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April 14, 2005
Firefox super tabbing
One of the unexplained mysteries of modern browser life is this: how come EVERYBODY isn't using tabs? Well, part of the answer is that Internet Explorer doesn't have tabs, and if you've been an obedient Microsoft follower, you just sort of accept that every page has to open in a new window.
Not with Firefox [and Opera]. We've settled on Firefox, and become addicted to the amazing utility of opening sites in new tabs, and navigating between them. The downside is this: you can end up with stacks of tabs, and finding and switching between them can be a touch tedious. But not with a recently upgraded Firefox extension called MiniT.
With MiniT installed, you can re-order your tabs by dragging them along the Tab Bar, or using the mouse scroll wheel. You can also grab a tab and drop it as an URL into - say - your MovableType publisher.
Another tab tip: If you go into about:config, you can also change the Firefox default so that a new Tab opens to the right of the current tab, rather than to the extreme right of the Tab Bar, simply by toggling "tablib.tabs_open_relative" to True.
By the way, over in the forum, AussieBoykie has posted a link to an interesting article on the Evil Empire's likely strategy to rein in the accelerating demand for Firefox.
Posted by cw at April 14, 2005 08:03 AM
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Chances are no one will read this, but there is an incredibly useful extension called SwiftTabs, that lets you "Move to the next/previous tab" with two buttons (mine are f3 and f2 respectively). It is a chip of the Opera block, which uses the 1 and 2 buttons to achieve the same thing. Tis an absolute must if you are a 'tab whore' like me. Makes tab navigation a dream.
Posted by: Hobbit at April 27, 2005 02:31 AM