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Ask HN: Splittable Browser?

5 pointsby imd23about 10 years ago
Does anyone know an internet browser that allow this? Why no one builded it?<p>http:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=6cfmiYTZgqI

6 comments

forgotpasswd3xabout 10 years ago
You can use Firefox with the extension Tile Tabs to achieve something like this.<p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tile-tabs/?src=search" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;tile-tabs&#x2F;?sr...</a>
leocp1about 10 years ago
I like dwb (<a href="http://portix.bitbucket.org/dwb/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portix.bitbucket.org&#x2F;dwb&#x2F;</a>)<p>I believe it&#x27;s inspired by dwm (<a href="http://dwm.suckless.org/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dwm.suckless.org&#x2F;</a>).<p>I haven&#x27;t used dwb in a while, and development doesn&#x27;t seem to be super active, but it seems to be what you are looking for.
fredfoobarabout 10 years ago
If you aren&#x27;t too set on the &quot;tiling&quot; bit, you can try this for chrome: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-resize-split-screen-l/bkpenclhmiealbebdopglffmfdiilejc?hl=en-US" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;tab-resize-split-s...</a>
ChrisGrangerabout 10 years ago
<a href="https://polybrowser.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;polybrowser.com&#x2F;</a> might be what you&#x27;re looking for. It&#x27;s based on Firefox.
mc_hammerabout 10 years ago
its actually a function of the window manager for windows you can try WindowPadder (AHK) for unix use a tiling window manager ie awesome
stonogoabout 10 years ago
Opera could do this before it turned into Chrome Clone #6783.