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I was thinking about something similar a couple of weeks ago: Wouldn't it be useful to be able to serialise browser state? I.e. saving a full package of html+cs

by 14113 12y ago

I was thinking about something similar a couple of weeks ago: Wouldn't it be useful to be able to serialise browser state? I.e. saving a full package of html+css+javascript state to a compressed file on a hard disk. Having that ability would solve a host of problems - e.g. having too many tabs. Older tabs could simply be serialised down to disk to free up ram/processing power, and read back in to exactly the same state when the user wants to interact with them again. They would also aid in debugging, as users could send a serialised snapshot of a page as part of a bug report to help devs diagnose problems with websites. Unfortunately however, I know far little about hwo browsers are constructed (and I have far too little time) to implement such a thing, but it's something that I've been wishing for for a while now!

UserRights 12y ago
maybe you will like session manager https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-manager/bbcnbpafconjjigibnhbfmmgdbbkcjfi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-manager/bb...
- 14113 12y ago
  Ah interesting! I'll check that out asap!
yourapostasy 12y ago
For the Waterfox/Firefox users, there are various unload tab add-ons, which aim at reducing the unloaded tabs' memory footprint to a minimum. They generally lag behind the latest version in compatibility somewhat, but use the Session Manager add-on to preserve tab state and any crashes won't take out all the effort you put into organizing open tabs. I currently use UnloadTab [1]. People who organize their browser activity around hundreds of tabs must not be a large use case population, because this organizational method seems quite popular among this vocal set of users but not popular among the browser designers/architects/developers. These days I'm transitioning to organizing my links inline into my organizing that I perform inside my emacs Org mode files. Instead of a massive list of links, I inline the link as part of the note-taking for a particular task/note/appt. The Org mode grab link function for Macs make it easier to grab a link from Waterfox/Firefox, saving some copy-paste context-switching time. If I could insert a current tab's URL into my Org mode file-and-outline structure, iswitch-style from within the browser, save the changes to the Org mode file, then close the tab, that would be quite an efficiency boost. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/unloadtab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/unloadtab/

by 14113 12y ago

UserRights 12y ago

maybe you will like session manager https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-manager/bbcnbpafconjjigibnhbfmmgdbbkcjfi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-manager/bb...

14113 12y ago
Ah interesting! I'll check that out asap!

yourapostasy 12y ago

For the Waterfox/Firefox users, there are various unload tab add-ons, which aim at reducing the unloaded tabs' memory footprint to a minimum. They generally lag behind the latest version in compatibility somewhat, but use the Session Manager add-on to preserve tab state and any crashes won't take out all the effort you put into organizing open tabs. I currently use UnloadTab [1]. People who organize their browser activity around hundreds of tabs must not be a large use case population, because this organizational method seems quite popular among this vocal set of users but not popular among the browser designers/architects/developers. These days I'm transitioning to organizing my links inline into my organizing that I perform inside my emacs Org mode files. Instead of a massive list of links, I inline the link as part of the note-taking for a particular task/note/appt. The Org mode grab link function for Macs make it easier to grab a link from Waterfox/Firefox, saving some copy-paste context-switching time. If I could insert a current tab's URL into my Org mode file-and-outline structure, iswitch-style from within the browser, save the changes to the Org mode file, then close the tab, that would be quite an efficiency boost. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/unloadtab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/unloadtab/