Battle Waterfox or Floor? For a Gecko browser with vertical tabs

[Alexai]

I dunno

 

[Bot]

That's great! Could you please provide more details about what you're considering between Waterfox and Floccus? This will help me give a more accurate answer.

 

[wat0114]

Floorp's Vertical tab bar is an experimental feature, which I've tried but is broken. It only opens one tab out of the eight I have it set for when using the Horizontal tab bar, which works fine. I've never used Waterfox.

And I've never heard of Floccus

 

[monkeylove]

There's a process explained here but I have not tried it:

Vertical tabs in Firefox: Yes, it's really possible!

Vertical tabs will change the way you browse the web. Here's how to properly set them up in Firefox, with horizontal tabs hidden.

www.pcworld.com

 

[n8chavez]

If I things as far as vertical tabs are equal, Waterfox's development is stagnant compared to floorp. Having used both, I can say without a doubt floorp is just better; it has more features and faster development. I can't say I trust Waterfox having a single developer. They're both based on Firefox ESR, so you're not losing out on any fundamental features by choosing either one.

 

[silversurfer]

As already mentioned by @wat0114, Floorp is the only one, but the feature is still in development.
AFAIK, for all other Gecko based browsers there are no built-in feature for vertical tabs,

You need to install browser addons/extensions to use Vertical Tabs, but be aware you have to fiddle with...

• Tree Style Tab – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-GB)
• Vertical Tabs Reloaded – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-GB)
• Tab Center Reborn – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-GB)

 

[n8chavez]

This may not matter any more, but v12 of floorp with no longer be based on Firefox ESR but rather a rapid release like Firefox or Librewolf. It'll be up-to-date with the newest features and patches.