Firefox is testing a split-screen mode and tab notes
Mozilla is starting to test a split view mode for Firefox, allowing you to open two pages at the same time without two browser windows. The browser also receives editable notes for your tabs.
Firefox Nightly, the cutting-edge experimental branch of Firefox, now has Split View enabled by default. You can right-click a tab and select the new “Open in split view” option, then select another tab to open in the same view. Firefox also lets you select multiple tabs (Control/Command-click), then right-click them and select the “Open in Split View” menu option.
Split View places two web pages in the same browser window, side by side. The toolbar, address bar, and other elements are shared, but each panel has its own scrollbar. We’ve seen this feature in other web browsers: Microsoft Edge has a split-screen mode, and Vivaldi’s Tab Tiling can create multiple page views in a grid with no maximum limit.
I tried using Split View in Microsoft Edge a few times, but it just made multitasking more complex than having two windows side by side and moving tabs between them. Instead of right-clicking tabs and navigating through menus, I can simply drag tabs from one window to another. Firefox’s implementation seems close to this Edge feature, but I’ll try it when it rolls out to my devices.
Firefox Nightly also enabled Tab Notes, which lets you add and view notes on specific tabs by hovering over them. This could be useful to remind you why a certain page is open, especially if you don’t close your tabs for days (or weeks or months). Hopefully the notes will be searchable in the existing tab search function.
Why I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back
My work PC is an old potato and Chrome makes its fans cry every time I open many tabs. I always thought it was just my aging computer’s fault, until I switched to Firefox and discovered it was Chrome all along. For now, I’ve switched to Firefox.
Split View and Tab Notes are now enabled in Firefox Nightly, which you can download from the Firefox website. They should be deployed to the beta channel once they are more refined, before finally appearing in the regular stable version of Firefox.
Source: Firefox Evening News
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