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Tab-Session-Manager
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sienori / Tab-Session-Manager

Tab-Session-Manager

WebExtensions for restoring and saving window / tab states

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2.5KGitHub stars
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WebExtensions for restoring and saving window / tab states

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Observed mentions: 2021-04-19 09:37:38 UTC to 2024-08-09 07:19:31 UTC.

01232021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2024

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#3 There is an extension that lets you save and sync either all tabs or a certain window and restore wherever. Not exactly what you are looking for I think, but its very useful for me. I believe that Google had something similar back in the day as an extension to Chrome but removed it. Great when I am troubleshooting something at work and when done still want the 20+ pages saved for later reference but not open. Or when I am planning for the weekend or researching a product at work during lunch and want to open a bunch of tabs at home later. https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager
In Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
7859. Firefox seems to have problems around 8000 (or maybe it's just me?), so don't go there :). If you do, and Firefox crashes at startup, you might need to delete (or better: rename) some files under .mozilla/firefox/<profile>/: .mozilla/firefox/<profile>/sessionstore-backups/recovery.jsonlz4 .mozilla/firefox/<profile>/sessionstore-backups/recovery.baklz4 .mozilla/firefox/<profile>/sessionstore.jsonlz4 You'll obviously lose the tabs opened since the last start. You can have a backup with Tab Session Manager (for Chrome too): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-m... https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager/releases
In Ask HN: Your browser tab count
My go to solution for bookmarking is https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager (Available for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-m... and Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-session-manage...) It understands whether a bookmark should be opened as a pinned tab, and the tree structure of tabs saved together as a window if you use tree style tabs (in Firefox). It also saves the history of the tab, so going back on history works It can even open the tab session window in a tab instead of the small tooltip, by clicking on the expand button in the corner. For me this is a killer feature The only issue is that it is oriented towards saving whole windows (or even whole sessions) rather than a single tab. There is UI for saving just a tab at once but it's a bit hidden. But for your intended use
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cases, its workflow is perfect > i want to be able to quickly load common favorite news sites & blogs. > or load a window with all my productivity SaaS sites. Saving a whole window at once is much better for this > or pick up where i left off on a research rabbit hole. Saving whole windows at time is much better for restoring your working memory, specially if you use tree style tabs. Anyway the author has a patreon https://www.patreon.com/sienori (no affiliation, I'm just a fan/user)
In Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?
I've been looking for a replacement for OneTab. The import/export functionality is broken (doesn't carry over the tab group titles) and although not everyone would like that, I'd prefer to have cross-device sync. I've been considering https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager, not sure if folks have tried that and would/would not recommend. As for password manager, I'm happy with Bitwarden. I came across https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden recently, but I'm not currently self-hosting.
In My essential Firefox fixes in 2022
I'd call myself a power user when it comes to browsers and tabs. I had exactly the same thoughts a few months ago, but having 500+ tabs open and getting a few system freezes for a few seconds I thought that's how it is. Even though I'm running it on a 2019 Pro with 16 GB. But then I gave Firefox a new shot and it's amazing. I'm currently sitting at 547 tabs and I can even play YouTube videos via the picture in picture mode without any problems while building an Docker image. However you should definitely use an addon for discarding tabs. I'm currently using "Auto Tab Discord"[1] which is kinda the same what "The Great Suspender" was. Additionally I can recommend "Tab Session Manager"[2] if you're having an addition to tabs like me. Both are available for Chrome and Firefox. [1] https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard [2] https://github
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In Ask HN: Why is Chrome so awful on OS X?

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