[zorbash]

As a "tab collector" myself and after having tried some vertical tab implementations, I have been wondering why mainstream browsers choose to ignore this problem.

I wanted something which would let me quickly query open tabs, search my history and bookmarks and all without touching the mouse. So I released an extension which does exactly that[0] and here's a screenshot[1].

Surfing the web can me more intuitive. Chrome's upcoming tab grouping feature shifts the burden completely to the user and doesn't necessarily save the user any clicks.

It looks like the Chrome designers went for a quick win, letting the user nest tabs, so that they will no longer complain about the browser being unusable after 30 tabs or so. I think they're missing the job to be done.

[0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/tefter [1]: https://i.imgur.com/y1HfvI2.png