Tabs have become a ubiquitous part of the web browser and it is hard to imagine using a browser without tabs anymore.
However, if you are using a widescreen monitor, then you might have noticed that most of the time when you browsing web sites, a lot of screen estate on the sides is being wasted. Here is where Tab Sidebar comes in handy. Tab Sidebar is a Firefox addon which once installed hides the original tab bar on the top and instead allows you to have tabs on the sides and since there is extra space on the sides, it even manages to display thumbnails of the pages. The extra pixels that you gain vertically allows you to view more of a page.
You could actually display the Tab Sidebar along any of the sides depending on your preference. By default Tab Sidebar hides the original tab bar but for some reason if you do want to retain it, you can do so in the Tab Sidebar options.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Very well discussed. At least we can maximize the use of our monitors. This is one of the best computer parts we have right now
What about the feature of when you click on a new tab it list a bunch of your most common Web sites. I had this feature now it is gone. Anyone know how to ge this back.