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ameliusyesterday at 8:54 PM2 repliesview on HN

What happens if you put all your browser tabs in two dimensions?

Answer: you get a mess.

That's why browsers weren't built like that, and also why I think this will not work.

But happy to be proven wrong of course.


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thaumasiotesyesterday at 9:10 PM

> What happens if you put all your browser tabs in two dimensions?

> Answer: you get a mess.

> That's why browsers weren't built like that

But people frequently go out of their way to put their tabs into two dimensions.

There are tab trees: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tabtree/afejdkkhibi...

There are tab groups: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups

There are tab containers: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

It seems pretty clear that people want their tabs to be organized in multiple dimensions.

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ge96yesterday at 9:02 PM

What if... imagine stacked skewed windows and you scrolled through them like a rolladex