Firefox 101 - #5 - Keeping Tabs on Firefox Tabs

Back in the day, having more than one web site open at a time meant having more than one web browser window open. Firefox popularized "tabbed browsing," having more than one website open in a single web browser session. Since Firefox came on the scene, both Internet Explorer and Safari have added this feature. It's now standard equipment in a web browser.

Welcome back to the Firefox 101 Series. Browsing more than one website at a time can be a real pain especially if you need open up a new window in order to do so. Firefox has a feature called “Tab Browsing”, they can really make visiting more than one website a lot more enjoyable. Right now I am on home page Firefox. Let say, I want to check my email but I do not want to leave this page. You can just go to File and click on open New Tab and now I have a new area ready to go. I can just type in the URL and then click back and fort between the tabs to get where I need to go. You can also open a new tab with the right mouse click and New Tab. If you like keyboard shortcuts you hit Ctrl and a letter T or if you use a Mac command and the letter T and that will open a new tab as well. You can rearrange your tabs by clicking and dragging them wherever you see the purple arrow. To close a tab, just click on the X. If you mistakenly close a tab, you can just go to your History and choose to reopen. Remember there are ten parts to this series. So do not forget to check out the other episodes in the Firefox 101 Series.