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Firefox adds option to remove 'List All Tabs' button after user backlash (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 2 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Firefox users criticized the permanent 'List All Tabs' button introduced in version 131.0, leading Mozilla to make it removable.

The button, designed to manage hidden tabs and prevent add-ons from hiding them, received backlash for being unnecessary alongside Firefox View.

Mozilla responded with a fix in version 131.0.3, allowing users to remove the button through toolbar customization.

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why do we want to be able to hide tabs in the first place?

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

tab management addons is one example, like those that make tab groups. maybe there are other use cases too, but this feature is for the addons, not to be directly used by users

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Ok, that makes sense.

I still don't see why they (Mozilla) felt the feature was needed, since if you're installing an addon to manage tabs, that's all on you, the user.

[–] malockin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Some tab grouping extensions use it to hide tabs that are not in the currently displayed group.