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

[CrankyOldBugger]

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
>
>
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> Chris Irwin
>
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