Specifically, when you open a reasonable number of tabs in any browser, the tabs look like this. However, as my friend has just imported all of his tabs and bookmarks over from Chrome to Firefox, he has an immense number of tabs open right now; in Chrome, he can see all the tabs at once with its UI. On Firefox, however, it keeps things actually legible by not squashing the tabs so obscenely.
“Okay, so I need some help. I’ve noticed Firefox doesn’t show all tabs like Chrome does. Instead it shows a few, and makes me press a button to see more. Please, tell me there’s a way to fix that.”
I pointed out that this was an accessibility thing (being able to actually see and read the tabs is a useful feature) and they said it was “not good enough”. Further explanation of basic things such as using their scroll wheel to scroll through their tabs, or double/triple clicking on the left/right arrows to jump by page or start/end, or using the Ctrl+# shortcuts, are all tools at their arsenal, but that also was not good enough. Personally I’m a 1,000-2,000 tabs kinda person and manage just fine with those instead of having each tab be literally a pixel wide, so I’ve never looked for an addon to crush all the tabs together like Chrome does, and my attempts at searching the extensions and themes has come up with nothing.
Is there something like this in the about:config page perhaps, or a convenient theme/extension/addon/plugin/etc that my friend can install to feel comfy using Firefox again?
Why though it doesn’t even make sense. If you’re keeping a mental track of the ordering of the tabs, at that point you may as well utilize the bookmark tab and have it set to “always visible”. You can use folders, and strip the bookmark down to just the icon if you want.
Having all those tabs open is accomplishing the same thing, because those tabs aren’t active anymore. Chrome will disconenct those tabs otherwise your computer will die.
For firefox, especially if he cares for perserving the order of the tabs, he’s probably like that one extention that puts them in containers. If he wants the ordering to be one linear set, then probably the best option is to have a way to show it as a list. I’m not near my computer now but if you right click on the arrow, I’m pretty sure it shows you a list… and clicking on the tab won’t take it out of the order.