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Google is finally adding vertical tabs to Chrome.
Vertical tabs make tab management so much easier.
The feature is currently only available on Canary.
I've been a fan of vertical tabs for a long time. Vertical tabs make it easier to manage a growing number of tabs, keeping them better organized and visible. Most of my favorite browsers (except for Opera -- are you listening?) have vertical tabs.
Once you start using them, you'll wonder how you got along without them.
At the moment, the vertical tabs feature is only available to the Canary release of Chrome, which isn't suitable for everyday work. But if you want to get a peek into what's coming to Chrome, Canary is the way to go. The one issue with Canary is that it's not considered stable, so having it as your default browser could lead to lost data and plenty of frustration. If you don't want to bother with Canary, you can expect vertical tabs to hit general availability in the next couple of months.
Also: Web browsers need to stop trying to be all things to everyone
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