Split Browser: Because sometimes, tabs just aren't enough

by Robert Headley Dec 19th 2007

We love us some Firefox. It's open source, relatively exploit free, and extensible, so you can make it whatever you want. It's also not Internet Explorer; So that's a plus.

What really helped to establish Firefox as the favorite of the tech savvy is tabs. But sometimes, your strengths can be your weakness. Ever try to follow information from several tabs at the same time? Enter Split Browser by Shimoda Hiroshi.

Split Browser is a Firefox extension that allows you to have multiple websites on the screen at once. It also enables some pretty heavy productivity enhancements. For example, there is a tack like icon in the top left corner of each frame, that allows you to scroll simultaneously in several frames at once. And you get all this without opening up a dozen tabs.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jreg said 10:14AM on 12-19-2007

Would be even handier if you could then graphicly scale the page in each frame, to get the whole picture. The only thing I like about the Wii Opera browser (obviously without the frames).

Michael Freeman said 10:32AM on 12-19-2007

Split Browser add-on crashes on my machines often. Split Panel add-on is not as feature rich but is much more stable

Kenny said 1:12PM on 12-19-2007

Is it just me, or does this look just a bit like Opera's Tab arranging feature?
Hmmm.
Well I'm sure that it's been suped up a bit... That's what most firefox add-ons do when they imitate Opera.
But of course, the advantage in Opera: it's built in.

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