Reviews for Tab Session Manager
Tab Session Manager by sienori
Review by Michael Rabinovsky
Rated 4 out of 5
by Michael Rabinovsky, a year agoI've used this addon for many years and I honestly love it, but I found an issue that unfortunately I cannot overlook at work- it doesn't save history. If you don't need your history after closing the browser, then this is a 5-star addon. Previously, I gave it three stars because I couldn't use it at work, and rarely needed it at home. I updated it to four stars because I found a workaround. If you make sure every tab is loaded, and logged in, or gracefully logged out, and set it to not auto open the latest session, you can open every website, log in, then load your last session. Your tabs will load correctly, which usually means you don't need your history.
This is the explanation I previously wrote about my issues and the lower rating: The default Firefox session manager saves the history of every tab, which is incredibly important for me, but it also leaves me between a rock and a hard place. I have to use cloud software for work. It logs you out periodically. When you sign in, it will usually resume where you were; however, when you restart your browser, it resets the session, and after you log in, it lands you on the main page. If you have your tab history, you can navigate back to the page you were on; otherwise, you're stuck with 50 (to sometimes 200) useless tabs, and a mess trying to figure out what you were doing. On the other hand, the Firefox session manager can save only one session and is incredibly inconsistent; it's a coin flip whether it will work after a crash, and the only way to guarantee a session is saved is by killing Firefox from the task manager. If you sign out of your Windows account, restart, or your OS crashes, and you forget or are unable to kill Firefox from the task manager, you're completely screwed.
This is the explanation I previously wrote about my issues and the lower rating: The default Firefox session manager saves the history of every tab, which is incredibly important for me, but it also leaves me between a rock and a hard place. I have to use cloud software for work. It logs you out periodically. When you sign in, it will usually resume where you were; however, when you restart your browser, it resets the session, and after you log in, it lands you on the main page. If you have your tab history, you can navigate back to the page you were on; otherwise, you're stuck with 50 (to sometimes 200) useless tabs, and a mess trying to figure out what you were doing. On the other hand, the Firefox session manager can save only one session and is incredibly inconsistent; it's a coin flip whether it will work after a crash, and the only way to guarantee a session is saved is by killing Firefox from the task manager. If you sign out of your Windows account, restart, or your OS crashes, and you forget or are unable to kill Firefox from the task manager, you're completely screwed.
1,221 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Katherine Howell, 5 days agoOne of the best extensions I've installed. Simple, effective, and doesn't bloat the browser at all.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Michelle Pineda, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by cmky2x, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Robin0790, 10 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Pablo, 12 days ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by kone, 18 days agoBetter than Firefox's built-in backup, but unnecessarily complicated!
I don't see the point of many of the features. Unfortunately, there's no help section to clarify this. - Rated 5 out of 5by Mimrix, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14498287, a month agoFrom the volume of open issues and the lack of activity on Git, It looks like Sienori has either abandoned this extension or doesn't have the time to maintain it. April 26.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19841411, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19841410, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19841400, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by jackyzy823, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19805378, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by SweatTechnique, 2 months agoFor years, this add-on has suffered from a persistent bug: after an unknown background action, the "Open" button in the Saved Sessions Manager suddenly stops working. I’ve spent several hours troubleshooting, but the technical root cause remains elusive.
Here is what I have established so far:
Profile Corruption: Something is corrupting the user profile. Creating a fresh profile resolves the issue, but only temporarily.
No Add-on Conflicts: I have 100% ruled out conflicts with other extensions.
Clean Install: The issue is not caused by leftover data; a full, clean re-installation of Firefox did not fix it.
The most important point: While I cannot pinpoint the exact trigger in the code, I am able to reproduce the bug reliably. I am happy to assist with further questions or testing. - Rated 5 out of 5by thwei1111, 2 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Sinned, 3 months agoI normally really like and enjoy this add-on, but there is a horrible bug, which from time to time deletes all sessions and lefts a blank session manager. I dont know if it has to do with updates or something like that. But just today after a long time not saving my sessions in a separate file they are gone.
- Rated 3 out of 5by sergeirocks100, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Odnankenobi, 3 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Saul He, 3 months agoIt used to work fine on Firefox mac, now nothing happens when you click OPEN or OPEN IN NEW WINDOW.
Hopefully, it will get fixed soon. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13541515, 3 months agoFundamentally useless. 'Open' button for saved tabs cannot be coaxed to work, at all. F$^# this piece of s#$^%.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Adrian, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by zyb, 3 months ago