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My browsing habits cause me to open lots of windows and tabs, either related to different projects I'm working on or things I may want to read later. I use OSX and use about 5 spaces with multiple windows in each space. The problem is eventually I'll have around 200 or more tabs open (spread over 15-20 windows) that I don't want to close. Needless to say, my computer's performance starts to degrade. As I write this on my mobile, Safari on my laptop is locking up the computer. I used to use Chrome but found better performance with Safari.
What I'd like to know, is there a graph of browser performance based on tab usage? I don't need a browser that keeps all tabs active. It would be great if the browser could increase performance by "putting tabs to sleep". Or if there was some sort of tool for saving a "workspace" of tabs that you could reactivate the next time you are working on that project. What sort of solution can you recommend to solve this problem?
Andrew
Posted 2013-10-01T03:18:40.070
Reputation: 11 982
+1 for stating a problem that I also have. Occasionally my computer’s interactive response gets so bad that I can’t even close the browser tabs that I suspect of being resource hogs. This isn’t really a solution, but one thing that I’ve found helpful is Firefox’s option, “When Firefox starts: Show your windows and tabs from last time”. Then, when you restart it after exiting it, it holds tabs in a state of suspended animation until you select them. Of course private windows are lost, and maybe some current data from active sessions. This may be similar to Session Buddy (which I’ve never seen). – Scott – 2017-09-01T19:59:00.067
What about using a session management browser extension? That way you can save groups of tabs with a label for future use. That combined with bookmarks means you don’t have to keep everything open; you can close whatever you’re not actually using immediately and restore them later. – Synetech – 2013-10-01T03:30:13.330
That sounds pretty good. I don't know of anything like that so maybe you know of one you can recommend? – Andrew – 2013-10-01T04:26:21.867
For what browser? I use Session Buddy for Chrome and it is great.
– Synetech – 2013-10-01T04:44:34.470After a week of using session buddy I have to say it accomplishes 80% of what I need. However it is lacking a key feature. It does not provide the ability to save individual windows, only all windows open. – Andrew – 2013-10-08T03:28:05.707
When you hover the cursor over a window or tab title, it shows an
– Synetech – 2013-10-08T17:55:56.803xnext to it that you can click to remove them. You can do this before or after saving the session. Also, you can export the session to a text list, make any changes you want, then import it back.that great suspender may be of interest https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg?hl=en haven't used it though. i'm more interested in my own performance when i've got multiple tabs open and a cluttered desktop!
– barlop – 2013-10-20T21:19:38.307