Vertical tabs is why you should ditch Google Chrome and use Microsoft Edge

Even people I know in the tech industry are so stuck on Google (Chrome), they do not know better solutions exist. Case in point: Microsoft Edge instead of Google Chrome.

Microsoft Edge uses Chromium - the same underlying technology powering Google Chrome - which means the performance and stability issues of last decade are irrelevant.

It's comedic to see people try to use Google Chrome with a dozen tabs (or more) open. Many of them admitted cannot recognize a tab by looking at an icon.

Contrast the legacy horizontal tabs experience to Microsoft Edge's vertical tabs feature (screenshot below). Suddenly you can view every tab's name and no longer have to rely on recognizing icons or searching/clicking through tabs. After using vertical tabs I simply cannot go back.

It is unfortunate vertical tabs is only available on Windows and MacOS. Apple has too tight a control of the UI in iOS/iPadOS, and Google is the same on Android/ChromeOS. This means even if you have Edge running on iOS/iPadOS/Android/ChromeOS, vertical tabs is not supported.

The lack of vertical tabs is surprisingly one of the strongest reasons getting in the way of me transitioning to using my tablet (iPad) as my primary device replacing my Windows and MacOS devices.

• Windows: heavy duty browser use with vertical tabs (e.g. research) and gaming.
• MacOS: heavy duty browser use with vertical tabs and video editing.
• iPadOS: light browser use and for everything else.
• ChromeOS (Flex): good for ultra-cheap or old hardware. Runs Edge via a Linux container.