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== How does ''Snap Links'' compare with ''AWB''? ==
Firefox's and Chrome's tabbing features (especially when combined with the use of ''[https://cpriest.github.io/SnapLinksPlus/#/ Snap Links]'' and [[Macro (computer science)|macro]]s) is one of the most powerful tools you can use to work on Wikipedia. It beats AWB in many operations, though AWB beats it in many others.
[[WP:AWB]] is an auto-page-loader, and a semi-automatic editor with powerful search/replace features. It works on lists of pages which you specify, opening one-at-a-time, executing your pre-specified search/replaces, and then loading each page in AWB's own edit mode so you can edit it. When you are done and save the page, AWB saves it, automatically closes it, and then opens the next page on the list in the same way. But, if you need to see what you are doing, that is, actually look at each page you are working on, AWB's view feature is rather cludgy and time-consuming. Pages are not initially loaded in view mode, so you have to click on "view" and wait each time for the server to respond, which can be very time-consuming, especially when you are working on a lot of pages and have to repeat this operation.
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"Tabbing" is task-switching technology. You are basically working in windows, directly on Wikipedia pages using Wikipedia's interface. So if you need to inspect pages (that is, actually look at them), you simply open their links with ''Snap Links'' and each page is in display mode by default. In firefox, you switch between pages (in subwindows called "tabs") with {{key press|Ctrl|Tab}} or with {{key press|Ctrl|W}} (which closes the current window as you make the switch). Once in tabs, you can switch back and forth between pages very rapidly.
In AWB, once you've processed a page, you can't go back to it. But in Firefox you can, even if you've already closed the tab! (Restore a tab with {{key press|Ctrl|Shift|T}}).
==Notes==
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