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Not a direct response to this piece, but the two things keeping me on Firefox these days, besides it being a decent browser generally, are container tabs and tree style tabs. They’re both very convenient for my workflow. I think all the browsers are pretty good, but those two features are great.

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I'm always amazed at people's resistance to the concept of tree style tabs (or even just tabbing vertically instead)... The horizontal space is far less valuable on widescreens (most websites are just a column down the middle anyway) and top/horizontal tabbing systems are worthless when you have a non-trivial number of tabs.

It's just a matter of taste, is all. I personally hate vertical tabs (or vertical tasks bars, etc). They're just a pain the butt for me. But clearly there are others who love them. Vive la différence!

But, with tabs specifically, I very rarely have more than two going at a time. That probably matters.

Chrome's tab groups are pretty good. Not quite as useful to me as tree style tabs, but better than nothing. I use Firefox as my primary browser, Chrome for some things, and Safari for others. It's good to have the variety, I think.

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