Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tab-grouping in Firefox

[Davyd McColl]

On October 22, 2018 7:26:53 AM Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:

> 181015 Philip Webb wrote:
>> The big question is whether I can still group tabs,
>> whether directly with FF or via some add-on (whatever they're now called).
>
> I've now been using FF for a few days & can report my experience.
> There doesn't seem to be an add-on which reproduces the old version.
> However, I've done what I thought mb the best imitation :
> the answer is windows ! -- no, not that Windows, but FF windows.
> It's simple to drag-drop tabs from one FF window to another :
> you just have to make sure you drop it into the Tab Bar.
>
> My daily use of this is when reading news stories.
> If I'm reading the Guardian, there are  5  story lists I check :
> World, UK, Biz, Opinion + the home page.  The problem is
> that not all Biz stories are listed there, but mb eg under World,
> so to group them for easy reading I need to grab all of them,
> then move them into my desired groups, ie World, UK, Biz (incl Brexit),
> Science+Environment, Entertainment (sport history pictures etc).
> This was easy fun using the old Tab Groups ;
> now it's not fun, but fairly easy to do by creating separate windows
> & dragging the appropriate tabs into the appropriate windows ;
> dragging the 1st onto the desktop creates each window.
>
> Does anyone know why FF dropped this feature ?
> It looks as if it sb easy to develop as a front-end to window management.
>
> Otherwise, the new FF is noticeably faster than the old FF.
>
> Also, can anyone tell me how to remove an add-on ?
The "hamburger" menu (three horizontal lines) need the top-right) has a 
menu item to get to addons - simply disable or uninstall from there.
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