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Can any browser out there, Vivaldi or otherwise, take the tabs of a window and save the corresponding list of URLs so I can reopen that window of tabs at a late

Can any browser out there, Vivaldi or otherwise, take the tabs of a window and save the corresponding list of URLs so I can reopen that window of tabs at a later date? That’s one essential feature I want from a browser, I’ve grown to desire more over the years, but for some strange reason, no browser I’ve seen out there allows you to treat sets of URLs as such.

spraak 8y ago
I wonder if there is an API that you could access to get that? I'd like that feature too.
frlnBorg 8y ago
https://www.guidingtech.com/1048/restore-save-tabs-google-chrome/ https://www.guidingtech.com/1048/restore-save-tabs-google-ch...
pennaMan 8y ago
There are extensions for Chrome and Firefox that do exactly that. https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/
- rayascott 8y ago
  Thanks for the extensions but my idea is more around browsers treating our activity more as multiple projects that we’re working on. Like associated files, they’re associated URLs. Extensions are fool, but you’d think the browser wars would spur greater innovation in this area.
  - yoz-y 8y ago
    I feel that browser wars have finished and the winners are Chrome and mobile Safari. Other browsers now fight for numbers so advanced features are not really a priority.
atombender 8y ago
Safari can save all of a window's tabs to a bookmark folder, and it supports opening a whole folder as a new window. There's no "sync", though; if you save the tabs to a folder, then open the folder as tabs, there's no link to update the folder again. Saving the new window as tabs will create another folder.
limonkufu 8y ago
There is an extension that does exactly that: https://www.gettoby.com/ https://www.gettoby.com/
whatdoiknow6 8y ago
Edge does that. You can "set aside" the tabs you currently have open. You can have multiple set of tabs "set aside"
er0k 8y ago
in Vivaldi: File > Save Open Tabs as Session
- whoknowsnobody 8y ago
  And it will be saved in a directory named `Sessions` inside your profile directory. You can then copy this file and use in another Vivaldi instance.
bleeder 8y ago
My interpretation of your comment is to literally save a list of URLs (in plaintext or html) This plugin has "Copy all to clipboard" button which does that https://github.com/antonycourtney/tabli https://github.com/antonycourtney/tabli
- rayascott 8y ago
  That would be great if I could then open that file using a browser which would then load up those URLs.
  - thirdsun 8y ago
    Not exactly what you asked for, but for what it's worth Firefox will happily accept and open a list of URLs that you drag and drop from your text file into the browser. I just tried it.
mtarnovan 8y ago
You can do that with stock Chrome, no extensions needed. Bookmarks->Bookmark all, then a bookmark folder has "Open all".
- rayascott 8y ago
  Was hoping to save to a file, (call it a project file) that can then be subject to git versioning, retrieved later and suddenly it’s all back where it was, without using bookmarks.
rayascott 8y ago
My idea is inspired by the way IDEs keep track of a system of associated files. If browsers could manage a project file that stores tab and window data that can be saved and restored, without using any built in bookmark feature so that the project file can be saved and stored in git, then I’d be deliriously happy about this.
latexr 8y ago
What’s your OS? You can do that on macOS via AppleScript. Works on Safari, Chrome, and possibly Vivaldi. Won’t work on Firefox because they don’t support AppleScript.
rasz 8y ago
OneTab chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall Tabs Backup & Restore dehocbglhkaogiljpihicakmlockmlgd
atlemo 8y ago
Yes, you can :) https://help.vivaldi.com/article/session-management/ https://help.vivaldi.com/article/session-management/

spraak 8y ago

I wonder if there is an API that you could access to get that? I'd like that feature too.

frlnBorg 8y ago

https://www.guidingtech.com/1048/restore-save-tabs-google-chrome/ https://www.guidingtech.com/1048/restore-save-tabs-google-ch...

pennaMan 8y ago

There are extensions for Chrome and Firefox that do exactly that. https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/

rayascott 8y ago
Thanks for the extensions but my idea is more around browsers treating our activity more as multiple projects that we’re working on. Like associated files, they’re associated URLs. Extensions are fool, but you’d think the browser wars would spur greater innovation in this area.
- yoz-y 8y ago
  I feel that browser wars have finished and the winners are Chrome and mobile Safari. Other browsers now fight for numbers so advanced features are not really a priority.

atombender 8y ago

Safari can save all of a window's tabs to a bookmark folder, and it supports opening a whole folder as a new window. There's no "sync", though; if you save the tabs to a folder, then open the folder as tabs, there's no link to update the folder again. Saving the new window as tabs will create another folder.

limonkufu 8y ago

There is an extension that does exactly that: https://www.gettoby.com/ https://www.gettoby.com/

whatdoiknow6 8y ago

Edge does that. You can "set aside" the tabs you currently have open. You can have multiple set of tabs "set aside"

er0k 8y ago

in Vivaldi: File > Save Open Tabs as Session

whoknowsnobody 8y ago
And it will be saved in a directory named `Sessions` inside your profile directory. You can then copy this file and use in another Vivaldi instance.

bleeder 8y ago

My interpretation of your comment is to literally save a list of URLs (in plaintext or html) This plugin has "Copy all to clipboard" button which does that https://github.com/antonycourtney/tabli https://github.com/antonycourtney/tabli

rayascott 8y ago
That would be great if I could then open that file using a browser which would then load up those URLs.
- thirdsun 8y ago
  Not exactly what you asked for, but for what it's worth Firefox will happily accept and open a list of URLs that you drag and drop from your text file into the browser. I just tried it.

mtarnovan 8y ago

You can do that with stock Chrome, no extensions needed. Bookmarks->Bookmark all, then a bookmark folder has "Open all".

rayascott 8y ago
Was hoping to save to a file, (call it a project file) that can then be subject to git versioning, retrieved later and suddenly it’s all back where it was, without using bookmarks.

rayascott 8y ago

My idea is inspired by the way IDEs keep track of a system of associated files. If browsers could manage a project file that stores tab and window data that can be saved and restored, without using any built in bookmark feature so that the project file can be saved and stored in git, then I’d be deliriously happy about this.

latexr 8y ago

What’s your OS? You can do that on macOS via AppleScript. Works on Safari, Chrome, and possibly Vivaldi. Won’t work on Firefox because they don’t support AppleScript.

rasz 8y ago

OneTab chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall Tabs Backup & Restore dehocbglhkaogiljpihicakmlockmlgd

atlemo 8y ago

Yes, you can :) https://help.vivaldi.com/article/session-management/ https://help.vivaldi.com/article/session-management/