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I never understood why people wanted their tabs on the top instead of on the side. I'm using [Tree Style Tab][1] on Firefox and whenever I need to use any browser I feel limited by screen real estate. With modern widescreen displays I can have my tabs on the side and the titles are still readable while the website content is readable, too. What's not to like?

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/

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Non-German / language specific link: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/

Personally I prefer having tabs at the top of the browser because they are always accessible without being too distracting. I find having a wide sidebar of tabs pulls my attention away more often than I would like.

I usually have less than 5 tabs open at any time. Side tabs are a huge waste of space for me.

You can hide them. The tabs sidebar only opens when you hit the key combo to open it or bump the side of the screen with your mouse. If anything it saves space.

Takes up way more screen space to show content I don't usually need/want to see. Cool that it's an option, though.

I use a 4k monitor and my browser window is usually 1280x2160.

Same here, portrait orientation is amazing for everything that's not watching video. The latest Gitlab redesign really irks me because the left sidebar takes up 30% of my tall and narrow screen.

Portrait i.e vertical orientation screen gives you so much more overview for source files. For portrait orientation even smaller screens benefit from 4k

Thanks for introducing this extension. Turns out, it's available for Chrome as well:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sidewise-tree-styl...

It's not. Chrome counterpart is just a weak attempt to make something similar. At the very best.

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