Firefox "Tab Effect" Extension: Pretty cool.

Recoil42

Saw this on digg, thought it was pretty fucking nifty.

It's apparently a bit buggy and slow on some computers...but hey, it's the first release, and whatever, works perfectly fine on my crappy Inspiron 1300 with integrated video card.... no crashes, very smooth:

http://digg.com/software/COOL_Download_of_the_Day_Tab_Effect_Firefox

http://lifehacker.com/software/tabbed-browsing/download-of-the-day-tab-effect-frefox-227866.php

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4258/

Thought I'd post it up, because I'm really liking it, thought some people here might get a kick out of it.

It's definitely not a practical extension... but really, really cool.


Note: It uses DirectX 8, so... windows only, I assume.

PikaPuff

Recoil42 wrote:

Linksville lives on... in this arm!

Could you please at least link one of the articles?

All I see is a cube. This add-on looks the kiddy.

Darlan

Awesome...it's a bit slower, but totally worth it. For a while.

Just Like That

That's some fancy pants stuff you got right there.

Mr Peepers

Nifty.


And quite possibly snazzy as well.

Recoil42

Yeah, it definitely remains to be seen how quickly the novelty will wear off for me, but as CV said, for now:

Captain Vash wrote:

I like it a lot. It makes the internet feel... cooler.

PikaPuff wrote:

Could you please at least link one of the articles?

All I see is a cube. This add-on looks the kiddy.

It's pretty self explanatory, really.. it gives tabs in Firefox this really cool effect reminiscent of Virtual Desktops on OSX and some of those Linux customizations out there.

Just try it... it's like 46kb, not a big install or anything at all.

Captain Vash

I want the cube effect every time I hit backwards, forwards, or click a link.

brynstar

This is pretty darn cool.

deadonthestreet

This is terrible, gives me a headache, and slows down browsing.

:v:

Zephos

i dont even know how to get it to work... still normal for me.

Recoil42

Captain Vash wrote:

I want the cube effect every time I hit backwards, forwards, or click a link.

I'm finding that too. I'm actually missing the effect every time I click a link that doesn't open up in a new tab.

Hopefully the author adds it as an option in the next iteration...

PikaPuff

Recoil42 wrote:

It's pretty self explanatory, really...

No... it's not... kind why I asked about it.

So... it flips when you flip tabs? does it flip for every tab or only at the moment you select the one you want?

Tasty Chaos

I likes it, but the performance whore in me is wondering if it's worth the trouble.

PikaPuff

Is it a dice roll? Is it like flipping pages of a book?

Recoil42

PikaPuff wrote:

Is it a dice roll? Is it like flipping pages of a book?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYkrQIiei4c

The framerate of this video is attrocious, btw -- it's much, much smoother on even my crappy laptop -- but you get the idea.

another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzOq_ONrIrY

edit: here's a better framerate'd, but shorter video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_stR_fZpA

It's very smooth in action.

Æthelred

How can your eyes stand this? My computer's not rendering it slowly, but it's abominable to look at.

PikaPuff

Recoil42 wrote:

PikaPuff wrote:

Is it a dice roll? Is it like flipping pages of a book?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYkrQIiei4c

The framerate of this video is attrocious, btw -- it's much, much smoother on even my crappy laptop -- but you get the idea.


edit: here's a better, but shorter video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_stR_fZpA

Is it really that hard to type what it is about in this thread, instead of linking to other sites? I really don't like clicking out of the forum.

edit: don't get me wrong. The youtube links are a great supplement and I thank you for that.

Kaseius

The page spins left or right as if it were part of a cube made entirely out of the Internet when you change tabs.

Remington

I was hoping if I had 3 tabs open and went from the far left tab to the far right, it would flip past the middle tab...

...but it didnt.

FreddyD

Æthelred wrote:

How can your eyes stand this? My computer's not rendering it slowly, but it's abominable to look at.

Anything that slows down the rendering of a page is unendurable for me.

Maybe we can turn this into the general firefox extension thread. I love the answers.com extension except the text matches the color of the page you are on (white text+white background ftl).

boberto

Some other tab extensions that are possibly more useful than this:

Mouse-over preview for tabs
http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/tabpreview/

Gives ctrl-tab a windows alt-tab kind of feel
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2134/

Remington

Ctrl-Tab + Tab Effect = win

jclast

Doesn't work for me. Installed and updated. Still nothing.

Recoil42

boberto wrote:

Gives ctrl-tab a windows alt-tab kind of feel
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2134/

that's awesome, is it static, or all slidey-animated-cool?

UncleSporky

um

I installed it, made two tabs, clicked between them, cool

Then I went file -> new tab again and FF crashed (disappeared)

When I reopen it, it asks if I want to restore my session and if I do it crashes again

EDIT: Just did it again with a new session. Creating a third tab crashes FF.

EDIT2: And now I can't create any more tabs at all. Hooray.

PikaPuff

Kaseius wrote:

The page spins left or right as if it were part of a cube made entirely out of the Internet when you change tabs.

Cool. Thanks.

Darlan

This works pretty well with mouse gestures...the switch tab gesture "feels" like I'm grabbing the edges of a cube. (you sorta make an upside down L shape.)

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/39/

mntorankusu

There's a 2-second delay from the time I click a tab and when it changes. Sucks.

mausmalone

UncleSporky wrote:

um

I installed it, made two tabs, clicked between them, cool

Then I went file -> new tab again and FF crashed (disappeared)

When I reopen it, it asks if I want to restore my session and if I do it crashes again

EDIT: Just did it again with a new session. Creating a third tab crashes FF.

EDIT2: And now I can't create any more tabs at all. Hooray.

Yeah... ditto me. I just uninstalled it and it's all good again.

Dusda

This is cool, but needs options to adjust the animation speed. Like make it faster.

darleysam

might be cool, crashes my Firefox the second i try and open up a new tab though.
Oh well

RainZ

I had the crashing problem too.. Turns out i hadn't updated to Firefox 2 on the home pc! Works sweeet and smooth as now! Not seeing any of the delay mentioned by some. Thanks for the heads up! Now if i can just stop switching between tabs constantly i might be able to read something...

Dr. Phibbs McAthey

I'll be damned, this is slick as hell.

LewieP

oh...neat






*uninstall*

Recoil42

Version 1.1 just came out. Like, a minute ago. :shock:


- The URL bar dropdown menu is displaced out.
- Crashing the browser (I think it is fixed, but it is not occured in my environment, so it might actually be not fixed)



Sporky, mausmalone, maybe this will fix your problems.

TripKMA

Recoil42 wrote:

Version 1.1 just came out. Like, a minute ago. :shock:


- The URL bar dropdown menu is displaced out.
- Crashing the browser (I think it is fixed, but it is not occured in my environment, so it might actually be not fixed)

1.1 fixed the stupid delay for me.

mrcheesypants

The internet is now a series of cubes!

[spoiler:e6fcbb4ade] I'm sorry :oops: [/spoiler:e6fcbb4ade]

Stormwatcher

Working fine for me,
just had to restart the machine...
it's pure awesome.

Nexus Zero

Darlan wrote:

This works pretty well with mouse gestures...the switch tab gesture "feels" like I'm grabbing the edges of a cube. (you sorta make an upside down L shape.)

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/39/

I've got StrokeIt set so when I hold the right mouse button and use my scroll wheel, it flips between pages. With this, it feels godly.

victor_c26

It would be better if you could customize the spin speed.

But it's a great start, just needs some more features.

BahamutZERO

Um, slightly offtopic, but I somehow got my profile switched in Firefox, and my bookmarks and cookies are all gone. How do you get to that profile manager thing to change it back?

Edit: nevermind, I found it, but it didn't fix my problem. Gah.

Edit2: Solved my problem, had corrupted my bookmarks file because I guess I hard rebooted while firefox was backing them up. I restored them from a backup and it's fine now, aside from my lost cookies (heh), which aren't as important.