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denschub / firefox-tabgroups

[UNMAINTAINED] A Firefox addon that provides tab grouping features similar to the removed TabView/TabGroups/Panorama features.
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Port to WebExtension #60

Open yodaldevoid opened 7 years ago

yodaldevoid commented 7 years ago

With the "old" plugin formats for Firefox getting support dropped not terribly long into the future, will this plugin survive? The other big tab groups plugin has had it's developer decide to stop supporting it as the amount of work to port it to WebExtensions is too great for what he gets out of it. Will development support for this also be stopped, or will it be ported to WebExtensions? No matter how this pans out, thank you for all the work on this plugin.

archerindigo commented 6 years ago

@thePanz

I personally don't really like it. Usually I would like to keep the tabs loaded even if I switch to another group. And this kind of lazy-loading takes quite a long time to fully switch to another group. Thus, Panorama View might suits me better.

itzallan commented 6 years ago

I've been using Tree Tabs for several months and have been happy with it so far. I like how it allows me to create groups and drag tabs into groups. It also lets me create folders within groups so that I can further organize my tabs. I also use Tab Suspender to automatically unload tabs after a certain amount of time of inactivity to help economize on memory.

mibocs commented 6 years ago

Is there a plugin that can import tabs from tabgroups automatically?

me21 commented 6 years ago

Simple Tab Groups. It has implemented tab hiding now, so it doesn't have to reload them on switching the group. But this is configurable. Just make a backup in this extension and import it in STG.

mibocs commented 6 years ago

Cool, thanks!

mibocs commented 6 years ago

@me21 What do i have to do to hide/unload my tabs? So i dont't want my tabs to be loaded everytime, just only when i click on it. There is a option called "Discard tabs after hide (this will save the RAM)". Do i have to just enable this option? Or do i have to install another extension like this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard ?

ThomasHeinrichSchmidt commented 6 years ago

I'm also using "Simple Tab Groups" now, works smoothly just as you would expect it. I've not checked the option "Discard tabs after hide (this will save the RAM)", and my tabs are only loaded when I click on them (after changing to a different Tab Group).

me21 commented 6 years ago

@mibocs Tabs should always be loaded only when you click on them. Or just shown if they're not discarded.

mibocs commented 6 years ago

@me21 yes, this is not necessary now, but what does this option do? How can you hide tabs? There should be also such a option for auto unload when you don't use tabs for a while these should be unloaded to save memory. This plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard does exactly what i say.

me21 commented 6 years ago

@mibocs I think when you switch to the new tab group, tabs from the old group are hidden. Or unloaded, if the option to discard tabs is enabled.

I think you can use the plug-in you're referring to with Simple Tab Groups just fine. STG itself hides/unloads tabs only when you switch groups.

I am not the developer of Simple Tab Groups, though, and I would advise you to ask questions and post suggestions to Simple Tab Groups GitHub repository.

mibocs commented 6 years ago

@me21 https://github.com/Drive4ik/simple-tab-groups/issues/201 it seems when discard option is enabled it unloads all tabs from inactive groups.

mibocs commented 6 years ago

I asked "Discard tabs after hide (this will save the RAM)" option here https://github.com/Drive4ik/simple-tab-groups/issues/251, i hope we will get answer soon.

me21 commented 6 years ago

@mibocs Yup, I think you're right. It unloads the tabs from inactive groups.

mibocs commented 6 years ago

The answer from @Drive4ik: "Hi! Yes, you and @me21 right. If this option is enabled and you change group from one to other - tabs for closed group will make as "discarded" and unload its from computer RAM"

But "Auto Tab Discard" is better because it discards only the inactive tabs and if someone changes between groups frequently they don't want all tabs to be discarded/unloaded but only the unused tabs. So in this case "Discard tabs after hide (this will save the RAM)" option can be disabled.

Drive4ik commented 6 years ago

@mibocs currently this option is disabled by default :)

HeRo002 commented 6 years ago

Today Ubuntu updated Firefox ESR to v.60.2.1esr, disabling Tab Groups etc., and leaving me with a total mess. It seems I am only seeing the tabs from the group that was active before the update (plus a few more tabs...?!). Does anyone have any idea what to do now? There is a message https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1232522 from someone with the same problem, but I can't make much sense of that thread...(?) I also had Session Manager and TabMixPlus installed, so I presume I have several good session backups. Maybe they could be imported into Simple Tab Groups (if I install that)? I hope someone can help me, please! I REALLY think Mozilla is screwing us big time!!

On 25/09/2018 17:40, Drive4ik wrote:

@mibocs https://github.com/mibocs currently this option is disabled by default :)

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SuperTux88 commented 6 years ago

See https://github.com/denschub/firefox-tabgroups/issues/60#issuecomment-322005792 for how to restore/show hidden tabs.

HeRo002 commented 6 years ago

A few hours ago I wrote the following. Why on Earth did someone mark it as resolved??:

Today Ubuntu updated Firefox ESR to v.60.2.1esr, disabling Tab Groups etc., and leaving me with a total mess. It seems I am only seeing the tabs from the group that was active before the update (plus a few more tabs...?!). Does anyone have any idea what to do now? There is a message https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1232522 from someone with the same problem, but I can't make much sense of that thread...(?) I also had Session Manager and TabMixPlus installed, so I presume I have several good session backups. Maybe they could be imported into Simple Tab Groups (if I install that)? I hope someone can help me, please! I REALLY think Mozilla is screwing us big time!!

denschub commented 6 years ago

@SuperTux88 already answered your question, and thus, it is resolved. Read the linked reply and it will tell you how to get your tabs back. What you think about the move to WebExtensions API is your thing, but this issue is not the place for you to post your opinion. I am being more than liberal by allowing everyone here to discuss alternative extensions and alternative tab management approaches, but I will not let you or everyone else use this as a platform to shout out your opinion in that manner.

HeRo002 commented 6 years ago

OK... So SuperTux88 referred me to this post:

" To restore hidden tabs: Open the DevTools (F12), open the DevTools settings (the gear icon in the top right corner of the Devtools), enable Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes. Open the Browser console (Tools -> Web Developer -> Browser console). Paste gBrowser.showOnlyTheseTabs(Array.from(gBrowser.tabs)) into the input area and hit enter. "

Correction: I tried that. It DID make the list of tabs much longer - yes! But I did not get all my tab groups back. So the issue is NOT resolved!