Firefox has released the Firefox 3.6 beta 1 for developer preview. It Visually doesn’t feature any changes from version 3.5. But it features integration with Windows 7 Taskbar and also Windows 7 Style switching of tabs using Ctrl + Tab. Yes it’s able to display the tabs preview.
Firefox 3.6 ca now display tab previews like Windows 7(the very same way of Alt+Tab in Windows 7).
This feature is disabled by default in the beta version.
type about:config in your address bar and on the appearing page, search for browser.ctrlTabPreviews. Set this as true.
OK now you’re done. Start Exploring
You can select the required tabs using mouse as well by holiding down the Ctrl+Tab key.
What if you’ve too may tabs? Ctrl + Shift + Tab will show up all tabs in the firefox window. Alternatively you can do this by holding down Ctrl + Tab and Click on “Show All Tabs” displayed in the very same windows
This preview window display features a search box where you can quickly search for the required tab if too many tabs are open. As this Shift key assigned with Ctrl+Tab to show up whole tabs, I’m sadly missing shortcut I previously used to traverse back in order.
You can also close the tabs if necessary in this view.
Windows 7 Taskbar Integration
On hovering the taskbar icon of firefox, you can see the preview of tabs in the aero peek window. To enjoy this feature you will have to enable aero theme in you Windows 7.
On hovering the mouse over the windows displayed in the peek view, surely you can peek to see the window. It’s the real Windows 7 peek feature. You can also close the tabs if necessary in this view.
If you’ve too many tabs open, then it will be displayed as stacked list as your seeing above.
Cool eh! This is a quick post on my first look, if you find something really cool, please do share with me in twitter, facebook, or as a comment in this blog.
Firefox 3.6 exploiting the features of Windows 7
Firefox has released the Firefox 3.6 beta 1 for developer preview. It Visually doesn’t feature any changes from version 3.5. But it features integration with Windows 7 Taskbar and also Windows 7 Style switching of tabs using Ctrl + Tab. Yes it’s able to display the tabs preview.
Download it here.
(Click on this, if you need a Direct link to Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 English for Windows)
Windows 7 Like Tab Preview
Firefox 3.6 ca now display tab previews like Windows 7(the very same way of Alt+Tab in Windows 7).
This feature is disabled by default in the beta version.
type about:config in your address bar and on the appearing page, search for browser.ctrlTabPreviews. Set this as true.
OK now you’re done. Start Exploring
You can select the required tabs using mouse as well by holiding down the Ctrl+Tab key.
What if you’ve too may tabs? Ctrl + Shift + Tab will show up all tabs in the firefox window. Alternatively you can do this by holding down Ctrl + Tab and Click on “Show All Tabs” displayed in the very same windows
This preview window display features a search box where you can quickly search for the required tab if too many tabs are open. As this Shift key assigned with Ctrl+Tab to show up whole tabs, I’m sadly missing shortcut I previously used to traverse back in order.
You can also close the tabs if necessary in this view.
Windows 7 Taskbar Integration
On hovering the taskbar icon of firefox, you can see the preview of tabs in the aero peek window. To enjoy this feature you will have to enable aero theme in you Windows 7.
On hovering the mouse over the windows displayed in the peek view, surely you can peek to see the window. It’s the real Windows 7 peek feature. You can also close the tabs if necessary in this view.
If you’ve too many tabs open, then it will be displayed as stacked list as your seeing above.
Cool eh! This is a quick post on my first look, if you find something really cool, please do share with me in twitter, facebook, or as a comment in this blog.