An idea for vertical tabs...
For years I've been using MrOtherGuy's multi-row_tabs_below_content.css script, ever since XUL add-ons became obsolete, and I had to give up the wonderful TabMixPlus. I have tab width set to 100px, which shows the favicon and the beginning of the tab title, from which I can identify a tab 95% of the time without hovering to see...