Reviews for Tab Session Manager
Tab Session Manager by sienori
Review by Michael Rabinovsky
Rated 4 out of 5
by Michael Rabinovsky, 9 months 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.
1,173 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Lebelon91, 11 hours agoWorked great for a long time, but in the last month or so, the "autosave sessions" feature hasn't worked at all. I've checked my sessions to try to find windows/tabs I wanted to go back to, and the last thing saved was over a month ago even though I know I had Firefox at least set to restore previous windows. But this extension didn't save ANYTHING over the last month+ even though I had it set to do so, so that feature doesn't do anything anymore apparently. I've lost dozens of sessions due to either a bug or recent updates, but either way this is bullshit.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 19476834, a day ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by blrr_fce76, 16 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19069106, 20 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18929604, 21 days agoI can't figure out if sessions are tied to virtual desktops when they are saved and is it really important to me
- Rated 5 out of 5by Remodor, 22 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ShinuToki, 23 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Painexotic, a month agoGarbage. Stopped working months ago. Literally never saves tabs. Don't waste your time. It also randomly deletes your sessions. Don't be tricked by the good reviews btw. They're old reviews from years ago when it actually worked.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19258988, a month ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by dankini, a month agoMisiing the main feature I was looking for - namely support for FF's tab groups. It seems the Chrome version has it. Please add functionality for FF.
- Rated 4 out of 5by tak113, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19200581, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by iamdw, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Fridah, 2 months agoEven when the firefox history allows to open closed windows and tabs, there are occasions that can brick this feature.
This addon saved my life already once - and its a good reminder to clear my tabs everytime save enother session with 900 tabs :O - Rated 5 out of 5by walkingice, 2 months agoby using this add-on, I could safely close lots of tabs after working, and restore those tabs in next day. Love it!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19141042, 2 months agoVery good tool to save, manage and edit sessions for later use, much more clear oversight than all those tab grouping functions or add ons!
Pay attention: I recommend disabling the "auto save" feature in the settings, because otherwise your library will overflow and be incredibly difficult to manage. Save sessions manually, or when you close your browser! - Rated 2 out of 5by Nata K, 2 months agoIt has many features... but lacks the most important one: it saves open sessions as new ones, not updates them!!
Still cannot find a replacement for the old good Sync Tab Groups........ :'( This one is NOT. - Rated 5 out of 5by XjSv, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Franz, 2 months agoDoes an excellent job saving tabs. I wish it would include saving tab-groups in Firefox as well.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Phone, 2 months agoВспомни моменты, когда браузер закрылся и после запуска нет 100 любимых вкладок и ты проспал запрос о восстановлении... Теперь такого не будет! Настрой сохранение при закрытии, 10 копий (или больше) и работай без страха.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 19100586, 3 months agoWorked well for years. Sometime last year it broke, all my sessions disappeared from the list and it will only save the last session. I think I did something that fixed it, or it fixed itself and I was able to get all my stuff back (thought I am unable to recreate what I did).
But now it has happened again and this time it does not seem recoverable. The export option in the extension settings does not even work.
Not reliable, wish I could rate it higher but I am now screwed because of this. So much time will need to be wasted to get all my research and prep work back.
Find an alternative that doesn't break/wipe itself as much and has more reliable backup methods. - Rated 4 out of 5by Flamuz, 3 months ago