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The tree style tabs extension for Firefox is what kept me from (eventually) switching to Chrome. Chrome is superior in a lot of ways but I do wish they'd make the layout a bit more customizable/extensible.

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With the latest Chrome you can try the --enable-vertical-tabs command line option.

See: http://www.howtonew.com/how-to-move-chrome-tabs-to-the-left-... http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-chrome-labs....

I was waiting for Tree Style Tabs to switch to Chrome, finally gave up and switched anyway two weeks ago. While the vertical tabs option does exist in Chrome, it's inferior to the Firefox offering in a number of ways. In particular, there's no tab grouping / collapsing, and the UI is really still ugly and not themable (at least on OSX, tabs retain their 'top tabs' shape, there's an unchangeable blue background on the tab bar, and tab dragging does not work properly). IMO, not ready for prime time yet ... hopefully soon though.

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