Comments on: Firefox new tab behavior to be updated

By: Me

Me — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:43:01 +0000

I hate it.

At least give me a setting to be able to change it back, geez.

By: hal

hal — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:10:51 +0000

Dont really like the feature right now, but no one really likes change. I would like to see some type of grouping (tab color; circle around the group) if there will not be configuration options. At least in about:config.

By: -Sora-

-Sora- — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:46:10 +0000

ive been using firefox for over 5 years. i really loved the way tabs were arranged because it was like a whole new OS just for browsing inside my Windows, changing the entire cluttered taskbar into something neat. its fine if this is to be changed as an “improvement” for firefox but there should at least be a bloody option right? how the hell do u expect me to get used to this stupid parent-child tab thing when ive been stuck to firefox for 5 years?

By: zack

zack — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:48:59 +0000

I prefer the old way as I can keep track of the tabs easily – I open many similar-named tags and its chronology is useful for me to keep track. Please make an option to switch between the 2 behaviours.

By: Dino

Dino — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:30:17 +0000

True but Opera messed up when it became adware and has since not been able to recover now that they got rid of the ads only because of declined use. Not the kind of browser I want to support.

By: Jonathon S

Jonathon S — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:38:08 +0000

Opera has had this for years, so it’s not like Firefox is the first one, either.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:10:57 +0000

about:config

then

browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent

Thanks!!!

By: Alfa

Alfa — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:40:16 +0000

I Don’t know why they add a new feature WITHOUT the option to disable it! It is very disappointing! I used to the OLD (good) way. Please bring it back, or make it possible to disable it. It is annoying and irritating mr Firefox.. you push me back to other browsers…

By: Mattt

Mattt — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:53:56 +0000

I would also prefer this to be switchable, as I too like the original tab behaviour.

By: Serge

Serge — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:55:50 +0000

it was VERY bad idea, at least not giving an option to customize if I really want that new tab to be opened next to the parent one or not…

VERY disappointed, so illogical and stupid, you guys gotta learn big time how Google does usability tests and implements changes ;)

By: Michael B.

Michael B. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:13:30 +0000

I usually work the same way that I read (from left to right). And when suddenly tabs get inserted I just get confused. So I was very happy to see that I can turn this off. But I can image scenarios where the insert tab function would be useful. So why not have two ways to handle tabs? Ctrl+Left clicking a link inserts or appends (whichever way is chosen in about:config) then Ctrl+Shift+Left clicking a link does the opposite.

By: WhiteDragon32

WhiteDragon32 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:12:40 +0000

I don’t like this. I want all my tabs to open at the end and i can’t find a way to do that. Anyone know how to make ALL tabs open at the end?

By: Jaska

Jaska — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:04:38 +0000

Thanks for the advice Kay and Sadeddin!!

I searched all the menus and options “for a few times” but did not find this option anywhere in the Firefox menus. I think user should be able to choose this in tag options.

By: Sadeddin Kulturel

Sadeddin Kulturel — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:55:28 +0000

Here is the solution for opening new tabs at the end of the tabs
row like it was at the earlier versions of Firefox:
- open a new tab or window,
- write about:config to the url window, so that you get configuration settings of Firefox,
- find the “browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent” by writing this Reference Name to the ‘Filter’ window,
- default value is ‘true’ which makes it “open-new-tab-next-to-active-one”.
Now change it to “false” by double-clicking on it, which makes it “open-new-tab-at-the-end-of-the-tabs-row”.

By: steev

steev — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:06:16 +0000

Agree with all the comments on the fact that Mozilla has a shitty policy concerning implementing UI changes with no option to use the old behaviour (I’m also thinking of the AwfulBar here). I can see why it’s good for some, it’s not good for me, why hide all the configuration options in some cryptic list of unclear goobledygook when you can just make a check box in the options??

By: Will Wood

Will Wood — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:59:01 +0000

Thanks Kay for the solution, but I have to agree with Beren. Please can this be included as an option as it changes fundamentally how one goes about browsing. I have been using and loving Mozilla since the early days and I have spent the last week getting v frustrated and not sure what was happening when I opened a tab. This is only the 2nd time I have used the about:config section. I know it’s not as scary as it looks but generally I don’t mess with what normally works really well, but this update is so fundamental to the way most of us use the browser it really, really, really, should be easy to set up.

By: Beren

Beren — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:32:04 +0000

Yeah I really don’t like this. I like to have my first 5 tabs (2 email, digg, etc) to be fixed. Having child tabs off them for new links sucks. Changed it back via about:config, but seriously, that is pretty bloody stupid. What about non-savy people out there. Should be in the options. Poor work mozilla. You fail at UI changes.

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:29:13 +0000

Just got this feature in 3.6 and I HATE it. Now I never know where my tabs are.

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:27:05 +0000

BTW, Kay thanks for the solution!!!

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:25:50 +0000

This change is a big mess. Prior to this you always knew where the new tab would be. Now you have to know which tab you’re on. The new ways works, but it’s the MS Office Ribbon, in that it’s slower to use.

By: Kay Smoljak

Kay Smoljak — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:14:05 +0000

To restore the old behaviour, go to about:config, and change browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent to false.

By: Kevin Z.

Kevin Z. — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:42:08 +0000

I just upgraded to 3.6 Firefox (had been using 3.0 which doesn’t have this as a standard feature). Is there any way around child tabs opening next to parent tabs? When I am using an RSS Reader, sometimes I would rather the tabs to open at the end rather than right next to the reader tab.

By: TrueGod

TrueGod — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:14:36 +0000

This new behaviour is really annoying… Furthermore event the new tab button and ctrl+t opens new tab on the right of current one instead than on the far right of the tab bar!!!

Hope there will soon be an extension to fix this and bring me back the old tab policy…

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:32:49 +0000

I understand all the ways in which one can find a link and open in a New tab, including use of the scroll wheel button of even rt. mouse button presents a drop down menu w/ “Open in a New Tab” option.

What I’d like to do is set Firefox to do that as a DEFAULT (= always). There is this setting in Tools | Options | Tabs:
Open new windows in a new tab instead

which I “thought” accomplished this and I have it checked. But it doesn’t work! Actually, several versions ago, I think it DID work, but no longer.

Why the functional disconnect?
Anybody run into this?
Any solutions?

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