Firefox Workspaces ( Overview )

[Richard_Hajek]

Hey,

First of all, I love all of the new additions from Mozilla! New Thunderbird, K9 and Firefox Android add-ons are all amazing! And I would like to use Firefox instead of Ferdium. As Fredium is basically a browser anyway.

But I noticed that there are multiple tab groups / workspaces ideas out there so I wanted to summary them:

Name	Summary
(1) Workspaces a la Opera	Basically a vertical list of icons for each Workspace on the side (a button in the toolbar with a dropdown to select Workspaces would suffice), that instantly switch to all the Tabs open in a given Workspace and hides everything else. Pinned Tabs stay with each Workspace. Tab Groups can exist within a Workspace.
(2) Persistent Tab Groups / Workspaces	Design
(3) Addon Request - Firefox Workspaces	That is, I want to be able to create named sets of windows and tabs and switch quickly between them. I work on a number of projects both personal and for work that involve a large number of tabs across multiple windows. I’d like to be able to compartmentalize these. There are plenty of add-ons that let you save a window’s tabs as a named group, then restore it later, but that’s not good enough.

Now all of these I mostly agree with, personally. The main focus is the ability to simply save and load tab sets.

Bare-bones feature list:

• (<source proposal(s)>) <feature>
• (1,2,3) Load / save a tab set ( henceforth called a workspace )
• (1,2,3) UI for switching workspaces
• (1) Ability to declaratively define tabs for each workspace
• (Me) Inactive workspaces shall be offline / fully unloaded

Comprehensive feature list:

• (1) Fast switching of workspaces (sub second?)
• (3) Ability to save not only tab sets but tab and window sets
• (3) Set specific windows/tabs to be open in all workspaces
• (Me) Configuration option: Make each workspace live in it's own container
• (2) Configuration option: New window automatically creates a new workspace (true/false)
• (2) Configuration option: Invincible workspaces - If you close a window with this workspace, it moves to another window, assuming another open window

Unresolved questions:

• Should a workspace be only a set of tabs or windows too (2 proposals for no, one for yes)
• Should opening a new workspace replace the original or open a new window with the new workspace
• Should pinned tabs stay opened between workspaces

I personally, would be quite happy with the bare-bones feature set. I just need a button I can punch which will open a set of some tabs I set somewhere.

The closest addon I found are Simple Tab Groups, which while somewhat satisfactory for my usecase, albeit they don't have the declarative configuration and a faster way to switch workspaces, but I'll go with that for now.

[kxra]

Throwing another into the mix, would love to know what you think as someone who's given this a good amount of consideration already:

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/concept-mapping-graph-view-of-tabs-bookmarks-amp-notes/idi-p/37...

[Richard_Hajek]

I think your proposal is pretty good too, but it might be something tad different, your ideas are much grander! I am just looking for some grouping of tabs, not an entirely new workflow haha. But your proposal would probably help me too!

[Onscreen7181]

Edge, Opera and Vivaldi have workspaces! would really like them in Firefox too.

[a91]

As someone who uses Firefox at work, a feature like this would be very useful to me. At least as an evolution of container tabs. I work with a client that uses two different Microsoft accounts for SSO purposes (including Teams). Container tabs let me use the same browser window. But I find opening tabs (especially during the signin process) can be finicky. If groups could be implemented better or the feature evolved, it would be killer for me.

[Aurelinius]

Yeah, I switched from an Opera browser, and the biggest thing I've been struggling over has been the lack of workspaces. Tab Containers comparatively feel a lot more convoluted for my purposes, so hopefully Firefox implements their own iteration.

[Richard_Hajek]

Definitely! I have multiple friends (     one      ), who is sticking with Opera only because of workspaces haha

[PastBlast]

Only can second this!! I even started working with edge (only at work 😉 ) because this feature is so useful.

[theblackhole]

Yes! Firefox needs a synced workspaces feature like the one from MS Edge. That's the only thing that keeps me from switching to the Fox (and I can't give up this feature because once you've tried, it's hard to go back).

We had remote tab close recently which is a first step towards a unified experience, adding synced workspaces would be the next step to make Firefox the B.B.O.A.T* IMO

*Best Browser Of All Time

[myspace]

Really good summary! Hope Firefox eventually (soon) adds a workspaces feature. I don't have all the answers to your unresolved questions, but I would prefer the pinned tabs to be unique to each workspace.

[Richard_Hajek]

Probably agreed. I think there's no right answer, we would just have to try one option and hope it suits ppl and if not then make it configurable hah

[Nomis]

Firefox needs native workspace support to:

• Boost user productivity
• Organize complex browsing tasks
• Prevent user migration to competing browsers

Workspaces are no longer optional—they're essential for modern web browsing. By implementing this feature, Firefox can:

1. Attract power users
2. Enhance browsing efficiency
3. Demonstrate innovation

Mozilla has always been about user empowerment. Let's lead, not follow.

[bon_voyage12]

I think other threads related workspaces should be merged here. 
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/workspaces-%C3%A0-la-opera/idi-p/66 and https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/persistant-tab-groups-workspaces/idi-p/23419 

[malevolent]

I've been using firefox since the firsts days back in 2004, he saw me browse the Internet when I was young and still using Windows. Now, decades after, I'm a NFVI engineer and I'm desperate to find a way to use workspaces, I've tried several addons, and even some other firefox alternatives, like floorp and Zen (both based on firefox), but i'm having issues with cookies and other stuff on those browsers, making me re-login several times a day, or even being unable to log in in some corporate and federate environments, where vanilla firefox works as a charm.

I don't know how long I will be able to resist my impulses to look for an alternative that offers workspaces. I've always been a big detractor of all things related to Google, and I think for our sake, there should be a competitor like Firefox in front of it, but this is 2025 and this is a feature too basic that Firefox should have implemented years ago.