sidebar with social media like on opera

[squar3yeti]

In my opinion, if you were able to put social networks in the sidebar as a work, you could get a lot of audiences, because in any case firefox is already very comfortable and with this implementation it would become truly perfect

[memory-hunter]

This would be fantastic. I just moved from Opera GX and wanted to have Firefox as a daily driver. But the lack of workspaces/groups and a sidebar like GX is definitely a quality feature to have. It would be of great pleasure if the devs take a notice of this and start implementing this feature.

[Tee_Mostley]

Side bar feature, similar to the Opera Browser

Would love for FF to have a collapsiable side bar feature similar to the Opera browser, with access to Whatapp, Instagram, TikTok, X, etc and AI, which enables you to access these apps without needing to open extra tabs or individual apps. Currently using both browsers as those features are a game changer, hope you will impliment them on FF so I can go back to using just using one browser.

[Jon]

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[Jon]

@Tee_Mostley (and others)... if you didn't already know, we're currently working on a new sidebar experience with vertical tabs, AI integrations, and more. Check out this thread to learn more, including how to test out the features now: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out in Nightly Firefox Labs 131 

[Evangelos]

A sidebar like opera would be useful. Things included should be like a music player, whatsapp, instagram, twitter, chat gpt and a few other configurable websites. The sidebar should disappear when not hovering over it.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[vichomendoza]

Do you have any update on this idea?

As many users already mentioned, I am a Firefox big fan but, honestly the social media sidebar in MIcrosoft Edge keeps me there because is very helpful and convenient. Why you don't listen to your audience?

[taro-ball]

Yes! Opera and Edge have this, only reason im not switching. Please messenger in sidebar WhatsApp, telegram - must have!

Mozilla, what are you doing??? how come you have chatGPT sidebar but not whatsapp/telegram???

[SweepingEdge]

Hi, so I think that sidebar is currently lacking in features. It would be nice to have it like Opera, where we can put apps like Discord or Spotify in the sidebar for easier access.

[vichomendoza]

Nothing??? Really sad. How long waiting for this! Then Mozilla complains that they are losing fans and you can see that in the worldwide statistics of Internet navigator users. I tried to give Firefox another opportunity this week but, sorry I won't try Firefox never again. Will keep in Edge until another good Internet navigator appears in the market. Good bye.

[vichomendoza]

Really sad. How long waiting for this! Then Mozilla complains that they are losing fans and you can see that in the worldwide statistics of Internet navigator users. I tried to give Firefox another opportunity this week but, sorry I won't try Firefox never again. Will keep in Edge until another good Internet navigator appears in the market. Good bye.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[HowardBook]

I think it's worth expanding the sidebar's functionality, for example, by adding the ability to launch various social networks (Telegram, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, etc.) directly from the sidebar. I think this will be quite convenient.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[ZoraSorata]

Add messaging apps and e-mails to the sidebar

Adding support for messaging and e-mail sites such as Gmail, Whatsapp or Telegram to be on the sidebar would be very helpful, letting them open up in a "side-tab", letting the user read and write messages while being able to still see the tab they are looking at in the moment. We already have the "side-tabs" with bookmarks, passwords and AI chatbots, so I believe it should be reasonable to expect that we could also have messaging and e-mails sites on the sidebar. I would call them "sideapps".

This would allow people to maintain focus on the tab they are working on without having to switch between different browser tabs. For example, if I'm writing a message to a friend about an article I saw online, I want to be able to look at the page from where I'm reading the article to portray the full information without having to change between tabs to double-check and re-read stuff. If I receive a message or an e-mail, I want to be able to read it and respond to it without having to change tabs and feeling like I have to stop everything else that I'm doing to check my inbox and answer them.

Extensions do exist, yes, but they de-load every time you close it and re-load the page when you open it, making it unable to receive messages or e-mails instantly, instead having to open or close the extension each time to check for the new messages.

Opera has the best example for this tool; that's the reason why I used Opera for many years up until recently. I'm switching to Firefox because I care for my privacy, and I would love for Firefox to have this tool as well, as it is very useful and practical.

Also, have it that every sideapp has its own width saved individually. For example, let's say I want the "settings" side-tab to be 1/8 of my screen to be compact, but I want my "bookmarks" to be 1/6 of it because I have large titles on the links. I would love it if the side-tab's size would be "saved" so I don't have to resize the side-tab every time I switch between apps.

This sideapps could also include some services maybe, like Spotify or YT Music playing.