TabCenter

I wonder what happens to the previous Test Pilot experiments. I loved the experimental home page and the Tab Center [1]. I really hope it continues to live. [1] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter

That doesn't use the new model. This is the WebExtension version of TabCenter: https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/tree/webext

rubbish, will also be incompatible after this change. https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/868 Furthermore, "showing tabs on the side" is not "similar to Tree Style Tabs"

You are offering an alternative that will be made obsolete by the same change: https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/868

No, it won't do trees: https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498 But I found this: https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/868 "I've been talking with the people implementing WebExtensions for a while now, and they are committed to adding the APIs necessary to support something like TabCenter (or TreeStyle Tabs, or any of the other side-tabs add-ons). I don't know their final timeline, but I would be very surprised if the new APIs weren't available before we turned off old-style extensions, and I have already started working on a new branch that implements TabCenter as a WebExtension." So TreeStyle Tabs can be ported to the new system or an equivalent addon can be built. I personally use TreeStyle Tabs. I have not tried this Tab Center thing and did not know about the tech behind it.

There is a rough version [0] based on the sidebarAction API [1], this is probably going to improved when it actually lands in Firefox Nightly, which should hopefully be soon. [0] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/tree/webext [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208596

From a quick look at the source[0] it uses the deprecated Add-On SDK[1]. [0] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/blob/master/main.js [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK

The search and hide/unhide function seemed interesting to me, but in my opinion the Tree Style Tab add-on is superior. Perhaps that is because TabCenter is aimed at a less technical audience [1]. Hierarchical tab structures are more valuable in my opinion, because it implicitly groups related tabs together. The structure in which tabs are opened reflects my workflow while opening them and allows me to e.g. close all tabs that were related to a certain problem. It does however lack a search function and some sort of versioning, as I find my tab-bar clutter over time. Perhaps a aging approach could be helpful for me, but I have yet to come across something better than Tree Style Tab. [1] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498#issuecomment...

Aside from the fact that the regular URL bar in Firefox does this, Tab Center (https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter) puts tabs on the side with a filter-search at the top.