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The Future of Firefox: No Tabs, Built-In Ubiquity

2009-04-15T01:01:40Z

Thanks to its extensibility, Firefox quickly became the favorite browser for most power users. But while extensions are a great way to make Firefox more functional, Mozilla's designers are also currently thinking about a complete redesign of the way the browser looks and feels, in order to keep up with changing usage patterns. The most radical proposal we have seen so far would do away with the standard browser tabs, and replace them with an interface that looks more like iTunes than Firefox.

]]> Look Daddy: No Tabs

Oliver Reichenstein and Aza Raskin, head of user experience at Mozilla, have been thinking about the future of tabs in Firefox, and some of the resulting mockups are quite intriguing.

Reichenstein argues that tabs were a good solution for an earlier age of the Internet, when users hardly ever had more than ten tabs open at any given time. Now, however, as browsers are slowly turning into operating systems, a new paradigm for organizing this information has become necessary.

The current generation of browsers does a decent job when it comes to keeping a current browser session organized, but Reichenstein wants to create a system that structures the browser more like a mutimedia file system. He proposes a new interface that looks more like iTunes than today's Firefox, with folders, libraries, and bookmarks in a sidebar.

Try Tree Tabs

If you would like to get a glimpse of what tabs on the side look like, have a look at Tree Tabs, a nifty addon that puts tabs on the side and that features a huge number of options for customizing the experience.

If you are on a netbook, for example, where vertical space is very limited, Tree Tabs (maybe in combination with Tiny Menu) will allow you to reclaim some of your screen estate.

Coming Soon: Built-In Ubiquity

Mozilla is also moving ahead with the integration of Ubiquity, a command-line style interface for common browser tasks, into Firefox's 'awesome bar.' Mozilla plans to add this project, dubbed Taskfox, into the main Firefox interface by the time version 3.6 of Firefox is released.

You can find an interactive demo here, or have a look at the mockups on this page.

Comment from Umang on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T19:52:50Z

Tree Tabs, while on paper looks like a cool idea, is actually not that great. It takes up too much real estate space on my browser. It's only worthwhile if you got a wide screen monitor and the site you're on does not take advantage of your resolution.

Comment from antony256.myvidoop.com on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T19:55:19Z

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7863

Automatic retitler for long tabs. Essential with Tree Style tabs.

Comment from theharmonyguy on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T20:01:18Z

Wow. Did anyone else think of OS/2 when they saw Tree Tabs? Brings back memories...

Comment from Mike Beltzner on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T20:49:15Z

Just to ensure you're clear on this, Aza (head of User Experience for Mozilla Labs, not all of Mozilla, but whatever) and the Labs team do a lot to encourage open discussions of what things might look like, and how interactions may behave, but you shouldn't take that as firm indicators of what the future of Firefox *will* look like.

We do encourage everyone to participate in the conversation, though: Firefox is your web browser!

Comment from Phil on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T20:58:23Z

So, they are making a better Flock right :)

Always,
Phil

Comment from ethan on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T23:32:13Z

Seems eerily like Google Chrome?...

Comment from Jon on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T23:50:23Z

As web developers we've been fighting for years to get people to set their monitor resolutions higher so we've got more horizontal space to play with.

I hate the idea of the browser chrome taking up any horizontal space at all. Users on smaller resolutions are going to start complaining about horizontal scrolling again and I though that was becoming a thing of the past.

Comment from Mikael on 2009-04-14

2009-04-15T01:19:39Z

Smells like someone's catching up to Google Chrome!

Comment from Anrkist on 2009-04-14

2009-04-15T01:26:45Z

I'd like to just say I'm using the Delicious plugin for Firefox and based on the screen cap, it takes up just as much space. I've never had to scroll. Yes, we all want more horizontal space when doing a design, but there are limitations. There's also ways to make your site appear much wider than it really is. Build your site around the viewers, not yourself.

Tabs work fine for me, but I would love to see the Chrome "Recently Visited" page become my new way of keeping things in place. The fact that they have limited it to that thus far disappoints me. I'm not sure how I feel about a Tree view... it seems a bit antiquated but it could work.

Comment from Preston L. Bannister on 2009-04-14

2009-04-15T06:21:36Z

Most new and future screens are going to be "widescreen". That means lots of extra horizontal space, and limited vertical space. Removing everything that takes scarce vertical space away from content is a good idea.

With low-end laptop screens at 1280x800, and a widescreen TVs causing a huge notch in the price curve at 1920x1080, we need to design for optimum presentation on future screens that are between 800 and 1080 pixels tall. Vertical space is scarce, while horizontal space is relatively plentiful - so design accordingly.

Comment from Karl on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T07:04:16Z

TaskFox sounds like a good idea. Pity Opera came up with the idea and has used it for over 5 years already.

The Tree browsing would be good if you can follow your own internet path. Eg if you were to click back and then go to a different page this would open up a seperate tree, saving all the history not just the direct path.

Comment from MeanEYE on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T07:42:45Z

You people are soo funny. First of all Chrome took a lot from Opera including quick dial which all of you are calling Chrome Recent sites for some awkard reason.

Like karl said this TaskFox thing is already build in Opera for some time now... Are they reinveting hot water now and marketing it as ALL BRAND NEW SOLUTION YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR?

I hate when smart people are not getting their credit. I am an Opera fan and I'd strongly suggest everyone to at least try using Opera for few days. After that period if you still like Firefox more it's easy to uninstall.

Comment from cocka on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T08:02:41Z

I used opera for a weekend and couldnt believe how slow it was compared 2 fox. its called about:config ftw

Comment from maikeru76 on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T08:48:17Z

Beautiful!! BUT it may become a resource hog for "power" users who open a lot of browser windows perhaps...

Forward thinking for Mozilla, how would Apple Safari and Google Chrome step up? The ball probably again is in their court...

Beautiful!!

Comment from lilkudrow on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T09:43:00Z

Firefox is going to change the whole browser feel.
Mozilla: More than 600 Bugs Are Blocking Firefox 3.0
Safari, Firefox charge towards a more colourful Web
A good read:

http://techunits.com/content/list_all/49/firefox

Comment from John Davis on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T10:40:44Z

OMgosh no way dude that is way cool!

RT
www.anon-tools.at.tc

Comment from John Baber on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T11:24:38Z

Vimperator users will hardly notice.

(I just have to put vimperator out there for those who can handle the power.)

Comment from Vincent on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T11:29:06Z

Isn't Safari Version 4 Public Beta already having this feature?

Comment from João Pedro Pereira on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T11:43:07Z

That's true that the actual tab system is becoming deprecated because for persons like me, that have lots of tabs opened at the same time, this system is hard to use and needs a lot of memory (not only the computer memory but mine as well to know where are what when not seeing the title of the website) so the tree tab system is good but I think it can goes further complex and accessible, I'm waiting for the new Firefox design.

Comment from JulesLt on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T12:15:41Z

Opera has many neat features, but (IMO) hasn't historically been that great at designing a UI that makes them easy to discover and use.

Which makes it the difference between being the first person to use feedback on a record, and the first person to use feedback on a hit record. The majority of people will put credit in the wrong place.

And it also has to be said that at times the same thing is invented independently - it's unlikely, given the timescales, that this (or Safari 4 Beta) are a direct response to Chrome (although it's likely all 3 were inspired to create a more visual form of Opera's QuickDial).

I could also throw OmniWeb into the mix, which has some interesting ideas around 'Workspaces' (sets of related tabs) - and was one of the first with visual tabs.
I think someone could take this and run with it - one way I tend to work with a browser right now is tabs for related browsing, and a new window for a new 'set'. Even OmniWeb doesn't let me have a Workspace per window.

(As for memory use/hogging - that's a technical problem that can be addressed with effort - i.e. rendering preview images as per Safari's homepage, rather than actual real views. Equally, it might be possible to do the same with some of the pages - with rendering speeds improved, you could perhaps cache out 'inactive' tabs to disk, and re-render them when made active).

Comment from Rajehs Kumar Chekuri on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T12:57:36Z

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Comment from Robert on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T13:37:27Z

Hey... a better Flock?

@ Phil... well a better Flock would be welcome, it's my browser of choice at the moment.

Comment from Giang Chau on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T14:57:01Z

Now I am using 5 browsers and Firefox is only one of them. Calculating shows that, its part play the most important role in my daily computing activity. The future of Firefox? My imagine is only that it will replace completely the remain in my desktop now!

Comment from Curtis on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:15:31Z

Browsers are applications. They may becoming desktop interfaces, but they are _not_ operating systems. Browsers know nothing of hardware, interrupts, disk controllers, I/O or a whole host of other things that operating systems take care of.

Comment from Ari Herzog on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:23:27Z

Thanks for the idea generation, Frederic. Reading through the comments and clicking over to Aza's site and perusing some of those comments, my perspective is the best solution would be to keep top navbars (or at least allow us the option for users like me who prefer width over height), but also shift some navbars as left bars or even bottom bars (where both can auto-hide).

Again: Maintain the top bars, but also create left or bottom bars that can auto-hide when not in use, e.g. StumbleUpon's taskbar; irrelevant to keep that open all the time. Or SEOQuake's bar; ditto.

The more options that are allowed, the more pleasant the experience. Don't mandate everything be top or left, but allow the user to choose.

That said, I do like the concept of tab-free browsing.

Comment from divestoclimb on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:33:54Z

Regarding using horizontal space in preference of vertical:

Why do people seem to have this belief that everyone runs their web browser maximized? One of the original advantages of a widescreen monitor was supposed to be the ability to view multiple items side-by-side. For us multitaskers the most important design concern is total absolute area consumed by an element since as the window gets smaller this becomes a larger percentage of the total.

Usually this gives preference to any toolbar where text is drawn in the same direction that the bar runs, and for some reason people don't like reading text vertically so...

What I wish apps with sidebars did was wrap items when the text started overflowing the width of the bar, essentially treating the item like a button that's gotten wider. If I want to make a viewport smaller I expect having to do some vertical scrolling to see everything, but what really bugs me about apps like iTunes or Outlook is reducing the sidebar size means I can't read everything anymore.

Comment from macsux on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:34:11Z

Hell no... If firefox looks like iTunes i'm going to scream. iTunes is the worst piece of shit ever...

Comment from Insert Real Name on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:42:46Z

Cf. commnent #1:

Tree Tabs option of tabs side-bar "auto hide" works very well.

Comment from Alex on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:45:40Z

Boo. When they implement any of these changes it will be time for me to find a new browser.. Maybe Google is paying them to sabotage themselves for the good of Chrome...

Comment from blwork on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:55:53Z

Simple Solution: Tab Groups.

- when a new tab is opened via a clicked link, the original tab turns into a tab group, it and all 'child' tabs are shown in a scroll-down menu when you click the group tab.
- configurable so that middle-click or another easy button+click opens a new non-group tab.
- Another configuration option would be that CTRL-TAB scrolls through either the tab group alone, only top-level tabs (including 'parent' group tabs), or simply scrolls to the next page in sequence.

Seems like this would be very easy to impliment, and would allow for tab usage without having to relearn a whole new system.

Comment from Jon on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T17:10:01Z

Taskfox is FANTASTIC!

Comment from Eugene on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T17:44:12Z

I am definitely liking Taskfox.

BUT I would still prefer if Firefox focused more on performance, stability, and standards compliance, and let the user-built extensions take care of the extra functionality.

My 2 cents.

Comment from Matt D. on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T17:44:56Z

I don't like it. If you use more than 10 tabs and have a problem with Firefox not showing them all on the top, switch to Opera. I don't think that there is any way that a tabless browser will make using the internet more efficient.

Comment from Tina on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T18:38:13Z

Just Awesome. I agree that sooner browser will be a OS. Most of the time we use browser rather then using any other feature of OS. Great!
http://www.ekhichdi.com/googleyahoo/three-companies-that-will-rule-the-world

Tina

Comment from Me on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T19:51:36Z

Ugh, I hate the idea personally. I really don't think you meant 'do away with window tabs' but if they were actually yanked entirely out of firefox, I would stop using it.

Comment from Chris on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T19:53:49Z

I don't think tabless browsing will make it more efficient.

Comment from Matt on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T19:55:38Z

That would be great if browsers were becoming more and more like operating systems.

Comment from Mike on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T21:59:59Z

Hey open source developers:

*Please* start coming up with new UI ideas of your own. Stop "borrowing" from Apple. I want to see more innovation in the open source world, and less copying.

Comment from Diamonds on 2009-04-15

2009-04-16T00:38:16Z

I'd like to see Ubiquity on the new build. I've tried it before but there were quite a lot of bugs that slowed down the browser but if perfected might be a powerful tool.

Comment from Bacarli on 2009-04-15

2009-04-16T00:40:22Z

Firefox is changing faster than even Facebook is. Well, maybe not. Does anyone still use Outlook? It's my favorite because of Outlook Track-It which is an amazing toolbar plugin that reminds you to follow up to important emails. Firefox needs something like this. But Outlook will do just fine :)

Comment from Mike on 2009-04-15

2009-04-16T05:16:35Z

I will be forced to abandon Firefox if it moves away from tabs.

I can't think of a worse decision the UI designers could make. I depend on them far too much.

Comment from Inflatable Boats on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T07:29:01Z

Wow. Did anyone else think of OS/2 whenwhat and why about moet chandon champagne they saw Tree Tabs? Brings back memories.

Comment from Sankar Datti on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T07:35:42Z

What we have seen today aren't available for tomorrow. Technology is updating day by day. We know how firefox looks in the earlier days and how it was now, We can't assume how it would be tomorrow.

All these updates are making life so easier and comfort.

Thanks
Sankar Datti

Comment from jon on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T09:55:31Z

Love tabs. This new shit looks ridiculous.

Comment from Wibbl on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T16:02:03Z

Opera already does this and more in a better way. You don't need to have a view of the tabs at all, just use a shortcut key, Ctrl+Tab Voila!

Comment from maia on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T16:17:41Z

Why don't they put the history/tree tabs into the new Ctrl+T tab so you can access it that way, like new tab king/speed dial/other firefox addons? Then it's invisible until you need it, when it's big and graphic:)

Comment from Odin on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T17:58:56Z

Have fun - https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/8879

Comment from Don on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T19:16:47Z

Oh...no
no, I do not enjoy tree tabs, tiny menu maybe

Comment from tom on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T19:34:58Z

the iTunes interface style has possibilities, worth playing with.

Comment from tom on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T19:36:55Z

interesting ideas

Comment from John L on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T23:50:16Z

Personally I would hate to lose tabs. It uses very little of the screen whereas this would lose a big chunk of screen. As for the aweful bar, out of around twenty users that I know of Firefox, only one likes it and the others have disabled it. First time it came out it showed my daughter what I had got her for her birthday. Never again.
Have tried Chrome, its fast but so stripped of any function its next to useless compared to Firefox, tried IE8 and that was the slowest browser going and very unstable. Have tried Opera several times on different computers but have never found a stable version that was even remotely useable. For me, Firefox is perfect as is it. Very stable and a fantastic tool that nothing else comes close to.

Comment from Jim on 2009-04-16

2009-04-17T02:30:15Z

Lets hope they can make it quicker to startup (about 3-5 minutes on my laptop is not good, Chrome and IE take about 20seconds). Then I'll switch back from Chrome.

Comment from tudza on 2009-04-16

2009-04-17T03:50:43Z

Ubiquity huh? Sounded way cool when it first came out, tried it and found it not so cool. Didn't work as advertised for the things I wanted to do with it.

Perhaps it will work in the future?

Comment from Twitter@Million on 2009-04-16

2009-04-17T06:07:28Z

Seems like a good idea. I have thought that Google Chrome have surpass competitors with its eccentricity but the tabs on this one looks a little, weird?

Comment from Mr Web Design on 2009-04-17

2009-04-17T08:03:14Z

Power users like to have controlled tabs, not pictured squares in front of them. They are not going to "do away" with tabs, just like every other program isn't going to do away with them.

Comment from Hotels on 2009-04-17

2009-04-17T17:36:15Z

I spent a lot of time on FF3 looking for the right tab with the right webpage... Sometimes it exceed 100 opened tabs..

Comment from Ian on 2009-04-17

2009-04-18T01:47:38Z

It's all well and good wanting more space, but higher resolution ends in eye strain. PC makers use it to make the specs look good, but check out what Apple does... suits it's users. I generally look at an average users PC and squint.

Ubiquity is looking awesome, if you have ever used Quicksilver above just a program launcher... it has a lot in common in feel, depth and possibility for sure.

Comment from philip on 2009-04-18

2009-04-18T08:43:57Z

check http://yourtvonline.com

Comment from afansaad on 2009-04-18

2009-04-18T09:32:33Z

Firfox was my all time favorite browser. This new ideas of mozilla are very intresting.

Comment from Bill on 2009-04-19

2009-04-19T17:36:02Z

Without tabs, I don't think I will find much use for Firefox.

Fix what needs to be fixed and leave the rest alone.

Comment from Joana on 2009-04-19

2009-04-19T17:55:37Z

All these updates are making life so easier and comfort.Thanks

Comment from CJW on 2009-04-19

2009-04-20T02:46:53Z

Bacarli - I tried Outlook Track-It as well. It's a nice addition to my GTD plan. Did you read David Allen's book about it? Just wondering.

Comment from Furqonk on 2009-04-20

2009-04-20T14:29:45Z

Tree Tabs, no way, tiny tabs should be better ..

Comment from Gary Tannador on 2009-04-20

2009-04-20T16:09:28Z

I hate the iTunes interface. I hope they have a classic option!

Comment from Freedy Books on 2009-04-20

2009-04-20T16:11:35Z

I don't like that huge side bar. It's ugly!

Comment from leave well enough alone please! on 2009-04-22

2009-04-22T14:14:25Z

There has to be an OPTION to turn these "new features" OFF!

IMHO. Microsoft completely destroyed their browser by putting HUGE tabs, getting rid of the stop and refresh buttons, the "home" button, and then putting a massive useless toolbar bogged down with huge icons and crap menus which you cannot get rid of!

Let us NOT destroy this browser like IE did.
The "add-on" idea is really GREAT, and is THE biggest ! I can CHOOSE which things I want. I love adblock, and nuke anything enhanced!
I hope to see an add-on that somehow allows Linux users to watch FOX shows that only "allow" Windows users to install their video plugin...

I REALLY hope that this idea of completely CHANGING Firefox into some convoluted mess doesn't actually happen!

I JUST WANT TO VISIT WEB SITES!! I DON'T WANT TO OPEN 20 OF THEM AT A TIME AND CATEGORIZE THEM ON YET ANOTHER CONVOLUTED TOOLBAR/ETC..!

PLEASE don't kill Firefox. Everyone uses it because it's light, and easy. It is the alternative to IE's mess of a browser (IE7), which I REFUSE to allow windows update to install. period. When IE6 is gone, then goodbye IE for good!

MY 2Cents.... Don't be hatin'.. lol

-J

Comment from Marketing SEM on 2009-04-22

2009-04-23T03:22:33Z

That would be a great idea to put navigating tabs on it. This features make it even easier for users to connect instantly with the latest browser windows.

Comment from shelly on 2009-04-23

2009-04-23T20:36:28Z

@maia
yep New tab king Firefox extension works like a charm for me accessing new tab contents

Comment from Fire on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T17:02:02Z

yeah, more info on this here: http://href.hu/x/8eso

Comment from Yogindernath on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T17:59:09Z

I always use firefox and always wait to get new features..

Comment from Jock Martijn on 2009-04-24

2009-04-25T03:23:33Z

My first thoughts on this were: "Oh no, it looks like Vuze, Yuck!".
I like my browser to be fast as lightning, not having one bad site crash the whole browser along with many other tabs I have opened.
It does offer more screen estate on the top, which is generally nice.
Still, this will be bad news for disabled people as the UI goes more visual at every new version. Keep it functional and easy to get an overview, without lighting up the window like a christmas tree.
Stability and speed should be top priorities, let the plugin devs handle UI exotics.
I need tabs for my work, got absolutely confused with Opera (though that one is really fast and std's compliant)
Please Mozilla, try to improve the core instead. That won't garner quick oohs and aahs by fashion freaks, but it will improve business experience.

Comment from OldFashion on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T12:13:06Z

I definately dislike the idea of that tree tabs.

Some people still have small monitors (they may be in poor countries or unemployed or for whatever reason) and that treet tab thing needs a lot of space.

Even if its "auto-hiding" - you cant switch through your tree-tabs then without showing the tree itself.

So I think the "new look" is more a question of design, then of any real need for it.

For people who likes that design (as I said I personally dont do) its maybe possible to delelop specific Add-Ons for their graphic "needs" instead of creating a new browser.

Another thing is about Anonymity.

When I have dozends of standard-tabs open, I have to scroll the tab bar. You can use that effect to hide single tabs/websites other persons better dont see (private pages, research material or yeah, maybe some kind of p*rn*graphy too - same rights for all).

When I have a modern tab tree open for navigate through the sites, every person looking over my shoulder can see the open tab tree and therefor the list of pages i have currently open (and always using the auto-hide will prevent effective work).

I may be at bit old-fashioned but for me is a browser a browser. If I want much multimedia I would use the needed software for it (rythmbox, totem, VLC - whatater suits the OS).

Some people may want a kind of "Youtube-Desktop with animated gimicks and special effects"

My wish: A privacy-friendly, secure and fast non-proprietary browser without any blobs

My fear: a multimedia station which kills hardware ressources, with unfriendly handling (for physical disabled users also) which cares more about "Look & Feel" then things like security and privacy.

Im happy to have a simple privacy friendly browser like the firefox. Please dont kill it because of the "interactive-multimedia-web 2.0" crap.

Comment from OldFashin on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T12:24:09Z

Addition: if Firefox changes this way I would prefer to use a text-based browser like Lynx instead of a Multimedia-Playground.

Comment from Jon on 2009-05-01

2009-05-01T12:07:44Z

Um, I like tabs 'cause they're small and out of the way except for when I need them. This "new" design is so much suckage on the other hand...

Comment from Arju on 2009-05-07

2009-05-08T01:35:22Z

Most people use IE because of default browser. Otherwise I bet people must use either firefox or chrome.
I think Chrome will be the winner in the battle.

Comment from bradstorch on 2009-05-10

2009-05-10T19:32:10Z

I would prefer that the vast majority of work on Firefox is done on increasing the stability, speed and reliability. Things like Tracemonkey are a good step forward, but features like Tree Tabs should be left to extensions.

Firefox needs to stick to it's original purpose as a powerful, secure and modular browser. Focus on improving the modularity, better garbage collection to avoid memory leaks in extensions. Nowadays it's as if they want all these features in by default. They should never do this. Release it with uninstallable extensions if necessary, but don't shove everything into Firefox.

Modularity and customisation are what Firefox used to do so well, and it frustrates me as more and more of these features are included in the main app.

Just make firefox let me browse websites with speed and security. I'll worry about the features when it comes to what extensions I choose to install.

Comment from Federico Viticci on 2009-05-10

2009-05-10T23:30:21Z

Great article, and the debate is very interesting.
I personally love Tree Style Tabs: since I've tried them one month ago I just can't imagine workin without them. Although, I should admit that Tree Style is more an attempt, compared to what Aza and IA have imagined.
Workspaces, for example..it would be a great feature.
I've also written some stuff about firefo.next, here at
MacStories .

Comment from Clarkjs on 2009-06-23

2009-06-23T14:49:15Z

Opera already does this and more in a better way.
Opera Unite.! I love it.

Comment from Blog commenting service on 2009-08-12

2009-08-12T10:07:17Z

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Comment from Add-on fan on 2009-08-13

2009-08-13T14:07:24Z

Check out the History Tree add-on for Firefox at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13316/

This has a iTunes style GUI and shows browsing history as a neat tree and shows screenshots of every page visited

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2009-09-08T06:46:58Z

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Comment from ed hardy on 2009-09-09

2009-09-09T08:44:29Z