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Firefox has a new Split View that's useful for this, but you still have to left click and select open in split view (M) then click the link. You also used to be

by pluc 2mo ago

Firefox has a new Split View that's useful for this, but you still have to left click and select open in split view (M) then click the link. You also used to be able on some browsers to craft a link that was href="tab1.html|tab2.html", no idea if that's still a thing or if it was limited to "home page" setting.

dagurp 2mo ago
Vivaldi has included split view for years (called tiles). You can also right click a link and choose open in follower tab. This lets all links clicked in one tile open in another tile. I use this regularly on HN.
- vdfs 2mo ago
  Edge also had, and now even Chrome have it. Edge had the open links in the other split, chrome doesn't
- Izkata 2mo ago
  Way back Firefox had a Tile Tabs addon that could split tabs to arbitrary depth. "Tile Tabs WE" (WE = WebExtensions) was an attempt to replace the functionality after the Quantum change killed XUL-based addons like the original Tile Tabs, but it works by positioning whole windows.
Barbing 2mo ago
I accidentally closed Firefox’s last “you’ve just updated” screen which probably mentioned Split View. Couldn’t re-open it. It’s not this https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0.1/releasenotes/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0.1/releasenotes/ , know if it’s mirrored?
- squigz 2mo ago
  It looks like it was added in 149 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/split-view-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/split-view-firefox
ghtjason 2mo ago
alt/option-clicking on the desired tab works too
werdnapk 2mo ago
Thanks for the tip. Didn't know this was added. I generally open the HN comment link, then click the article link, read it, then click back to read the comments. I'll see if this split view feature works better for me though, but I think I'd prefer a horizontal split instead of vertical.
devsda 2mo ago
Yeah Firefox split view is useful for this. If any of those vim extensions support link+split, and allow interaction with splits that would be even better.
- Izkata 2mo ago
  Apparently Firefox needs to add an API for it first: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/5349 https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/5349
  - bovine3dom 2mo ago
    there's now a proposal for it https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/pull/1019/changes https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/pull/1019/changes so it will probably appear eventually.
monkpit 2mo ago
Left click?
- HelloUsername 2mo ago
  Maybe they have their mouse in their left hand and reversed main and secondary button?
  - pluc 2mo ago
    Nope, just said left when I meant right for some reason
vee-kay 2mo ago
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wccrawford 2mo ago
In Chrome, I just right-clicked the link above and hit "open in split view" and it did. It was 50/50, with HN on the left, so maybe it's not as easy to read the post in smaller windows. Otherwise, seems to provide the same service, essentially.

by pluc 2mo ago

dagurp 2mo ago

Vivaldi has included split view for years (called tiles). You can also right click a link and choose open in follower tab. This lets all links clicked in one tile open in another tile. I use this regularly on HN.

vdfs 2mo ago
Edge also had, and now even Chrome have it. Edge had the open links in the other split, chrome doesn't
Izkata 2mo ago
Way back Firefox had a Tile Tabs addon that could split tabs to arbitrary depth. "Tile Tabs WE" (WE = WebExtensions) was an attempt to replace the functionality after the Quantum change killed XUL-based addons like the original Tile Tabs, but it works by positioning whole windows.

Barbing 2mo ago

I accidentally closed Firefox’s last “you’ve just updated” screen which probably mentioned Split View. Couldn’t re-open it. It’s not this https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0.1/releasenotes/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0.1/releasenotes/ , know if it’s mirrored?

squigz 2mo ago
It looks like it was added in 149 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/split-view-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/split-view-firefox

ghtjason 2mo ago

alt/option-clicking on the desired tab works too

werdnapk 2mo ago

Thanks for the tip. Didn't know this was added. I generally open the HN comment link, then click the article link, read it, then click back to read the comments. I'll see if this split view feature works better for me though, but I think I'd prefer a horizontal split instead of vertical.

devsda 2mo ago

Yeah Firefox split view is useful for this. If any of those vim extensions support link+split, and allow interaction with splits that would be even better.

Izkata 2mo ago
Apparently Firefox needs to add an API for it first: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/5349 https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/5349
- bovine3dom 2mo ago
  there's now a proposal for it https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/pull/1019/changes https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/pull/1019/changes so it will probably appear eventually.

monkpit 2mo ago

Left click?

HelloUsername 2mo ago
Maybe they have their mouse in their left hand and reversed main and secondary button?
- pluc 2mo ago
  Nope, just said left when I meant right for some reason

vee-kay 2mo ago

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wccrawford 2mo ago

In Chrome, I just right-clicked the link above and hit "open in split view" and it did. It was 50/50, with HN on the left, so maybe it's not as easy to read the post in smaller windows. Otherwise, seems to provide the same service, essentially.