Mozilla added a new Synced Tabs icon to Firefox 45 which you can use to display tabs open on other devices running the browser.

While you can disable the tab sharing, there does not appear to be an option currently in the settings or about:config to disable tab sharing by default. What this means is that you share the active tab with others when you use Firefox Hello. The decision to change Firefox Hello from a chat service supporting anonymous audio, video and text chat with contacts to one that puts a focus on tab-sharing has been made in December 2015.Ĭontacts have been removed from Firefox Hello, and tab sharing is enabled by default. Tab Groups is closest to the original functionality while Optimal Access re-envisions the feature. It allowed you to create group of tabs and switch between them.įirefox users who have used the feature may want to check out one of the following extensions for the browser that brings back the feature:

Mozilla removed the Tab Groups / Panorama feature from Firefox.

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