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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 22nd, 2008
  • Comments: 3

Windows Tabbed Browsing

Tabs have become the standard in web browsers to browse Internet pages. They have several advantages like being space efficient or easier manageable. The first application for Windows that introduced tabbed browsing was QT Tab Bar which added that functionality to Windows Explorer.
Windows Tabifier takes the concept a step further by breaking out of the [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 31st, 2008
  • Comments: 14

Load URL When Creating New Tab In Firefox

Whenever a user creates a new tab in Firefox, which usually is done by pressing CTRL T, the tab that appears is completely blank and does not provide any information whatsoever. Now this is different if you middle-click a link or bookmark because this action will load the website under the link in the new [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 17th, 2008
  • Comments: 7

Span Firefox Tabs Across Multiple Rows

Firefox is offering one row for its tabbed browsing feature. Tabs get reduced in size if the user opens additional websites but that stops eventually and additional tabs are not displayed anymore. The tab bar has to be scrolled to access those websites. Alternatively the icon at the end can be clicked on which opens [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Feb 22nd, 2007
  • Comments: 3

Tab Mix Plus Firefox Extension

I’m using the Tab Mix Plus Firefox Extension for one simple purpose mainly. I don’t like the way Firefox handles if you open more sites in tabs than the width of your screen can display. The default way is that Firefox makes the tab list scrollable which is not a perfect solution. I was looking for an extension that would create an additional row and place all the new tabs in that row. Tab Mix Plus supports this feature, you can select the maximum number of rows that should be added, the default value is three rows which means that two additional rows will be added if necessary.

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

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