[kwlug-disc] Firefox 106 "View" tab?

[CrankyOldBugger]

Let's try that again..

Found the article I was thinking of:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/10/firefox-view-doesnt-feel-like-a-feature-mozilla

Entitled: "Firefox View Doesn’t Feel Like a Feature, Mozilla. It Feels Like
a Nag."


On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 2:24 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Found the article I was thinking of:
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 2:21 PM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:31:58AM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>> >I upgraded today to Firefox 106 (on Xubuntu), and there is an annoying
>> >feature.
>> >
>> >It is a persistent tab in every browser window, called "Firefox View".
>> >It is like a pinned tab, but you cannot close it.
>> >One feature is "Tab Pickup" for switching tabs to other devices, but it
>> >wants you to sign up for an account.
>> >I am not interested in that, but can't close that "View".
>>
>> It looks like you just right-click on it and select "Remove from
>> Toolbar" if you don't want it on your toolbar.
>>
>>
>> https://www.ghacks.net/2022/09/22/mozilla-is-testing-a-new-feature-called-firefox-view/
>>
>> I just enabled it via about:config on firefox 105, and it appears to be
>> removed as mentioned.
>>
>> FWIW, it doesn't work in 105 -- I get the icon to add/remove from the
>> toolbar, but the actual Firefox Sync landing page isn't included yet.
>>
>> I'll actually use this, and hope it's included in 106 Release.
>>
>> >I searched on "Firefox 106" and "Firefox View" and found nothing.
>>
>> Had to use quotes, which found the ghacks discussion above:
>>
>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22firefox-view%22
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Irwin
>>
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>>
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