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gykf_
Brass Contributor
May 23, 2019
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Vertical Tabs

The ever shrinking tab sizes in Chrome/Edge as you open new tabs is a really bad UX. One reason I often keep too many tabs open is because I can't read the title to decide which of them I could close...
  • melvynadam's avatar
    melvynadam
    Oct 28, 2019

    sambul95 Tab Groups only partially solve one of the problems mentioned by the OP. They don't solve the real estate issue and I'd argue they're only a partial solution to the UX issue. Vertical tabs are a game changer and Edge needs them.

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Pavlyukoff
Copper Contributor
Aug 10, 2020
Thanks fro screens. Installed canary (86.0.601.0), but cannot see those.
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cjc2112
Bronze Contributor
Aug 13, 2020

Pavlyukoff They got removed yesterday in an update and I am really disappointed. I lost all my tabs that were in the vertical layout and I was just starting to get used to the layout. I honestly don't know why they removed it.

 

Edit: Its back now.

Edit: Nope its gone

Edit: Its back

Edit: ... its missing yet again.

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    Oldschool2085
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 13, 2020
    What's wrong with using the Collection feature.
    • bkonia's avatar
      bkonia
      Brass Contributor
      Aug 13, 2020
      Apples and oranges. As Pavlyukoff correctly stated, Collections are just glorified bookmarks. Vertical tabs provide a completely different and far superior browsing experience. Right now, I have 20 tabs open, so all the tab titles are truncated and I have to navigate based solely on the favicons displayed in the tabs. With the tabs arranged vertically, there would be no truncation. It's disappointing that Microsoft promised vertical tabs many months ago, but this feature is still not implemented.
      • cjc2112's avatar
        cjc2112
        Bronze Contributor
        Aug 14, 2020

        bkonia Also, when are scrollable tabs coming? Legacy Edge and Firefox have them and they don't require a significant learning curve like vertical tabs do.

    • Pavlyukoff's avatar
      Pavlyukoff
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 13, 2020

      Oldschool2085, try to use Firefox with TreeStyleTab addon or even Vivaldi for a couple of days.

      Collections is little more usable than bookmarks - not more.

      • Oldschool2085's avatar
        Oldschool2085
        Copper Contributor
        Aug 13, 2020

        Just wondering. Do not like  the real estate loss with Vivaldi.Pavlyukoff 

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