OK another thing to disable in Firefox. From v149

Split view.

The setting to toggle split view on or off is NOT in "Settings". It is in about:config.

browser.tabs.splitView.enabled set to "false".

I am grumpy as it is all to easy to accidentally invoke this feature when using a PinePhone in portrait mode.

With two tabs they are 2 cm wide and it is difficult to see the content.

To untile you have to hit the minuscule (on a PinePhone at 100% zoom) icon in the URL bar.

#firefox #splitview

Currently the version of Firefox on the PinePhone (bookworm) is 140 esr.

So I discovered this when using Librewolf which is up to date.

Now disabled in both browsers. But we have a fair few devices here so something I will have to remember to do with each device.

I understand that some people will like this feature. But a nice button in "Settings" to disable/enable the feature would be appreciated.

#firefox #splitview #v149

Vivaldi has a similar feature, which is also easy to invoke by accident on a PinePhone.

BUT at least Vivaldi provides a good sized button on the status bar* at the bottom of the window that allows you to manage the currently tiled tabs.👍

*remember the old full-width-always-displayed status bar that Firefox used to have before the UI vandals set to work? Replaced with the very distracting status thing that bobs up and down all the time?

#vivaldi #firefox #splitview #tabtiling #grumpygit

Grump over, have a nice day!