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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Firefox Devs Working on Tab Previews (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I can already read the title of the page and see the favicon, so it actually doesn't show new information. If I accidentally move my mouse there it covers a big part of the page i'm looking at

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you have many tabs opened:

I can already read the cropped title of the page and see the multiple favicon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

cropped title of the page

To be super pedantic (sorry), that depends on how they've customized their UI. You can define a larger minimum tab width, if you'd like. Almost everything in Firefox is customizable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is nice and yeah, I'm talking about the default experience you can get with Firefox for macOS, if it is any different in any other OS I wouldn't know, now if you know about a good customizing guide I'd appreciate it...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There's a bunch of different ways you can customize it.

Default right click -> customize toolbars fore simple rearranging of toolbars, density setting and stuff
Changes made in about:config (such as "browser.tabs.tabMinWidth")
And the most powerful but difficult, userChrome.css. The UI of Firefox is actually defined by CSS. More info: https://www.userchrome.org/

EDIT: Oh and there are of course addons and themes too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When I shop online, I have many tabs from the same site open. The tab title is the store name + the item name, so the item name never fits. A bunch of identical ebay icons is way worse than this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I understand it may be useful for some people, but I'm simply not one of them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

But that’s not what you wrote. You claimed that it doesn’t show new information because you can see the favicon and title. It does show new information.