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    4 hours ago

    Sorry for AI but I couldn’t find it by just googling:

    Yes, Firefox did have an in-house developed “Tab Center” — it was an experimental feature created by Mozilla as part of their Test Pilot programme around 2016–2017.

    🧪 Mozilla’s Original “Tab Center” Name: Tab Center

    Status: Experimental Test Pilot feature (now discontinued)

    Timeframe: Circa 2016–2017

    Purpose: To explore the usability of vertical tabs on the left side of the browser, instead of the traditional horizontal layout.

    🔍 Key Features Displayed open tabs vertically in a sidebar.

    Showed a more spacious, scrollable list of tabs.

    Included favicons and tab titles — easier to manage lots of tabs.

    Supported mouse gestures like tab pinning and closing.

    Looked and felt very similar to Edge’s modern vertical tabs.


  • Many years ago they had an offical extension called “Tab Center”, it had been in “labs” for some time. When it finished testing (it worked well), Mozilla decided to drop it instead of deploying it in Firefox. It wasn’t even in low priority.

    It took them many years and they finally implemented vertical tabs in 2024.