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Cluster thumbnails in the new-tabs-view?

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Hi there,

so I've got this add on where I can expand the usual 3x3 thumbnail grid in the new tabs view. But now I've got a bunch of thumbnails and I want to cluster them according to their content, e.g.: facebook, youtube, twitter, etc.--> should be in one cluster "social network"; ebay, amazon, etc.--> should be in one cluster "purchase"; android-forum, java-forum, mozilla-support, etc.--> should be in one cluster "programming" etc.

What's the best way to organize your thumbnails like that?

Hi there, so I've got this add on where I can expand the usual 3x3 thumbnail grid in the new tabs view. But now I've got a bunch of thumbnails and I want to cluster them according to their content, e.g.: facebook, youtube, twitter, etc.--> should be in one cluster "social network"; ebay, amazon, etc.--> should be in one cluster "purchase"; android-forum, java-forum, mozilla-support, etc.--> should be in one cluster "programming" etc. What's the best way to organize your thumbnails like that?

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You do not need an extension to modify the number of rows and columns.

You would only have to adjust two prefs on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.columns (3)
  • browser.newtabpage.rows (3)

The only way to organize items is to drag a specific URL to such a tile to pin each of them and drag an about:blank link to trailing squares that you do not want to use.

You can change the order of the boxes on the about:newtab page and drag an item to a different slot to pin it to that position or you can remove a website by clicking the close X to block that URL.
You can drag a bookmark or history item and drop them in a slot on the about:newtab page to pin them and have your own favorites sites showing.

Changes made manually on the about:newtab page are stored in the browser.newtabpage.pinned (default = [null]) and browser.newtabpage.blocked prefs that you can check/modify on the about:config page.

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