Firefox Finally Delivers Tab Groups Feature (mozilla.org) 28
Firefox has launched its long-awaited tab groups feature, responding to the most upvoted request in Mozilla Connect's three-year history. The feature allows users to organize tabs by name or color through a drag-and-drop interface.
Mozilla is now developing an AI-powered "smart tab groups" feature that automatically suggests organization based on open tabs. Unlike competitors, the company said, Firefox processes this data locally, keeping tab information on the user's device rather than sending it to cloud servers.
Mozilla is now developing an AI-powered "smart tab groups" feature that automatically suggests organization based on open tabs. Unlike competitors, the company said, Firefox processes this data locally, keeping tab information on the user's device rather than sending it to cloud servers.
Long awaited by who...Not me... (Score:3)
Hopefully when the 'long awaited feature' is added, it includes a long awaited 'disable this "feature"' option.
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Definitely long awaited by me, and by many who use Firefox for work I suspect.
Re: Long awaited by who...Not me... (Score:2)
Nobody had to wait, unless they were severely Internet impaired. Multiple add-ons implemented tab groups.
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Sure doesn't sound like anything I would have donated money for, nor voted for even without risking any skin off my nose. Near as I can tell I've been grouping and organizing my tabs for a long time. I just use separate browser windows for each group. May help that I have a West Coast mentality and large external displays on my primary machines. (On small screens I just have to think differently. Mostly Android but also that foul Chromebook.)
Mostly I wonder how much this "most desired" feature actually cost
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It is not intrusive. I'm using an updated firefox it I did not notice anything until slashdot told me. It's on the right click on a tab ("add to a new group").
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I didn't know I was awaiting this until I read about it just now. Currently 4,000+ tabs open and curating them just takes too much time. Would be sweet to get some AI help, especially grouping the garbage together, which is most of it.
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>"Currently 4,000+ tabs open and curating them just takes too much time."
^ Why? I don't understand this.
This is why bookmarks exist. Bookmark what you like, place those in a related/descriptively-named folders, even nested if you like. You can even select multiple tabs and bookmark them all at once. If/when you need those open to actually use them, you just click on "open all in tabs" in that folder (or any level).
I typically have three windows and a dozen or so tabs in each, but those are all sites I
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I've always struggled to understand this too, even people with 30 tabs open in one window seems insane. Obviously do whatever works for you, I just can't wrap my head that kind of workflow.
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It stresses me a lot to see those people at work. They became dependent on so many open tabs, and live below the sword of Damocles, one glitch away of losing them all for any reason.
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Long awaited by me. Now I MIGHT look into possibly moving to Firefox.
Re: Long awaited by who...Not me... (Score:2)
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Hopefully when the 'long awaited feature' is added, it includes a long awaited 'disable this "feature"' option.
Do you often criticize things you don't know or haven't experienced?
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Yep, same here. I have had that "feature" for ages. All it does is annoy me when I accidentally activate it.
Mozilla really needs to listen to its users (Score:2)
AI Powered Tabs? (Score:2)
Has anyone wondered what "powers" browser tabs. No.
Wow. This is deep stuff.
Re: AI Powered Tabs? (Score:2)
And yet (Score:2)
The checkbox which existed for years which turned off update notifications still isn't put back in place.
Something simple which improve people's lives, and instead we get this.
AI-powered "smart tab groups" (Score:2, Insightful)
I am so tired of AI powered this and AI powered that. It's all BULLSHIT.
I hate Firefox, but... (Score:2)
I still use Firefox over other browsers, because the rest are worse. Mozilla loves to push UI and feature changes that make no sense. I do nothing in Thunderbird that I didn't do 25 years ago in Eudora, other than maybe read html emails with the images not downloaded. Not that I want html in those emails I receive.
Meanwhile, Thunderbird recently borked the reply all, and Firefox reduces privacy every chance they can get.
Re: I hate Firefox, but... (Score:2)
Wanted feature (Score:3)
Re:Wanted feature (Score:4, Informative)
>"Disable updates completely and stop nagging me about it."
It already has this. But it is not an easy click. You have to set a policy. On linux it means creating a policies.json file in $FFHOME/distribution:
{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}
It works, I have used it for years. I update when I want, and without any nagging whatsoever. Could it be easier/better? Yes. Did it USED to be easier/better? Yes. But it is still possible. Just like tabs-on-bottom, and a lot of other stuff, is still possible with UserChrome.
ITT (Score:2, Insightful)
ITT: people complaining about "features nobody wants" when it's literally the most wanted feature by users.
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This site is so grumpy lol.
The link on this article demonstrates that this was a highly anticipated feature.
I know several people on my team who will be ecstatic to use this. Tabs and bookmarks are so poorly handled by many users, this will help.
Not really a new feature in Firefox (Score:2)
Firefox used to have a built-in tab groups feature (Panorama) long time ago. In 2016 Mozilla removed it, because apparently nobody was using it (at least according to the telemetry that most power users disable anyway).
I'll have to see how this native tab groups feature compares to one of the existing extensions that provide Panorama-like functionality (e.g. Simple Tab Groups). Judging by the video, the native tab groups feature seems pretty basic at the moment.
Oh my God (Score:2)
Dude, you need to get out more.