The Google Chrome browser provides access to a feature to pin tabs in the web browser by default. Pinned tabs will be moved to the left side of the tabbar where their tab will be changed to a smaller icon that is showing only the favicon of the website in question. The benefit of this approach is that the tabs take less space in the tabbar while they can still be accessed normally by clicking on them.
Pin Tab is a new experimental Firefox add-on that brings this feature to the Firefox web browser. Yes, there have been some tab managers in the past who also provided that option (like the Faviconize Tab extension), but none looked as promising as the Pin Tab extension.
Tabs can be pinned in Firefox by Ctrl-clicking them in the web browser. This will automatically shrink the tab to the size of the favicon and move it to the left side of the tabbar.
The picture above shows a tabbar with two pinned tabs on the left. A left-click on a pinned tab will open the website as usual. It is possible to change the default hotkey to pin tabs or use the right-click context menu option to do so. It is furthermore possible to pin tabs by dragging unpinned tabs to the pinned tab area with the reverse option possible as well.
The main benefit of pinning tabs up to this point should be obvious: Space. It is possible to place roughly 5-7 pinned tabs in the place of one open tab. Unlike the pinned tab option in Google Chrome the Firefox add-on comes with additional features. The pinned tabs will for instance remain pinned over browsing sessions if Firefox is configured to remember browsing sessions.
Pin Tab is an interesting add-on for the Firefox web browser. It can be useful for Firefox users who regularly work with a set of tabs that they usually have open in Firefox all the time. The Firefox add-on can be downloaded from the Mozilla Firefox website.
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concerning permanent tab (beyond one session) u can use:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7816
I use a combination of PermaTabs Mod and Faviconizetab as well as Better GMAIL. This allows me to have my GMAIL open at all times and even tell me how many e-mails I have waiting. http://i37.tinypic.com/smps3m.png
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I’m using the latest release of Chrome (3.0.195.27) and haven’t seen this Pin-Tab feature yet… Is this something that’s only on Chrome’s developer releases? #downloads
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"On area where Pin Tab falls short from Faviconize, the Firefox extension that pre-dates Chrome’s pinned tabs by a long shot, is the ability to automatically include tabs into the pinned zone."
But doesn’t "If you have Firefox set up to remember browsing sessions your pinned tabs will stay pinned in between uses." accomplish the same thing?
Since this combines Faviconize with Permatabs, and the Permatabs entry has a nasty habit of disappearing from my tab context menu on a whim, I will definitely be giving this a try. #downloads
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That is one nice setup. Btw are you using Windows 2000? Its way too old.
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@rlee: I still prefer a combination of Faviconize and Permatabs Mod; the reason being that Firefox doesn’t have to load your pinned tabs at startup. If you have Firefox remember your "Pin Tab" pinned tabs with session-save, then every time you launch Firefox, your saved tabs will be loading, which can create delay. With Faviconize and the Permatabs Mod, you can set it for the pinned tabs to only load when you click on each tab after startup. #downloads
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I just found another way to pin a tab in Chrome:
Grab a tab, now drag it to the top left corner of the screen. Don’t release the mouse for about 0.5 seconds and it will turn into a pinned tab. Only works when Chrome is maximized. You don’t need to already have any pinned tabs for this to work. #downloads
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I think I will stick with Faviconize
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I use faviconize and permatabs, is there any reason to switch to this? #downloads
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Is there a way to get it to not hide my Gmail inbox count? #downloads
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@Tony Bullard: Are you using greasemonkey? If yes, than install the greasemonkey script called "Gmail favicon 3."
[userscripts.org]
If no, then go ahead and start using greasemonkey. =P #downloads
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[addons.mozilla.org]
FTW #downloads
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@rlee: I believe this refers to the ability to set URLs (including wildcards) for sites that you want to always open in a pinned or faviconized tab. That is, rather than saying I always want this site to open as a pinned tab, Faviconize Tab allows you to say I want any site of a particular domain (or from within a particular subdirectory on that domain) to open in this manner.
This is a plus depending on how you have your tabs set. In my case, I have it set so that the tab I have pinned (using the Faviconize and Permatab combo) will launch links in a new tab. The wildcard method allows those newly created tabs to be Faviconized as well (but not pinned). #downloads
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@Tony Bullard: use a userscript or addon that puts the unread count on the favicon. Better Gmail by the LH crew does this. #downloads
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@geiko: sorry, didnt see your post. Yup, "gmail favicon alerts 3" is what i use too. Gotta love greasemonkey. #downloads
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@Tony Bullard: Here ya go
[lifehacker.com] #downloads
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I had pinned tabs disappear off the left of the browser window. Oh dear. #downloads
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A question. Is this not a lot of trouble to do something that a faviconized bookmarks toolbar would be good for? #downloads
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I’ve been using PermaTabs .. but this is better one.
PS:A simple question to author – what theme do you use? your ffox window looks really nice
I’m using the Operatta theme which is only working in Firefox 3.6x http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/01/opera-skin-for-firefox/
I cant find the addon at that URL ???
It seems that the add-on was removed from the site. Not sure what is going on, you can check out a thread at Mozillazine about it (no solution yet)
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=1573825
@jupiterthunder: Ok, I see where that could be useful. In any case, the addon seems to be gone now, alas. #downloads
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Silly Firefox, you can’t have Opera skin, you are not even Opera.