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Niléane Nov 11, 2024

🐎, but a browser

Horse Browser is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in this space. The browser is based on a new approach that completely does away with traditional tabs and replaces them with navigation trees called ‘Trails.’

It's new and appealing. But how does it hold up in everyday use? Here’s my review on @macstories: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/horse-browser-tries-its-hooves-at-a-new-take-on-tabs/

Horse Browser Tries Its Hooves at a New Take on Tabs

In 2024, web browsers mostly all look the same. Their user interfaces always feature an address bar at the top of the window and horizontal tabs that allow you to navigate through multiple websites. So whenever a new browser tries to shake things up and innovate on this basic premise, it’s inevitable that it will...

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Peter Hilgenfeld Nov 11, 2024

@nileane @macstories it's not an entirely new approach. Very similar to this Firefox plugin which, or predecessors of which, have been around for quite a while.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/

Tree Style Tab – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Tree Style Tab for Firefox. Show tabs like a tree.

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Niléane Nov 11, 2024

@pethil While similar, that extension isn't really based on the same approach. Horse is unique in that, by default, it will always create new branches when clicking on links. Its sidebar feels more like a malleable browsing history than tabs.

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It's a me, Mauro

@nileane @pethil you can customise Sidebery on Firefox to behave exactly like this, and much more. I’m not sure why Sidebery doesn’t come up as often as tree style tabs while to me it is literally the killer addon on Firefox that I can’t live without: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sidebery/

Sidebery – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Sidebery for Firefox. Vertical tabs tree and bookmarks in sidebar with advanced containers configuration, grouping and many other features.