Tab Navigator introduces an ingenious method that should remind Windows users of the Alt Tab navigation in their operating system. The Firefox add-on enables the keyboard shortcuts [ALT W] and [ALT R] which can be used to open a small window and navigate to all tabs pressing the W or R keys repeatedly. The keys that are used to power this new function can be changed in the add-on’s options. It is possible to use a combination of CTRL, ALT, Shift plus one other key on the keyboard for each function.

This is important for users who make use of other add-ons that use these keyboard shortcuts (the Last Pass password manager for example uses [ALT W] to open the site search window. Another interesting option that is provided by the add-on is the ability to enable thumbnail previews of open tabs. The thumbnail preview size is set to 400 pixel with the option to decrease or increase the size in the options.

The main benefit of tab navigator is the use of only one hand to switch to another tab. Tab Navigator is an experimental add-on for the Firefox web browser. It can be download from the official Mozilla Firefox website.