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Multiple Tab Handler Manages Browser Tab Overload
Posted by Gina Trapani at 9:00 AM on April 22, 2008
All platforms running Firefox: The Multiple Tab Handler extension adds a truckload of tab-related features to your right-click menu in Firefox. Select multiple tabs and refresh them, copy the URLs as HTML links or just a list, or move them into a new window with the Multiple Tab Handler. On a single tab, you can close all the tabs to the left or right, or close similar tabs (though it's not clear what makes a tab "similar"—perhaps pages on the same web site.) While Firefox's built-in tab group management is already pretty good, this extension really blows things out when you're working with a bunch of tabs often. The Multiple Tab Handler extension is a free download and runs wherever Firefox does.
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BlogsOfSteel
Posted 10:33 AM 22/4/08
Over the past couple of months I've gotten comfortable with the Tree Style Tabs add-on. From the looks of it both MTH & TMP add-ons are very similar to TST. But I like having my tabs hidden until they are needed, freeing up screen real estate & I don't see that as an option with the other 2.
To each her/his own, it's nice to have choices that suit our tastes.
BlogsOfSteel
suprfli
Posted 10:02 AM 22/4/08
I wouldn't bother with this extension when there's the incredible Tab Mix Plus . It has all of these same options under Tab Mix Plus Options/Menu/Tab Context menu.
suprfli
jasonk47
Posted 9:51 AM 22/4/08
@The How-To Geek: Ah I see, thanks.
jasonk47
The How-To Geek
Posted 9:41 AM 22/4/08
@jasonk47: If you go into the tab mix plus preferences, you can add most of those items to the right-click menu as well.
The How-To Geek
jasonk47
Posted 9:25 AM 22/4/08
Interesting extension, but Tab Mix Plus ([addons.mozilla.org]) also seems to be capable of doing similar things, although instead of being put in a right click menu, they use modifiers when clicking.
jasonk47
Reilaos~
Posted 12:35 PM 22/4/08
I don't remember TMP letting you select multiple tabs. That, and TMP still isn't on board with FF3.
Reilaos~
andrewheiss
Posted 2:35 PM 22/4/08
I'm using TMP with FF3 just fine: [tmp.garyr.net]
andrewheiss
zia
Posted 11:07 PM 22/4/08
Has anyone tried Tab Mix Plus ? I reckon it is the mother of all Firefox Tabs-related extension.
zia
voyage2k
Posted 9:58 AM 23/4/08
So basically most of us are saying try Tab Mix Plus instead of what Gina's blogging about? :)
voyage2k
MarshmallowMark
Posted 2:12 PM 26/4/08
I felt as though when I used Tab Mix Plus, it hampered my Firefox browsing slightly. I think it was a bit more memory hungry.
MarshmallowMark