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Vertical browser tab counterpoint to this headline/article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/907998/google-chrome-vertical-tabs

Web content is consumed top down. If you want to increase the cognitive load of a web page, add more columns. The same is true when you move tabs into a column next to a web page. You've now made the tabs compete with the page for attention, rather than making the web page the sole focal point. It's why I've never been able to use browsers that use persistent sidebars, and likely never will.

Vertical browser tabs are better and you should use them

The Google Chrome browser now includes vertical tabs and a reading mode, and both are welcome features to the web experience. Especially vertical tabs.

The Verge

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Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈12h ago

@jon aah that explains it. I keep trying vertical tabs. My sceeen is often so much wider than it is long that it seems like it would be a great use of screen space. But it felt so *wrong*. And now that you mention it, I think it’s because that list of tabs keeps pulling my attention to it, even though it has nothing to do with the page I’m on.

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Jon Henshaw 11h ago

@NfNitLoop

I know everyone is different, and they experience things differently, but what you described is exactly my experience, too. Even the part where you said it feels *wrong*. Same.