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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. The tab bar becomes difficult to use as it grows, and compounding the problem, less likely that I'm able to shrink it, as I can't read the titles.
Vertical tabs, placed on the left or the right side of the window, next to the content, solves this issue. It also allows for more vertical space to be dedicated to the web site. Vertical screen real estate is at a premium, for example, on a typical Windows laptop with a 16:9 screen and the massive task bar on the bottom. The tradeoff is that pages will be in a smaller space horizontally, however, given that most web pages scroll vertically and use extra horizontal space poorly or not at all, and are responsive nowadays anyway, this would still definitely be a huge net benefit in my opinion.
I'll be forever using Edge if this feature is implemented, and implemented well, cross-platform (not through some sort of hacky browser extension or Electron/Vivaldi-like "solution"). I'm sure many people would agree.
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.
- Agree. We need vertical tabs. Tab grouping NOT that thing, that will be usable.
Tree style tab - THAT is the role model. 
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Vertical tabs would be wonderful for those with workflows that require lots of context shifting. I usually have 20+ tabs open at one time and when they become small, it makes it very hard to tell which is which.
- +1 for this feature request. I use Vivaldi for this very reason. Vertical tabs offer a far superior UI for web browsing, so it's disappointing that few browsers support them.
I agree and would also greatly appreciate the option to use a vertical tab placement to be able to keep track of more than 10 tabs. I think the way Vivaldi has solved it is sympathetic to me.
Vertical Tabs is Great! I've been using them for years in FF.
But I'm right-handed, so how can I move sidebar to the right side?
- Can someone tell me how to post enhancement requests? I'd like to see Vertical Tabs scalable independent of the larger browser window. Also I lose my groups and think thats why collections were created but hey...why not just add a group property that the user can set like a "Do Not Delete" Checkbox?
- Tab Groups are coming to Chromium. :)
melvynadamsambul95 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.
I totally agree. I will be a Microsoft Edge user once vertical tabs come out but they introduced it on March 31 and I got all excited. Here it is July 1st and it still isn't out. When is the vertical tabs option going to come out? Till then I am still a Google Chrome user.
- Thanks fro screens. Installed canary (86.0.601.0), but cannot see those.
jeanBlog Love the A/B testing. Just wish they had chosen to do it per account (to be the same across devices, etc.) rather than per browser install. Drives me nuts that I've got all the awesome vertical tabs functionality on my personal laptop but my work laptop (running the same Dev builds) doesn't get them. Luck of the draw. Really enjoying them, obviously, and looking forward to the full roll-out.
