin with, you're not an organized person from the start. Until the browser is tied in directly to the OS (and I'm not referring to Windows/IE, but truly one and same program), the browser will always be a program you close when you're done with it. I know of no one who leaves it open with their work exposed on it all day long. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
thatgeekJul 24, 2010
I pretty much always leave firefox open, and even when it is closed it saves my state so all my tabs open back up.
I must say, I'm pretty good about not leaving 10+ tabs open, except when I'm shopping for something like the components for a new desktop. When I was doing that I had 30 or 40 tabs open for 2 weeks, it would have been brilliant to use tab candy for that.
sexyboboJul 24, 2010
I cant see the difference between this and just having a different Firefox session for each thing your doing which is what i do.
You can already drag tabs between windows create new windows by dragging a tab out.
saranagatiJul 24, 2010
my work requires me to have at least 15 tabs open at a time so this would be very helpful for me. that's just for one client as well, i have other browser windows open on other virtual desktops for other clients/projects which have about 10 tabs open as well. and yes i leave my browser open all day every day.
zaeboesJul 24, 2010
I wish my work let me use ubuntu rather than windows xp. Multiple desktops are so friggin handy.
jstock23Jul 24, 2010
I don't see the big deal... they added features like expose and spaces? Well... I actually have this functionality built into every application... they're called expose and spaces, welcome to last gen Mac tech.
If you don't use expose-like single desktop organizing, and spaces-like multiple virtual desktops, you have no idea how to efficiently multitask. I think they are the two greatest inventions in desktop technology since the GUI was invented.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
zaeboesJul 24, 2010
Congratulations, both of these features are on Ubuntu.
jstock23Jul 24, 2010
No need for a sarcastic tone. It's pretty obvious I was referring to OSs that don't have the features well implemented (windows). I said nothing about Ubuntu/Linux. I only mentioned "mac" because it's my primary OS, and I have experience using said features.
I think we can both agree that these new Firefox feature's shouldn't even been needed in the current modern OS generation. Letting the operating system handle organization is much better IMO, as it works for all applications.
BarryMenilowJul 24, 2010
Yeah but I want to be able to hold my browser however I want.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
So I can have a lot of miniature windows of pron running at the same time?
Good deal, sign me up.
(AFK, buying oil and tissue)
toxicityjJul 24, 2010
as it stands, I don't really see myself taking that much (i know it's not a LOT, but when im browsing it is) time to organize tabs that are going to end up being closed within a few minutes. Will be interesting to see where this goes, however.
ac1115Jul 24, 2010
wow, the "save for later" feature is exactly what I need.
Can't wait to see this released.
opiticaJul 24, 2010
until you've saved so many for later that it's just your new unorganized bookmarks folder
crewbie4lifeJul 24, 2010
It really isn't that hard to just name your bookmarks. and you can have a folder for things to save. All tab Candy is a pre-opened bookmark bar.
That being said I really like the idea of being able to share webpages. But I feel like it will get used as often as Google wave.
atarioJul 24, 2010
You can do this now with the "Show my windows and tabs from last time" option.
You have to remember to exit the whole thing at once, though, with File --> Exit instead of closing windows. (Unless you only keep one open anyway.)
Also, there's a whole add-on to facilitate more of this sort of thing called "Read It Later".
tgc1Jul 24, 2010
I've been wanting that for a long time!
mdsalihJul 24, 2010
Check out instapaper (instapaper.com) - it does the whole "read it later" thing with a firefox bookmark-let. Also has apps for iphone/ipad/android - makes the 'read it later' stuff readable offline, when you have a few mins to spare.
davidtcJul 24, 2010
Speaking of tabs, how can I make it when I open a link in a new tab it goes to the end of all my tabs and not to the right of the tab I opened the link from? I used to do this by default and has changed and I don't care for the way it is now. I can understand how it is better, but it just isn't something I like. I'm sure there is some setting somewhere to change this back to the old way.
welldoitliveJul 24, 2010
Settings
davidtcJul 24, 2010
Well that helps... Obviously I don't know what the option is to change, or else I would've done it already, so how does that do me any good? I expected it to be in the tabs tab in options, but there is nothing about it there.
rhustangJul 24, 2010
type "about:config" into location bar
find "browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent;true"
change "true" to "false"
pretty sure that should do it (because unrelated tabs still open at the end, methinks).
davidtcJul 24, 2010
Thanks, that worked. Never know what to look for in the about:config settings.
bloodwineJul 24, 2010
There is an addon for that:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/61766/
fungie5Jul 24, 2010
The best way to handle tabs in Firefox is simply to use the 'Tab Mix Plus' extension.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122/
It's gives you a whole range of new tab features and optins which you can configure without ever needing to go to about:config. Trust me, once you see what this extension can do, you're not going to ever be without it again. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
skillelJul 24, 2010
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davidtcJul 24, 2010
I don't have a problem. I got my answer 8 mins after I asked.
its420somewhereJul 24, 2010
Cool, but I'll wait for the stable release.
LOL at the pr0n references in this thread.
armedrebelJul 24, 2010
Anyone know where I can get the click sound in that video?
goatroperJul 24, 2010
My German Goo Girls tabs grouped together here......Sasha Grey tabs here...........
iignotusJul 24, 2010
Links plz
unoriginalsinJul 24, 2010
www.puretna.com
You're welcome.
steverrificJul 24, 2010
I just pull the tab out of my browser, making it a separate window, and launch my new tabs from there. Now they're separate. Problem solved.
theexitwoundJul 24, 2010
That's exactly what I do with Opera. Just drag the tab to a new window.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Me too. I run dual display so I just throw a tab over to the other monitor. As long as I can reorder tabs I think that's all I need for tab management. Tab Candy looks more confusing to me.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jtotheoeJul 24, 2010
yeah but then youre stuck with a s**tload of disorganized windows. this keeps all your groups in one place. it is a good idea. admit it.
v3rtex7740Jul 24, 2010
well, you're retarded if you can't figure out how to drag and drop the tabs between windows to get the same result. This tab candy is built either for old people or slow people.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
yellisingJul 24, 2010
It's a good idea, yes, but meh, I won't bother organizing, dragging and dropping, resizing, grouping renaming etc. I'd spend my time reading my opened tabs than organizing them. Tab Candy is not for me. Maybe for you but definitely not for me.
misterdeerwoodJul 24, 2010
Not if you use a Mac (Expose).
mrbitchJul 24, 2010
RE: ".. Not if you use a Mac. Expose offers this same window organization for all running apps, not just your browser."
Bingo.
siblyJul 24, 2010
same. each window is a category and the tabs are links from that. this is dumb.
atarioJul 24, 2010
I do this too -- along with keeping my browser state from one session to another with "keep my tabs from last time" or whatever it's called.
Downsides:
- difficult to move a bunch of tabs from one machine to another
- unless you habitually leave a recognizable tab selected on each window, it can be tough to figure out which one you want
- tend to accumulate galactic-scale quantities of tabs over time
hydehkJul 24, 2010
although u can drag to open a new window, u have to resize ur current one,drag it out and then maximize it
but then ur bottom bar will be a mess
i think this is quite useful, especially if u have a <15" monitor
agentfalconJul 24, 2010
Exactly. With Opera it's as easy as right-click -> Open in New Window.
Then I use the Win7 taskbar thumbnails to go back and forth. If I want I can save one window with all tabs as a session and restore it later. Couldn't be easier.
With Tab Candy it seems like you'd waste a lot of time just organizing.
Also color coding of tabs in the same domain like IE has and a browser option to open tabs next to the current one instead of at the end of the tab line would also make TC less useful.
TC really seems to be an option that's too complicated and takes too much time for it to actually be used much, although it sounds like a nice thing to have in theory.
moronicbajebusJul 24, 2010
Why use tabs? I just open links in new windows - problem solved.
Why use windows? I just run multiple instances of an application - problem solved.
Why use multiple applications? I just multiple computers each with its own browser - problem solved.
Why use computers? I just go to the library and open multiple books at the same time - problem solved.
h0dgesJul 24, 2010
I believe that only half-solves the problem. What this seems to do is merge the ability you discussed whilst incorporating memory, therefore recreating the function of bookmarks, albeit in a new way. Perhaps, like memories, this provides a temporal hierarchy to bookmarking, with this new feature offering short term memory of web sites, whilst traditional bookmarks provide a long term memory solution.
fxspec06Jul 24, 2010
100 tabs of porn? on a 100" screen? colour me tickled
omnirusaJul 24, 2010
Maybe it's just me... but besides porn, I don't really find myself with that many tabs open.
metaliqJul 24, 2010
never gone to wikipedia?
omnirusaJul 24, 2010
True, sometimes I can get carried away and end up with 12 tabs open, but at that point, I certainly don't need to take the time to create a category to drop all 12 tabs in under whatever the topic may be.
phatboyeJul 24, 2010
I agree, at most I my have 5 or 6 tabs open at a time and that is usually when I'm researching something. Really what is the point of having 30 tabs open, your mind cannot keep track of that much information and it will only cause information overload. When researching something I like to stay focused on one thing at a time so having 30 tabs open isn't really a good idea for me anoyways. I'd rather the FF dev's focus on making FF less bloated. Yeah I have plenty of memory but I'd rather not have FF taking up 75MB of RAM with only 1 tab open if possible.
asus3000Jul 24, 2010
"Info Guilt" I know thee..
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
My grandma wants to know how many browser toolbars she can get with this. Are they stackable so that the same redundant tool bar is in each group?
aivzdogJul 24, 2010
Sounds awesome!
bart5986Jul 24, 2010
I don't see whats so special about this.
Yes you can manage your tabs, great. But this is just equivalent to having multiple windows open and having a porn window, research window etc. You can use bookmarks in a certain folder to remember things for the future.
I welcome this, but I don't think i'll get a lot of use out of this.
Originally I thought this would automatically analyse how you browse the internet and manage your tabs according to how it thinks it should be grouped.
iignotusJul 24, 2010
Sure it's equivalent to that on the most basic level, but this concept is much, much quicker and slightly more visual and therefore easier to remember.
v3rtex7740Jul 24, 2010
you mean 'meant for retards', right?
opiticaJul 24, 2010
steve jobs is that you? quicker? is alt-tab too much for you?
unfatherJul 24, 2010
I do not believe it will be much, much quicker but it may be more intuitive for people are they have become acclimated to it. However I think there are probably better, more clever interfaces out there that would be even more so, and so I will not dedicate any consideration to this feature until it proves itself.
mitymouse90Jul 24, 2010
Is it just me or does this just sound like glorified bookmarks, only temporary?
mrfizzleJul 24, 2010
i thought the exact same thing when he zoomed out from his research, work groups.
koinekJul 24, 2010
It's just you.
bytecolorJul 24, 2010
Aye, I have a better name: Redundant Eye Candy
hydehkJul 24, 2010
yea but who cleans up their bookmarks?
la7dfaJul 24, 2010
Some people with Xmarks does. Common bookmarks for all my computers saved on web.
schmichJul 24, 2010
Exactly what some people need. Eg. now Firefox only saves the tabs of the last window (if you choose that option). What do you do if you have multiple windows with tabs that you want to save for next time you go on the computer? Crash Firefox manually, very elegant.
boomchockalockaJul 24, 2010
Bookmarks don't suggest things or allow you to search them or share and they have to load each time you open them. So, yes, it's kind of like bookmarks, but not nearly as good.
It's like saying a Lexus is kind of like a bicycle.
h0dgesJul 24, 2010
This looks to be an exciting replacement - well, perhaps for now just an accompaniment - to bookmarks. As I see it, bookmarks are limited to a rigid form of organisation, which is not fluid enough to meet the needs of today's web-surfers. This new feature looks set to provide an important reworking into the manner in which websites are remembered for later viewing. I believe bookmarks, in there current form, do not allow the user to have an appropriate amount of control in terms of organisation and assimilation of their content.
bboyjkangJul 24, 2010
Yea you’re right.. I don't like how he has to create a group name while browsing. He had “Space”, “To Read”, and “Camera Shopping”. Why can’t those things be bookmark folders already?
In the future he talks about searching group names, but what about being able to search folder names? Can you even do that now? Because I still haven’t figured that out. Let’s say I come across a review for a camera, and I want to save it to “Camera Shopping”. Right now, I have to remember text from one of the pages in that folder, find the page, and then I click on “Go Parent Folder”. If none of the web pages have “Camera” or “Shopping” (text from a folder name) in it, typing either of those terms won’t reveal the folder that I want to save to.
deusxJul 25, 2010
Well, when you have more than 6 or so tabs open, yeah: They're kind of like temporary bookmarks.
As for Tab Candy, no, that's not all it is
d3spJul 24, 2010
It's called using multiple instances of the browser, idiots.
justan0th3rfaceJul 24, 2010
so you like wasting system resources?
enantiodromiaJul 24, 2010
$50 says he doesn't even understand the question
ranon20Jul 24, 2010
Wow, Really looks nice. A few problems might occur with memory though. Already firefox 3.6 takes up too much memory. With a 100 tabs open, it will be a nightmare.
It seems that they are working on it though. The trade off between memory and speed is not an easy one and will be interesting to watch.
Another red flag mentioned in the video is the automatic sensing of data, e.g. camera prices, vacation etc mentioned. I hope that does not happen because that is basically advertising.
philbertJul 24, 2010
Watch the video, they're looking at ways to dump unused pages out of memory.
mockylockJul 24, 2010
Um... Maybe I'm just different, but has anyone else here EVER purposely opened that many tabs? It's a cool feature and all, but I can't see it being ground-breaking. I'm using firefox right now, but having 100 tabs (or enough to want to organize them) open just doesn't appeal to me.
captzomborgJul 24, 2010
If performance was good enough I'd probably have all my bookmarks open. And if these groups save, I could see this doing away bookmarking. I'm picturing just opening my browser and all the websites load at the same time with priority going to which ever one I have active.
crewbie4lifeJul 24, 2010
Really? all your bookmarks? There are so many bookmarks I have which are only for specific things. I use them maybe once a month. Having them open all the time would just be a waste of memory and space. But I guess if you use all 100 tabs in a days work then I guess it would be useful.
tgc1Jul 24, 2010
There have been times when I have been doing some research and have opened somewhere along the lines of 30 or 40 tabs at one time. I get side tracked easily.
piieerrrreeJul 24, 2010
yes, research....
pmkenny1234Jul 24, 2010
You don't open a bunch of tabs because it becomes a pain in the butt at a certain number. Try playing with the Tree Style Tabs plugin for a while. Being able to organize everything like it does can make it very easy to open so many tabs. I think you'll find it's also very handy. The only catch is that it uses waaay too many system resources. Even with 4GB of RAM, things start to get unwieldy after a while.
lloydinatorJul 24, 2010
When I'm on a digging spree, I have over a 100 tabs open dedicated to Digg. I'm sure a lot of power diggers do it too.
fungie5Jul 24, 2010
Yes, it does happen. For me it depends on what my reason for accessing the web is at that moment. On a weekend day like today, I'd usually average between 10 to 15 pages open at once. But when I'm doing heavy googling during the week to research topics, find product and service information, news, video etc. it can easily get to the point where I have 50 pages open at the same time in one or two browser windows. That's because of the way I use tabs. I don't just click a tab within a page and allow the browser to switch away to the new link. Instead, I open each link I want to visit in separate tabs (I use the middle-click extensively), allowing me to continue to scan the original page while the other links load in the background tabs.
I find it most efficient doing things that way.
Everyone has differing browsing habits and ways of doing thing. For instance, many of my friends are ok with manually visiting to a webmail site like Hotmail, logging in and then checking their inbox to see if they have any mail. I don't have that kind of time to waste, so I use the Firefox WebMail plugin, which monitors the inboxes of my five email accounts and give me one-click access to all the accounts that have new mail. At the end of the day, all these features aim to do is provide greater efficiency for those who need more. It may not be groundbreaking for you, but it's a breath of fresh air for those of us who welcome more efficient means of managing large numbers of tabs.
lancerkindJul 29, 2010
I have 20 tabs opened right now. :-)
Yesterday, I was planning a vacation, and sometimes, I stopped to handle a few other things. After a while my tab bar was a mix mash. Usually, I manage things like this each window being the theme, and then keeping the tabs in the right window. FF's drag and drop tabs really make this possible. This new tabs feature would further refine that.
0260Jul 24, 2010
I would rather have it grouped automatically based on domain name. like everything under dpreview.com together and etc
captzomborgJul 24, 2010
Well hopefully you'll be able to set rules for that kind of thing. Like in email clients when you can say "Everything for [email address x] goes into [folder y].
mohrtJul 24, 2010
way more than necessary. just make a grid style pop for all the tabs, like OSX does with applications.
leephilJul 24, 2010
The question is: will this help me look at cat videos?
peasant1337Jul 24, 2010
In short yes, one group with cheezburgers and one without.
seth553Jul 24, 2010
Hah, I just installed the Minefield version and guess what kind of video was there in the Tab Candy sandbox..?
I suspect you are one of the developers!
pwrstickJul 24, 2010
Can't wait for Firefox to finally start using Mandatory Integrity Controls (MIC) like Chrome and IE do. Might just start using it then!
zeraJul 24, 2010
I like to see innovative attempts in redesigning browser use.
closeyetfarJul 24, 2010
So when do we get rid of operating system GUI's and replace it with just a web browser. Maybe a command prompt as well. lol
jstock23Jul 24, 2010
Haven't heard of ChromeOS? Might be up your alley. Don't know when that comes out, but it will probably be the first OS like you mentioned.
lancerkindJul 29, 2010
Don't worry, we will!
diggorelseJul 24, 2010
I hate tabs and this is a nice workaround for having to have only one tab up at a time...it might almost make it as usable as the old multiple-window way.
enricorpgJul 24, 2010
Did they got this one from Opera this time?
heavystoneJul 24, 2010
Yepp, just like everything else.
agentfalconJul 24, 2010
It does seem like a mix of Operas visual tabs and speed dial, but it wasn't an obvious steal like they've done before.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Opera: Right click tab -> Arrange -> Tile vertically
samslaterJul 24, 2010
Looks great. The next FF might just take me away from Chrome............might.
mburke1124Jul 24, 2010
Mind Explosion!
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Cool I can't wait to use Tab Candy
sandrewmorrisonJul 24, 2010
So, what are you waiting for? Stop commenting and go use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!1!!!!!11!!1!!!!!!1!1!1!2
norbiuJul 24, 2010
Holy s**t dude, why don't you lay off the coke for a while?
mrjufrowJul 24, 2010
Did someone say coke?
http://i.imgur.com/pNPOO.png
samwise86Jul 24, 2010
this makes sense if you plan on being on for a long time, or if you never close tabs
philbertJul 24, 2010
I pretty much never close tabs. I have about 10 now hat have been open for several weeks, even through a number of reboots.
metaliqJul 24, 2010
save & quit, quit, cancel
philbertJul 24, 2010
"save & quit" is my friend.
se7enviiJul 24, 2010
Or if you got multiple things to do but don't want to do them 1 at a time (eg. research for class work, designing web sites, shopping for a laptop, reading up on daily news etc). People like to keep things open so they don't lose their place/lose track of what they were doing. Being able to easily tuck things into groups and away from sight makes it easier to multi-task. Similar to the Windows 7 task bar in that regard.
nerfdudeJul 24, 2010
can't wait to see the Chrome extension that does the same thing, but faster and smoother.
sorry Firefox, i'm never coming back.
johnm5Jul 24, 2010
Chrome doesn't provide a good enough extension platform for that to be possible. It would need to be built into the browser. This feature in firefox is also built into the browser, but it would technically be possible to make with an extension.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
This is done with html, javascript, and css. Any browser could do it as easily as Firefox. That's kind of the point of it.
illinestJul 24, 2010
dont you people ever close your tabs?
jesus!
can you even read more than one webpage at a time? do you need to leave it open like a trophy showing that you surfed there?
"burpmaster23 wuz here'
stap1egunJul 24, 2010
When I read Digg I generally open every interesting looking link from the first page all at once in new tabs, then from the Digg article page open the actual link and finally work my way through them. I think this is much more efficient than opening a link, then navigating back to the comment page if I want to see comments, then back to the homepage to find the next link I want to click. Just with Digg I can easily get 10+ tabs open quickly and it's very useful.
robert99aJul 24, 2010
Interesting looking links from the first page of digg? When did this happen??
crewbie4lifeJul 24, 2010
I usually only fine two or three things interesting from the front page. but 10+! I wish I had that must spare time.
tgc1Jul 24, 2010
That is precisely what I do as well.
burpmaster23Jul 24, 2010
:( That's not nice. Why are people always making fun of me?
vegaobscura3Jul 24, 2010
burpmaster23
A person who joined Digg on July 24th, 2010
Its not funny if you made the account just to comment.
crazyjoe123Jul 24, 2010
VegaObscura3: It was funny until you posted that.
illinestJul 24, 2010
i thought it was funny. :)
skillelJul 24, 2010
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lancerkindJul 29, 2010
"A closed tab is a closed mind." -- anonymous
stanly22Jul 24, 2010
I pretty much do the same thing using multiple instances of the same browser running.
unfatherJul 24, 2010
Not sure why people are digging you down because I literally can do all of that with Chrome's current functionality. The only scenario this would help under is if I allowed myself to have 30 tabs open at once. I have a very fast computer, and I still am not inclined to do that.