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Session restore in Firefox has been lazy for a long time now (the tab only loads when you activate it). It doesn't take longer than loading a single page. How

Session restore in Firefox has been lazy for a long time now (the tab only loads when you activate it). It doesn't take longer than loading a single page. How often do tabs crash for you? That's the real issue if you ask me. I'm on Nightly (with Electrolysis!) and the last crash was over 2 months ago.

iopq 12y ago
I have a crash probably every day. Usual culprit is Flash.
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- icebraining 12y ago
  That's weird, since Flash runs on its own process (plugin-container). Is it actually crashing the whole browser?
  - oblio 12y ago
    It shouldn't. At least on Windows I've gotten used to killing the plugin container about once ever 2 days. Firefox itself crashes once per month, maybe less. Firefox = rock solid. Flash = porous rock, at best :)
    - RyanMcGreal 12y ago
      I find when Flash (plugin-container) goes down, it takes both Firefox and Chrome down with it. Running Windows 7 at work.
  - iopq 12y ago
    It locks up the entire browser so I have to force kill it. I'm on Windows 7.
- msujaws 12y ago
  You should go to about:support and use Refresh Firefox which will probably fix most of your crashes (outside of Flash-related ones which should only be affecting the plugin and not the browser).
- cookiecaper 12y ago
  Counter-anecdote: I use Firefox all day every day and usually have 100s of tabs open. I haven't had a legitimate full-browser crash in years. I've had a hang that resulted in me having to kill the process probably 3 times in the last year. I usually don't enable Flash, but when I do, it usually doesn't crash, and when it does, it just takes out all instances of Flash currently running; doesn't bring down the whole browser. I'm on Linux. If you're getting a lot of Flash-induced crashing, you may want to check into alternate implementations of Flash, like Gnash, Lightspark, or even Mozilla's Shumway.
bobcostas55 12y ago
>It doesn't take longer than loading a single page. Yeah, because it only loads a single page. It doesn't actually restore anything. Sometimes the pages it restores aren't even the live version but a cached one, I have no idea when or why it does that. It's absolutely infuriating.
- HelloMcFly 12y ago
  Infuriating? It's one of the main reasons I've switched back to FF (that, and tab groups)! I didn't like have every single tab reload on restore as I don't need 90% of them until much later.
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- sp332 12y ago
  Right-click any tab -> Reload All Tabs. If you want a permanent solution, go to about:config and double-click browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand.
  - Dylan16807 12y ago
    No need to use about:config, it's on the first page of options.
    - sp332 12y ago
      Oh! You know I was staring at that... Yeah, just click "Options" and then uncheck "Don't load tabs until selected". Thanks!

iopq 12y ago

I have a crash probably every day. Usual culprit is Flash.

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icebraining 12y ago
That's weird, since Flash runs on its own process (plugin-container). Is it actually crashing the whole browser?
- oblio 12y ago
  It shouldn't. At least on Windows I've gotten used to killing the plugin container about once ever 2 days. Firefox itself crashes once per month, maybe less. Firefox = rock solid. Flash = porous rock, at best :)
  - RyanMcGreal 12y ago
    I find when Flash (plugin-container) goes down, it takes both Firefox and Chrome down with it. Running Windows 7 at work.
- iopq 12y ago
  It locks up the entire browser so I have to force kill it. I'm on Windows 7.
msujaws 12y ago
You should go to about:support and use Refresh Firefox which will probably fix most of your crashes (outside of Flash-related ones which should only be affecting the plugin and not the browser).
cookiecaper 12y ago
Counter-anecdote: I use Firefox all day every day and usually have 100s of tabs open. I haven't had a legitimate full-browser crash in years. I've had a hang that resulted in me having to kill the process probably 3 times in the last year. I usually don't enable Flash, but when I do, it usually doesn't crash, and when it does, it just takes out all instances of Flash currently running; doesn't bring down the whole browser. I'm on Linux. If you're getting a lot of Flash-induced crashing, you may want to check into alternate implementations of Flash, like Gnash, Lightspark, or even Mozilla's Shumway.

bobcostas55 12y ago

>It doesn't take longer than loading a single page. Yeah, because it only loads a single page. It doesn't actually restore anything. Sometimes the pages it restores aren't even the live version but a cached one, I have no idea when or why it does that. It's absolutely infuriating.

HelloMcFly 12y ago
Infuriating? It's one of the main reasons I've switched back to FF (that, and tab groups)! I didn't like have every single tab reload on restore as I don't need 90% of them until much later.
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sp332 12y ago
Right-click any tab -> Reload All Tabs. If you want a permanent solution, go to about:config and double-click browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand.
- Dylan16807 12y ago
  No need to use about:config, it's on the first page of options.
  - sp332 12y ago
    Oh! You know I was staring at that... Yeah, just click "Options" and then uncheck "Don't load tabs until selected". Thanks!