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Deja vu all over again: tab previews are back in Firefox 3.6
Originally slated for 3.0, then bumped to 3.5, then bumped again, tab previews are back in Firefox 3.6. To activate the feature, you'll need to jump into your about:config and search for browser.ctrlTab.previews. Double click the entry to set its value to true, and the result is what you see above.
Your last six tabs are displayed in a floating window, with a button below that allows viewing of all open tabs (screenshot after the break).
The control + tab feature has also been given a touch-up. You can now choose to have the hotkey cycle through your tabs as it currently does, or change so that it switches back and forth between your most recently active tabs. It's more elegant than having to open a separate window so you can alt-tab back and forth.
Again, you'll need to open about:config and change a value - browser.ctrlTab.mostRecentlyUsed - and set it to true.
Again, you'll need to open about:config and change a value - browser.ctrlTab.mostRecentlyUsed - and set it to true.
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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Mark said 9:48AM on 8-03-2009
I want it!
To bad my ubuntu firefox version has not been updated to 3.5 yett...
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Saint Seminole said 9:58AM on 8-03-2009
Or just use FF add-on "Ctrl-Tab" which has been doing this all along (and works with the button at upper right -- "list all tabs.")
Or add-on "FoxTab" which provides 3-D switching between tabs -- beautiful, customizable interface that only takes up system resources while it's being used.
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dmitr77 said 3:21PM on 8-03-2009
I use ctrl-tab addon and it looks just like it
techpops said 4:37PM on 8-03-2009
FoxTab is superb. We need more extensions like this that make much smarter use of all the graphic power the average user has access too now.
Be gone boring flat images!
An article waiting to happen maybe, the visually kick ass extensions for Firefox. FoxTab and Cooliris are two must haves in that category.
Jordan said 10:43AM on 8-03-2009
Or use IE which has been able to do this for a while...
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SleepingPanda said 12:59PM on 8-03-2009
And just who in their right mind would switch browsers just for this? Please, people, is logic so much to ask for?
Jakurb said 8:19PM on 8-03-2009
Here's a really useful tip:
if you find a feature in a non-Firefox browser, check to see if there is an add-on which does it for Firefox. There is a good chance that there is. In this case, there are 2 (at least): Ctrl-Tab and FoxTab (I seem to rememer something like "Tab Showcase" or something, but that might be for older versions of Firefox).
Big Al said 9:46PM on 8-10-2009
FYI, "Deja vu all over again" is a double negative.
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Lee Mathews said 9:48PM on 8-10-2009
I'll take "Missed references to Yogi Berra" for $1,000 Alex.
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