philc / philc/vimium

Can we have a "all tabs are windows" mode like in [qutebrowser](https://www.qutebrowser.org/)?

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Description

This would make all shortcuts that open a new tab actually open a new chrome window, with an option for it to open in application mode (with the --app=urlgoeshere option passed to the chrome executable on linux, not sure what this would entail on windows).

I want this feature because I use i3 and chrome tabs kind of defeat the purpouse of a tiling wm, so I prefer simply ignoring tabs as a feature and managing windows as tabs myself

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No files or tests are named; begin by locating the shortcut handlers that open tabs and the Chrome process-launch path described in the issue. Define the platform behavior first, then verify that shortcuts open new windows and that Linux application mode passes the requested option.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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