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The "split view" functionality in @ firefox is really nice! (todon.eu)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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The "split view" functionality in @firefox is really nice! Read headlines from a single tab. After all the #AI rubbish, finally something good comes from #firefox development ๐Ÿค—

Screenshot Split view tab showing two medical portals, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on the left and the New England Journal of Medicine on the right hand side. The tab shows the information of the two sites simultaneously, splitting the view in two sides of equal width.

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[โ€“] 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

what's the advantage over just using two windows?

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    More horizontal space while using vertical tab bar, only a single window when cycling through alt-tab, saves both tabs if you use saved sessions (vs two windows you would lose one of the tabs when closing both)

    Also not having to adjust the borders manually.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Those are actually downsides to me; I want to see the name per window and have full control. Unless I'm constantly using the same specific pair frequently, this would only mess up my workflow more.

    not having to adjust the borders manually.

    Surely you know about Win+/Super+Arrow, right?

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    • [โ€“] 8 points 6 months ago

    Well, and after vertical tabs, tab groups, a free browser-wide VPN, ...

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    [โ€“] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I hope they continue on focusing on fixing bugs too.

    There is no point of adding features if the issues arent getting fixed.
    But its much better than AI for sure.

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    • [โ€“] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It really is been using it more than I anticipated.
    I did actually added an exception for on device AI for the newly added about:translations as I don't see much of a problem with that.

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    • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    That's a really cool development! However, no button to "open link in split tab"? This could probably be an addon.

    I'll be using this a bunch, thank you.

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