Tip of the Week: Landscape Mode Firefox
May 14th, 2007 (12:00pm) Anne Zelenka 4 Comments
Does it annoy you that your screen is short and wide while web pages are mostly tall and skinny? Johnathon Weare has come up with a hack to create a widescreen version of Firefox. He calls it Widefox. It puts tabs into a vertical sidebar that takes advantage of the extra horizontal space you have on your display. You can see way more tabs at a time this way — up to 40 or more.
It’s not too hard to do: just install Firefox add-on Tab Mix Plus with Johnathon’s Firefox user chrome file, then configure Tab Mix Plus to correctly arrange tabs in your new tab sidebar. Get the detailed instructions here.
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Brett Terpstra says: May 14th, 2007 2:53pm
You should also check out Firefox Showcase, which has a sidebar mode that displays small previews of tabs while hiding the horizontal tab bar. It’s very configurable and great if you’re not a huge tab monger (25 or fewer tabs at a time).
Foofy says: May 14th, 2007 3:23pm
If you’re using Opera you can do the same thing by opening the “Window” sidebar panel. Not trying to be a fanboy, just pointing it out for those (like me) who didn’t know it was there at first.
Om says: May 14th, 2007 6:53pm
Anne
I tried this and i was underwhelmed by it and had to basically get rid of it in less than 20 minutes.
Il Liceo » Blog Archive » Firefox Tip: Optimize Firefox for the widescreen says: May 18th, 2007 1:01pm
[...] Johnathan’s custom layout moves the tabs to the right side of your browser (which should be a familiar home for anyone who likes moving their Windows sidebar or Mac dock to the side of their screen). If you like to maximize your browser and end up with a lot of unused whitespace on the sides, the Widefox set up is a nice idea. — Adam Pash Widefox [via Web Worker Daily] [...]