May 23 2019 10:03 AM
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.
Jun 16 2019 01:18 AM
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.
Oct 27 2019 11:50 PM
Solution@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.
Nov 05 2019 11:12 AM
Feb 27 2020 11:51 AM
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.
Mar 07 2020 02:07 PM
Jul 01 2020 04:38 AM
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.
Aug 07 2020 07:36 PM
Aug 10 2020 01:51 AM
Aug 12 2020 09:16 PM - edited Sep 29 2020 09:19 AM
@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.
Aug 13 2020 02:16 AM
@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.
Aug 13 2020 02:22 AM
Just wondering. Do not like the real estate loss with Vivaldi.@Pavlyukoff
Aug 13 2020 06:37 AM
Aug 14 2020 08:31 AM
@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.
Sep 26 2020 10:23 AM
@gykf_ I appreciate V-tabs and use this feature. However, it is only enabled/available on one of my two laptops, although I have the same Dev builds on both of them.
Is this a function of screen size or am I missing something?
Thanks for any insight ...
Ben
Sep 27 2020 03:17 AM
@benpal It's in A/B test which means it's randomly tested. I'm in Canary version and I still don't get Vertical Tabs...
Sep 27 2020 02:13 PM
@jeanBlog Thank you for response. I assumed the test was over.
Oct 27 2019 11:50 PM
Solution@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.