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FoxTab makes Firefox tab switching prettier, if not more convenient
This Firefox add-on lets you cycle through previews of your open tabs much the same way that Windows Vista and Windows 7's Flip 3D feature lets you flip through running programs. Actually, you can pick from 5 different views. One mimics the Aero Flip 3D look, while the others arrange previews in a line, a wall, or other format.
You can launch FoxTab by hitting Ctrl+Q, and you can use the same key combination to flip through your tabs. Hit enter once you've found the web page you're looking for and you'll go right to that tab. Or you can navigate with your mouse if that's your kind of thing.
I have to say, FoxTab makes the process of cycling through tabs a lot prettier. And if you have a ton of tabs open, I suppose this plugin could make it easier to find the one you're looking for. But in most circumstances, I think it would take longer to find tabs using FoxTab than by hitting Ctrl+Tab or just using your mouse to click on the tab you want to open.
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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) said 4:39PM on 2-17-2009
now i love keyboard shortcuts, and i use them across just about every program i use on my PC's. that's mostly because im a graphics major and keyboard shortcuts are a must if you want to actually get any work done in the Adobe Creative Suite. but i never know that Ctrl+Tab was the shortcut to cycle tabs in Firefox. i should have figured there was a shortcut though, just never looked it up.
either way, im all about sprucing up my interface so i'm definitely installing this extension.
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minibar said 4:40PM on 2-17-2009
this has slick visuals, but i find Tab Wheel Scroll performance hard to beat.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6501
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RP said 7:57AM on 2-18-2009
Great add-on -- because it works across all Firefox windows, not just the current window (like Ctrl-Tab). I often have 5 or 6 windows, each with 5-10 tabs. This is very useful.
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