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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 10:32 GMT (UK) »
I have had the Firefox update (56.02) and the tabs are still along the top but I have had another problem for some time (not associated to the update) I cannot get the "bookmarks" to Index by name, nothing happens ???

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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 10:38 GMT (UK) »
I'm sorted now.

I have "Never remember History" etc selected so not have Restore Session.
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 10:41 GMT (UK) »
Have Option here now for Tabs
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 10:54 GMT (UK) »

When I bookmark something I usually type the name in the box myself, usually a shorter version then sort them into the appropriate folder
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 11:30 GMT (UK) »
Side tabs - yes please (so long as they show titles and not just icons)! After all, it's not considered strange to have bookmarks or history in a sidebar, so why not tabs?

I experimented with a side tabs add-on in Firefox (desktop, Windows 7) a bit ago and quickly got used to it. For me the advantages seemed to be
(a) you can get 20 or more tabs in a column without them shrinking and losing most of their titles, so it's much easier to find the one you want
(b) with a wide screen monitor there's more side-to-side space than can be read comfortably, so you might as well use some of it for a column of tabs, and then get some extra top-to-bottom depth instead

With the latest versions of Firefox I gather they haven't yet managed to hide the top tabs when you have them down the side, but as soon as they do I'll be trying side ones again.

I'm a bit mystified, Hallmark, by your screenshots. I'm using Firefox 56.0.2 and haven't got anything like that, nor any kind of button to switch from top to side. Which version and operating system do you have?
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 12:17 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 12:22 GMT (UK) »
Side Tabs
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 13:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks, Hallmark - but it's odd that you have a side tabs option in Firefox 56.0.2 and I don't. Could it be a Windows 10 thing? Or because I use a Basic theme in Windows 7 rather than Aero?

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Does this page shed any light on it:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1180751
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Re: Firefox Tabs
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 01 November 17 13:50 GMT (UK) »

I'm running Windows 10 and Firefox latest update and my tabs are where they should be

Apparently using the tools and the Addons you can change the tabs to the side if you want to.  I just prefer them along the top.
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