I have seen the sh*t @mozillaofficial got/gets for it's change in #termsofuse and #privacynotice. But the recent update to the #firefox browser #ui with #verticaltabs is just blessing.

I'm really enjoying this update 136.0 (aarch64)

Firefox 136 Now Offers Vertical Tabs

I just updated my Firefox install to version 136 and discovered it has a new Vertical Tabs feature. If you prefer to organize or view your tabs this way, you might like it.

NOTE - In my testing on Windows 10, enabling Vertical Tabs mode significantly reduces the draggable area at the top of Firefox making it difficult to move around on the desktop.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

In my i have just accidentally discovered how to make the irritating column of shortcuts at the bottom of the native #VerticalTabs bar, change from space-wasting vertical, to space-saving horizontal. It was totes unintuitive. Now i have a small glow of smug success, almost like i imagine competent peeps might sometimes feel, even though i utterly fluked this & actually exhibited no skill at all.

Absolutely #InLove with #Sidebery:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebery/
https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery
#Mozilla #Firefox #AddOn that implements #VerticalTabs #TabGroups and an extremely powerful and incredibly simple navigation resources, full of efficiency. For anyone that work with more than 10 #tabs.
#FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #FLOSS #MIT #Internet #Browser #Favs

Mozilla's Vertical Tabs: A Game-Changer for Firefox Productivity

Mozilla's upcoming vertical tabs feature in Firefox is set to revolutionize how users manage their browser experience. This innovative update promises to enhance organization and streamline tab naviga...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/mozilla-s-vertical-tabs-a-game-changer-for-firefox-productivity

I've loved using the superb AO #Sidebery in my for many years. Nevertheless i have been keeping an eye on the FF Devs' progress with native #VerticalTabs in #FirefoxNightly over the past several months. A couple of days ago i decided to create a new profile [using the new Profile paradigm in Nightly], into which i installed all the same AOs [except ofc not Sidebery this time], copied across all my bookmarks, passwords, form data etc, to basically replicate my familiar browsing setup except this time with the native VTs & #TabGroups.

I've used this new profile instead of my usual Sidebery profile for the past day, to do all my normal browsing, so i can get a good feel for the viability or not of this native paradigm. Sidebery's hierarchical infinitely-nestable tree-structure is vastly superior to any & all simple flat tab-groups paradigms like Vivaldi, Floorp, Zen, & Chromium... & now also Nightly, but i'm trying to be tenacious & tolerate it so i can make it a worthy IRL comparison test.

However what's highly irritating is the profligate waste of vertical space of these native VTs compared to Sidebery; see pic. Multiple times i have launched the Nightly #BrowserToolbox UI & tried to discover the specific css code controlling the huge padding & excessive vertical height of these tabs, so i can drastically reduce it in my #userChromeCSS... but each time it seems to evade me [i'm not very good at this].

Can any actual Devs or otherwise keen FF UI modders please point me to the code in question?

Mozilla has been talking a lot about AI, which I personally don't care much for. Luckily, that doesn't appear to be coming at the cost of Firefox development, because there are a couple of features coming up that I'm pretty excited about! The following are all available in Nightly already.

Firefox wordt 20 (en de komende weken nóg beter dan het al was)
https://youtu.be/-Mz8xJW4CNE?si=dMzPjFx6XEW8x-ly

@jppelt @MediaActivist @macleod

@d2i @noplexa @abominabledrh @brunomiguel @kopio

Yes, but... albeit still early days in its development, already #Floorp is seriously impressive! Based on its extensive feature-set, IMO it's clearly the Vivaldi of the Foxes . It's exciting to now have a feature-rich #Gecko browser as a viable alternative to Vivaldi's #Chromium.

Time spent within its Settings is richly rewarded. Not only for the amazing granularity of tweaks available throughout all the many Settings categories generally, but also take a look within the "Lepton" option, for even more "oh wow!"

For #VerticalTabs fans, it has these natively, & also native #Workspaces... & a #Vivaldi-esque #WebPanel ... & more!

For those like me who prefer tree not flat vertical tabs, either/both #TreeStyleTab / #Sidebery #AddOns are fine in Floorp, although sadly to do so you need to forego Floorp's native Workspaces. Luckily though, Sidebery has those.

So far, i'm loving my new default daily browser, Floorp.

On the negative side though, to be quite fair, i have been experiencing a little instability during some browser restarts. Also, though i suppose it makes some sense for the developers, i'm disappointed that Floorp is forked from #Firefox #ESR not plain Firefox.