Disable grouping by default

[regs]

It's very intrusive and very annoying tabs get grouped, when you just try to rearrange them. It should not be happening. Grouping is a very niche feature, so should off by default. It should be just option.

[Jon]

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[The_PC]

Whenever you add new functions that impact in a mayor way the basic use of the interface... the new function should always be a setting you can toggle on or off in the settings/preferences and the default setting should be the way it was in the previous version. That's for the user experience. Here you've gone the Microsoft way ... mess it all up and hide or disable a way to change back:

1/ There is NO option for tab grouping in settings - I do not like tab groups, I'm not the only one, and now you made my interface a lot less usable to satisfy people who like tab groups. I regularly move tabs around and they just stick in groups because dropping them where I used to now doesn't work the same anymore. Frustration

2/ You have to go in about:config to toggle it off, meaning you need to know up front what you want to change as it's just a list of options the size of the empire state building. For things that impact the usage in a mayor way you should NOT go in that list. More frustration

3/ Good luck toggling group.tabs settings on or off ... restart the browser and your choice is GONE. Way to go whoever is the product manager on this. Frustration is at a nice peak level there. Only reason I stick with Firefox is because I hate using Chrome even more.

You hit it wrong on all marks (just like switching off by default the "are you sure you want to close all tabs" option which luckily has a setting to switch it back on, just so people can yell at losing their content when hitting it by accident - free tip: set it on by default the way it should be as it's the safest option, and in the popup ask if they want to switch it off by default, plus tell them where to change it back later)

You should try to understand ALL your users before changing things the hard way (coming from a product manager who likes to foresee problems with certain usergroups and tackle it beforehand).

Better to have a lot of user accessible settings than ask them to dig under the hood to change settings - that do not even stay switched off. It seems proper interface etiquette has gone out the door. Plenty of clicks where you don't need them, no possibly to click where you do need it.