Retire stack layout UI for tabs overview mode

[samartnik]

Description

Now that we have an option to open in a new tab from the context menu brave/brave-core#12149, users are not forced to group tabs anymore. We should retire stack layout UI for overview mode as it requires more and more resources for maintenance.

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Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store version?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Beta version?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Nightly version?

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Brave version

Website problems only

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Additional information

[samartnik]

Resolved by brave/brave-core#12201

[srirambv]

This requires a CR99 build on 1.36.x. Fix is part of the CR99 commit.

cc: @Uni-verse

[Uni-verse]

Verification completed on release branch 1.36.105, Chromium 99.0.4844.45
PASSED on Samsung Galaxy S21 | Android 12 | ARM

• Overview UI enabled
• Removed stack layout UI
• Removed Group Tabs Toggle in Settings > Appearance
• User is able to upgrade from C98 to C99 build version successfully with stack view enabled
• User is able to group tabs

Overview	Settings

[emrys767]

This is a horrible decision. Many users including myself left Chrome because this stack feature was removed. Please bring this back.

[TheEskir]

Bruh, I realize this is maintenance effort, but you're gonna have to weigh this effort against the possibility of losing a large chunk of your userbase that only came here from chrome because you didn't do that shit.

[Cryptoflo1]

Please undo this. I have been completely lost & frustrated after less than a week since tabs were SURPRISINGLY CHANGED to tiles. When chrome did this I completely left & came here. I really like Brave & hope this gets fixed but I can't do this for much longer. It actually opens more tabs than cascade mode. I believe the majority of the community agrees & is ready to change browsers again.

[BringBackCardTabs]

Created this account just to say that I'm going to another browser if stack layouts are still gone after an update or two. Grid is terrible.

[bsclifton]

Hi folks - issue created for re-adding the "Stack View" here:
#22028

More information about this can be found here:
#21556 (comment)

[Goranaws]

I absolutely hate the person who made this post. Do not destroy the only feature that made your browser worth switching to in the first place. I will never use Chrome again, so long as grid view is the only option. It shouldn't even be an option, it's trash.