cloudless

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[–] cloudless@piefed.social -3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Sorry for AI but I couldn't find it by just googling:

Yes, Firefox did have an in-house developed "Tab Center" — it was an experimental feature created by Mozilla as part of their Test Pilot programme around 2016–2017.

🧪 Mozilla's Original "Tab Center" Name: Tab Center

Status: Experimental Test Pilot feature (now discontinued)

Timeframe: Circa 2016–2017

Purpose: To explore the usability of vertical tabs on the left side of the browser, instead of the traditional horizontal layout.

🔍 Key Features Displayed open tabs vertically in a sidebar.

Showed a more spacious, scrollable list of tabs.

Included favicons and tab titles — easier to manage lots of tabs.

Supported mouse gestures like tab pinning and closing.

Looked and felt very similar to Edge’s modern vertical tabs.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 9 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Many years ago they had an offical extension called "Tab Center", it had been in "labs" for some time. When it finished testing (it worked well), Mozilla decided to drop it instead of deploying it in Firefox. It wasn't even in low priority.

It took them many years and they finally implemented vertical tabs in 2024.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 31 points 4 hours ago (10 children)

Pretty accurate except for "we must focus on the browser", I've never seen/heard them doing that.

I still remember when they cancelled vertical tabs after successful testing.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 16 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (5 children)

No offense. But I'm completely going to offend you.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 4 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

What exactly does the nesting system do?

 

Apple’s AI rollout has been rocky, from Siri delays to underwhelming Apple Intelligence features. WSJ’s Joanna Stern sits down with software chief Craig Federighi and marketing head Greg Joswiak at WWDC 2025 in Cupertino to talk about the future of AI at Apple—and what the heck happened to that smarter Siri.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Please create an account on PieFed if you don't already have one. Let's keep the momentum of more and more users migrating to PieFed. Also help contribute content to other instances so we can reduce .ml influences.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I emotionally withdraw myself from the politics. I do read the headlines and summaries but usually skip details that might upset myself.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 27 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Trump, Musk, Putin and Xi getting deserved karma. (unlikely to happen but wishful thinking).

Steam Deck 2 or Steam console

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

altr

Final Fantasy 6 intro

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

YouTube isn’t a necessity — and neither is the internet, really. We don’t need them to survive. That said, I do enjoy YouTube as a form of entertainment. I’ve tried alternatives like NewPipe and Invidious, but none of them work as smoothly as YouTube with ad blockers.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 35 points 2 days ago (30 children)

I would suggest using PieFed as well, so we are free from software developed by tankies.

 

Remember when Google introduced text-only ads to replace flashing animated banners and pop-up ads popular at the time? I didn't mind those and I didn't need an adblocker.

Nowadays YouTube is the primary reason I have to use an adblocker. It is literally unusable with all the ads.

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