Suggestion: could you make the list flow upwards when the user clicks the X to close a tab? This way the user doesn't have to move the mouse to close multiple tabs quickly. Basically it's the same behavior as Chrome, just vertical.
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#32Very similar to this extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-focused/mhdlja... (except the permissions)
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#33This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed.
I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its memory deal together.
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#34This is a great start.
I wouldn't mind having a side tray or list of temporary bookmarks that I could easily add to, restore from, or remove. Then I would have 3 or 4 active tabs and about 15 inactive tabs and could swap between them easily.
I know it is possible with shift + cmd + D, as one commenter pointed out, to bookmark all tabs temporarily but that would get cumbersome if you were constantly changing out tabs.
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#35Not sure why I can't figure this out, but how can I just place one tab into the list? When I click on the icon everything gets collapsed and then I have to open each individual page (or all of them at once).
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#36Nice. I built a similar Chrome extension recently: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-bankrupter/pnd...
Open-sourced here: https://github.com/jsvine/tab-bankrupter
As the name suggests, it's aimed more at the mental — rather than computational — weight of tabs.
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#37Edit: This is not meant to sound discouraging to the developer; I just suspect he solved the wrong problem. I find it very strange that a tool exists to reduce chrome's memory footprint by closing tabs. This does not seem to be the right solution to any problem I can think of. If memory consumption is what bugs you, maybe you should use a browser that consumes less memory per open tab. If the number of open tabs is w…
I use a tool like session buddy for example. I primarily use it when I want to organize/links and make the group quickly accessible.. something most bookmarking programs that don't do right. My immediate use case is, OneTab helps reduce the day to day clutter. I'll have my same browser open for weeks at a time, and just makes it easier to manage from day to day.
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#38Isn't 95% reduction claim a bit too bold? It is widely known that standard measurement of Google Chrome's memory consumption with task manager is wrong because it doesn't take data sharing between processes into consideration. How was the 95% figure produced?
This is the same question I have. Memory usage is notoriously tricky to measure because of shared libraries and the like. So a simple figure like 95% doesn't end up meaning much at the end of the day. chrome://memory may be a good place to start.
Ninja edit: note the disclaimer at the bottom of chrome://memory:
(Note: Due to memory sharing between processes,
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#39Please add a facebook share button. I would like to share this with my friends. :)
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#40This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed. I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its memory deal together.
Firefox seems to be no better: http://www.arewesmallyet.com/