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Comment by berberous | Hacker News Reader

I refuse to use any browser without vertical tabs.

Even worse, I've become accustomed specifically to vertical 'tree-style' tabs. I hate that I need them - it makes me less flexible than I would want to be.

Chromium/Chrome with "tabs outliner" is quite sweet.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggk...

There's an add-on for simple vertical tabs, but I think this is even better.

The simple fact it is a separate window bothers me. I know you can't change the Chrome UI without using C++ but the Firefox version looks and works much better.

Until Chrome lets people modify the browser UI like Tree Style Tab and other addons do, I won't be interested in switching. It's a good browser for my parents, computer labs, etc. but I could never use it on my workstation.

The other simpler addon is not a separate window, but this one is much better once you get used to it. Worth it as it really takes things to a different level.

BTW you can move the tab outliner itself to a tab and close the window.

Is that a built-in feature or do you use an extension?

I use the "Tree Style Tab" extension, available here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

If you haven't used it before, and if you're prone to having 10+ tabs open at a time, I highly recommend it. Although I warn you that you may never wish to use Safari or Chrome again...

Chrome used to have a similar feature built-in but they removed it ages ago.

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