Does the FF extension exist?

[JonTom]

I'm looking for an extension for FF that will allow me to have two+ tabs open at the same time. I'd like to tile them beside each other (maybe one above the other at times).

Does this exist, or do I have to have 2+ instances of FF running? This seems to be the only way in which having mulitple IE windows open is better than tabs...

 

[notfred]

You can open more than one window with firefox. Go file -> new window.

 

[JonTom]

Yeah, I realize that.

If possible, though, I'd really rather keep it all in one window.

 

[CTho9305]

I don't think it's possible from an extension. I checked with some other developers:

<CTho> http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=1559107&enterthread=y is nearly impossible, right?
<KaiRo> CTho: well, he can hack up his own version of tabbrower, then he might allow that
<CTho> i was thinkiing about it though
<CTho> and i dont think it's doable
<biesi> doesn't seem technically hard
<CTho> because we can't move the <browser> node between two stacks....
<biesi> well
<biesi> yeah, if you want to do it dynamically it's harder
<CTho> lets' sayou have A at left and B at right. how do you swap the two?
<CTho> if you have two separate stacks, you could do that
<biesi> would need to fix xul:browser first
<biesi> (to store the docshell on the content node, not the frame)
<CTho> right
<CTho> so basically it can't be dynamically done
<biesi> not without hacking layout/content

...or maybe it is doable:

<biesi> CTho, hm... actually... there's always position:fixed
<CTho> biesi: ?
<biesi> CTho, couldn't you position the <browser> with css
<biesi> ?
<biesi> CTho lets' sayou have A at left and B at right. how do you swap the two? <-- for this, you could just set appropriate left:0/right:0 values
<CTho> interesting idea

 

[JonTom]

-----WHOOOOOSH......
(my head)

Oh well. Is there a 'feature request' forum where I could post this?

 

[Cobalt]

You can do it with Opera, IIRC.

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: cobalt
You can do it with Opera, IIRC.

From what I can see, opera "sorta" does. You can have multiple browser pages open within the main browser window. However it adds the address and nav bar / search box stuff as well for each one plus more wasted space above that.

What I'd like to see is one nav bar area that is context sensitive (depends on which window has focus). More streamlined overall.

It would be nice for those of us with large monitors.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: cobalt
You can do it with Opera, IIRC.

Indeed.

Here is a quick example.

Rather easy to turn off the various unwanted views, and run those settings in a single independent tabbed window. Could easily turn off the address bar line in only one window as well, if desired (example here). I chose to tile horizontally (as I utilize a UXGA display), but most with wide aspect ratio displays would likely choose to tile vertically.

Will play with Firefox a bit to see if the same can be replicated as in Opera.