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"Yes, in principle I could export the list of tabs to a text file, and begin anew ..." I came here to complain that, actually, you can't. Or rather, it's surp
by rsync 6y ago
"Yes, in principle I could export the list of tabs to a text file, and begin anew ..."
I came here to complain that, actually, you can't.
Or rather, it's surprisingly complicated to export a simple list of current tab URLs to a plain old text file.
You need to dig several directories deep into /Library (or whatever, depending on your OS) and then use JSON tools to export ... I've already lost most people.
Why can't we just have:
about:tabs
... which is nothing but a one URL per line, text listing of all of our currently open tabs ? How simple and nice and useful would that be ?
Go searching for "how can I export tabs" or "how can I save tab urls" and you'll see thousands of people trying (usually in vain) to achieve this very, very simple thing.
- inakarmacoma 6y agoThere are multiple chrome extensions that export chrome tabs to markdown or similar, though....
- aaron_m04 6y agoFor Firefox, there is Export Tabs URLs.
- rsync 6y agoNo, I don't want an extension for a simple, basic piece of functionality that everyone keeps asking for. about:tabs would be the easiest thing in the world.
- jhardy54 6y ago> about:tabs would be the easiest thing in the world. Thanka for volunteering! Can you link me to your patch?
- rsync 6y agorsync.net will pay USD $1000 for this. Consider this an official, public bounty. Expires 2020-12-31. I don't have time to write this patch but I especially don't have time for the lame, tired suggestion that FOSS cannot be critiqued by anyone but the authors. (The bounty is $1500 if you "jhardy54" write, and have accepted, the patch. Consider the extra $500 compensation for this unexpected loss of smug, righteous indignation.)
- jhardy54 6y agoThanks for the bounty. Is this resolved when the patch is written and available for anyone to include in their source tree, or when it's merged into the Firefox tree? (I want to clarify because I've had a patch open for 4 months that's received no attention from maintainers.)
- rsync 6y agoThe bounty will be awarded (paid) when Joe Average user can download plain old Firefox and use about:tabs, without other downloads or add-ons, etc.
- jhardy54 6y agoSince my last patch (bugfix, one line) has been open for at least 4 months without activity I'm not sure how feasible it would be to land a new feature and have it releases in Firefox stable in ~3 months.
- randallsquared 6y agoSo, perhaps more accessible than the digging through the working files of the browser would be "bookmark all tabs" -> "export bookmarks".
- Ir0nMan 6y agoSession Buddy on Chrome.
- natannikolic 6y agoTablerone lets you export the entire session in multiple file formats: https://tabler.one/ https://tabler.one/