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Firefox 'solves' this by only loading tabs that have been given the focus upon auto-restart. So, if you have 10 tabs opened, and your computer restarts and Fir

by canadev 14y ago

Firefox 'solves' this by only loading tabs that have been given the focus upon auto-restart. So, if you have 10 tabs opened, and your computer restarts and Firefox is opened, the only tab that will actually load is the one that was last active.

fakeer 14y ago
>> "by only loading tabs" and then "the only tab" So, Firefox opens tabs or tab (as in juts one tab or many/all tabs)? Because in my case it opens all the tabs and if there were 20, it opens all. Even though the last time I opened them was 3-4 hours before the browser was closed/crashed. update: I had missed the point. Thanks @thirtian for clearing up.
- thristian 14y ago
  Firefox displays the tabs in the tab-bar, but it doesn't bother loading the page until the first time you switch to the tab. Also, pinned tabs are always loaded at startup.
  - tomedme 14y ago
    There is an option in the settings to load tabs automatically or when clicked on, upon browser restart.
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benatkin 14y ago
I don't like this. It just feels like Firefox is being lazy to me. I notice I have to wait a second or two when I switch to another tab. This is annoying because I remember seeing the page load before I restarted. My subconscious doesn't realize that it was a different process. I'd rather my browser and everything else involved work a little harder to give me the illusion that nothing has changed after I restart.
- nossralf 14y ago
  The described behavior is the default behavior. You can change it to load all tabs after restart in the options†. To always load all tabs after (re)start, go to Preferences > Tabs and uncheck "Don't load tabs until selected". ("Preferences" may be called Options or something on Windows or Linux, I can't recall right now.) I would argue this is a sane default setting (it trades some waiting time when switching to a different tab for snappier start-up). Regardless, Firefox gives you the option to choose your behavior, which I would argue is the non-lazy thing to do (however simple). † Note I am on Nightly, so it's possible this preference is not yet visible in the release version. It probably is, but just to be clear.
  - Digit-Al 14y ago
    Yes, it is visible in the release version.
- com2kid 14y ago
  I much prefer this solution. As someone who can have over 100 tabs open with potentially a dozen YouTube tabs amongst them, having to hunt down all the YouTube tabs after a browser restart is a serious pain! Also frequently FireFox crashes for me are due to it hitting the 4GB memory limit (well closer to 2GB obviously), so restoring all tabs would just result in Firefox crashing again. Restoring them piece meal lets me close down ones I do not need, thus allowing me to get FF's memory usage down to acceptable size.
eksith 14y ago
No, Firefox 'solves' this by giving it 'WONTFIX'. Lately, it seems sucking is a feature, not a bug. ;)
- shared4you 14y ago
  This is a indeed a feature. It is a boon for people living with low data speeds and/or limited-data plans. I can wait for 5 seconds for each tab to load, rather than all 10 tabs loading simultaneously and freezing the browser. It also gives me a chance to close off those tabs (without loading the page) which I don't need.
  - lclarkmichalek 14y ago
    Also useful for the people who use the tab bar as a favourites bar and have several hundred tabs open regularly.
kayoone 14y ago
that wouldnt keep the monsters away in this case though :)
atesti 14y ago
This would be so great. Unfortunately the Chrome developers didn't like it. I can't find the bug now, but they don't want to add this and also don't allow any user options so that people can configure it :-( One guy in that bug even wrote he patched that part out, but that's not a solution for me, I don't have time to compile Chronium myself. Turning off wifi or configuring (in IE!) a fake proxy is the only remedy.
- phaylon 14y ago
  I think you mean this one: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=105666 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=105666
lucb1e 14y ago
Oh that's why Firefox does this, I find this very annoying and tried to turn it off in about:config to no avail...
- keeperofdakeys 14y ago
  There is a "Don't load tabs until selected" option in the tabs submenu, in preferences. Ensure it is not ticked for your desired behaviour.

by canadev 14y ago

fakeer 14y ago

>> "by only loading tabs" and then "the only tab" So, Firefox opens tabs or tab (as in juts one tab or many/all tabs)? Because in my case it opens all the tabs and if there were 20, it opens all. Even though the last time I opened them was 3-4 hours before the browser was closed/crashed. update: I had missed the point. Thanks @thirtian for clearing up.

thristian 14y ago
Firefox displays the tabs in the tab-bar, but it doesn't bother loading the page until the first time you switch to the tab. Also, pinned tabs are always loaded at startup.
- tomedme 14y ago
  There is an option in the settings to load tabs automatically or when clicked on, upon browser restart.
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benatkin 14y ago

I don't like this. It just feels like Firefox is being lazy to me. I notice I have to wait a second or two when I switch to another tab. This is annoying because I remember seeing the page load before I restarted. My subconscious doesn't realize that it was a different process. I'd rather my browser and everything else involved work a little harder to give me the illusion that nothing has changed after I restart.

nossralf 14y ago
The described behavior is the default behavior. You can change it to load all tabs after restart in the options†. To always load all tabs after (re)start, go to Preferences > Tabs and uncheck "Don't load tabs until selected". ("Preferences" may be called Options or something on Windows or Linux, I can't recall right now.) I would argue this is a sane default setting (it trades some waiting time when switching to a different tab for snappier start-up). Regardless, Firefox gives you the option to choose your behavior, which I would argue is the non-lazy thing to do (however simple). † Note I am on Nightly, so it's possible this preference is not yet visible in the release version. It probably is, but just to be clear.
- Digit-Al 14y ago
  Yes, it is visible in the release version.
com2kid 14y ago
I much prefer this solution. As someone who can have over 100 tabs open with potentially a dozen YouTube tabs amongst them, having to hunt down all the YouTube tabs after a browser restart is a serious pain! Also frequently FireFox crashes for me are due to it hitting the 4GB memory limit (well closer to 2GB obviously), so restoring all tabs would just result in Firefox crashing again. Restoring them piece meal lets me close down ones I do not need, thus allowing me to get FF's memory usage down to acceptable size.

eksith 14y ago

No, Firefox 'solves' this by giving it 'WONTFIX'. Lately, it seems sucking is a feature, not a bug. ;)

shared4you 14y ago
This is a indeed a feature. It is a boon for people living with low data speeds and/or limited-data plans. I can wait for 5 seconds for each tab to load, rather than all 10 tabs loading simultaneously and freezing the browser. It also gives me a chance to close off those tabs (without loading the page) which I don't need.
- lclarkmichalek 14y ago
  Also useful for the people who use the tab bar as a favourites bar and have several hundred tabs open regularly.

kayoone 14y ago

that wouldnt keep the monsters away in this case though :)

atesti 14y ago

This would be so great. Unfortunately the Chrome developers didn't like it. I can't find the bug now, but they don't want to add this and also don't allow any user options so that people can configure it :-( One guy in that bug even wrote he patched that part out, but that's not a solution for me, I don't have time to compile Chronium myself. Turning off wifi or configuring (in IE!) a fake proxy is the only remedy.

phaylon 14y ago
I think you mean this one: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=105666 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=105666

lucb1e 14y ago

Oh that's why Firefox does this, I find this very annoying and tried to turn it off in about:config to no avail...

keeperofdakeys 14y ago
There is a "Don't load tabs until selected" option in the tabs submenu, in preferences. Ensure it is not ticked for your desired behaviour.