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Tab Sidebar for Firefox 1.5 - Today's Browser Tip
by Jordan Running Nov 4th 2005 at 6:15PM
A fairly common wishlist item for Firefox is the ability to make the tab bar display screenshots of the page on each tab, and we've seen a couple stabs at it. Tab Sidebar, however, is the best I've seen yet. Exploiting functionality available only in Firefox 1.5 (my condolences to those not yet on the cutting edge), Tab Sidebar replaces the tab bar with (you guessed it) a sidebar that displays each tab as a thumbnail screenshot accompanied by close and reload buttons. Simple and effective.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Frank said 8:22PM on 11-04-2005
Before anybody asks, here's the answer:
Porn.
Question: What is this good for?
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BOOYAH23 said 8:28PM on 11-04-2005
haha...That was my exact question frank...but i still don't really understand it...i've definitley been through my share of porn, and i don't see the point still, i mean, its only a thumbnail, so what does it help to differentiate between sites? and this doesn't necessarily have to do with porn either...but, you know..any help?
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Mark said 9:03PM on 11-04-2005
Combine this with the Tab Preview extension and you hardly have to look at your main browser window anymore.
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AFD said 9:07PM on 11-06-2005
I'm definitely going to try this extension, but not until the final release of 1.5 is out. Not sure if it'll help me differentiate between the dozen or so tabs open at the same time, but I guess it's worth a try. Looking forward to 1.5, but somewhat concerned about all my current extensions not working once I upgrade.
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ben said 11:34AM on 11-07-2005
I believe Omniweb (www.omnigroup.com) was the first browser to have visual tabs. In fact, all tabs in Omniweb are in a drawer. Thumbnails can be collapsed and resized to fit more tabs.
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