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DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

Posted Jul 6, 2012 20:55 UTC (Fri) by mcg (guest, #66950)
Parent article: DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

I've not had an extension break due to an upgrade in a while. Perhaps I am just lucky.


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DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

Posted Jul 6, 2012 21:10 UTC (Fri) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

Perhaps you are not using Garmin plugin on Windows.

DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

Posted Jul 7, 2012 8:34 UTC (Sat) by Yenya (subscriber, #52846) [Link]

Firefox 13 and NewTabUrl, for example.

DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

Posted Jul 7, 2012 17:15 UTC (Sat) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link]

Still no replacement for BarTab except a bad hack. Nuff said.

DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

Posted Jul 8, 2012 13:46 UTC (Sun) by SilverWave (guest, #55000) [Link]

BarTab

FF > prefs > General > Don't load Tabs until selected.

DiCarlo: Everybody hates Firefox updates

Posted Jul 9, 2012 11:47 UTC (Mon) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link]

If you think that's what BarTab does then you are of a mind with the Mozilla developers, but just as incorrect.

BarTab had a host of useful features of which *one* was lazy loading of tabs upon restart. Firefox does not have (and the developers do not want to add) the other features.

Where is the option to unload tabs after they have been idle for $TIMEFRAME?

Where's the option to lazy-load background tabs?

Where's the option to skip unloaded tabs when choosing the next tab after a tab is closed?

I repeat: still no replacement for BarTab. I'll stick with older Firefox.

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