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Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by mrtksn »

blauditore wrote: post #19
mrtksn wrote: post #8

Safari is doing this great with profiles and tab groups. The profiles help you have multiple workspaces where different sessions are start so you don’t have to sign out and sign in for different accounts all the time. And every profile has a tab group which is a collection of tabs. All that synced across all of your iDevices. However tab groups have a bug that hasn’t been fixed since almost 2 years now: https://apple…

Literally the same exists in Chrome, under the same feature names even (not sure who copied whom). Firefox has environment tabs, which are like profiles, but on a per-tab basis. Personally I'd like to have a combo of this and tab groups.

Well, in Safari it’s a combo. Each profile has tab groups.

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by gpchelkin »

I am using a similar extension Session Sync, but it exists only for Firefox and has an ability to sync sessions. It just saves sessions as bookmark folders, and sync is done natively by Firefox Account Sync. Despite the last update was in 2019, it still works pretty well.

As I can see from changelog, sessionic also supports sync [3]. It would be nice if it is added to description/readme.

[1] https://github.com/ReDEnergy/SessionSync

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-sync/

[3] https://github.com/navorite/sessionic/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md...

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by clumsysmurf »

sapiol wrote: post #25
clumsysmurf wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW, I am able to keep tabs organized in Safari because it has tab groups. But my Firefox sessions always explode because there is no such feature, creating a self perpetuating problem of disorganization begetting more disorganization.

You might be interested in the Firefox Extension "Tree Style Tab". I can't live without it and refuse to use any browser that can't offer any similar experience.

Thanks, I have tried TST and Sideberry.

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by clumsysmurf »

themoonisachees wrote: post #29
clumsysmurf wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW, I am able to keep tabs organized in Safari because it has tab groups. But my Firefox sessions always explode because there is no such feature, creating a self perpetuating problem of disorganization begetting more disorganization.

Firefox has tab groups. By default it only has a few preprogrammed groups but extensions can add more

Well, not like Safari and Chrome ;)

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by Ylpertnodi »

dxuh wrote: post #28
corbezzoli wrote: post #6

I’ll never understand people who hoard tabs. Every time I’m done with something, I can close all the tabs in a few seconds. A single search can generate 15 tabs, and then after the solution is found I close them all. Anything I can’t handle now is pinned or added to Read Later, depending on the urgency. Same goes with the files on my desktop (which is also the download folder). Select all, delete. Multiple times a da…

I visit HackerNews and immediately see a few posts I find interesting and open them in background tabs. I'm scared to just read one and then go back to the home page, because it might have disappeared or changed the title or something like that. Then I read one or two of the open tabs, get distracted and do something else. That nets +3-+5 tabs. Repeat the same on reddit and YouTube. The fear of hitting the back butto…

I, for one, would love to know: what are your secrets, or tricks, or tips to be able to do such?

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by yterdy »

dxuh wrote: post #28
corbezzoli wrote: post #6

I’ll never understand people who hoard tabs. Every time I’m done with something, I can close all the tabs in a few seconds. A single search can generate 15 tabs, and then after the solution is found I close them all. Anything I can’t handle now is pinned or added to Read Later, depending on the urgency. Same goes with the files on my desktop (which is also the download folder). Select all, delete. Multiple times a da…

I visit HackerNews and immediately see a few posts I find interesting and open them in background tabs. I'm scared to just read one and then go back to the home page, because it might have disappeared or changed the title or something like that. Then I read one or two of the open tabs, get distracted and do something else. That nets +3-+5 tabs. Repeat the same on reddit and YouTube. The fear of hitting the back butto…

I'll emphasize a point you alluded to: tab hoarding is driven partly by the algorithmic instability of served content. If pages didn't refresh on the platform's whims, users could navigate back and forth to hub pages, like they used to. Now, it's unlikely that Youtube or Twitter's feed pages will be the same even two minutes apart, and they're designed to serve you content that you enjoy. The only way to ensure that you have access to that content is to immediately open every link that seems halfway interesting; otherwise, they're liable to disappear into the ether, never to be found again.

That the modern web is designed to encourage addiction and OCD is not my fault.

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by anjel »

yterdy wrote: post #36
dxuh wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I visit HackerNews and immediately see a few posts I find interesting and open them in background tabs. I'm scared to just read one and then go back to the home page, because it might have disappeared or changed the title or something like that. Then I read one or two of the open tabs, get distracted and do something else. That nets +3-+5 tabs. Repeat the same on reddit and YouTube. The fear of hitting the back butto…

I'll emphasize a point you alluded to: tab hoarding is driven partly by the algorithmic instability of served content. If pages didn't refresh on the platform's whims, users could navigate back and forth to hub pages, like they used to. Now, it's unlikely that Youtube or Twitter's feed pages will be the same even two minutes apart, and they're designed to serve you content that you enjoy. The only way to ensure that…

You left out interruption of thought and process as a design goal. Long term it does wonders for ADD, even if you didn't have it in the first place.

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by itissid »

yterdy wrote: post #36
dxuh wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I visit HackerNews and immediately see a few posts I find interesting and open them in background tabs. I'm scared to just read one and then go back to the home page, because it might have disappeared or changed the title or something like that. Then I read one or two of the open tabs, get distracted and do something else. That nets +3-+5 tabs. Repeat the same on reddit and YouTube. The fear of hitting the back butto…

I'll emphasize a point you alluded to: tab hoarding is driven partly by the algorithmic instability of served content. If pages didn't refresh on the platform's whims, users could navigate back and forth to hub pages, like they used to. Now, it's unlikely that Youtube or Twitter's feed pages will be the same even two minutes apart, and they're designed to serve you content that you enjoy. The only way to ensure that…

I actually find grouping tabs into one tab in the UI and then color coding helps ADD people who see all the work piled up. But in reality most tabs are either distractions or we dont return to them for a long time until other tasks are done.

I think chrome has this. Grouping can manage the clutter at the least if not solve the problem of diverted attention.

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by bakugo »

corbezzoli wrote: post #6

I’ll never understand people who hoard tabs. Every time I’m done with something, I can close all the tabs in a few seconds. A single search can generate 15 tabs, and then after the solution is found I close them all. Anything I can’t handle now is pinned or added to Read Later, depending on the urgency. Same goes with the files on my desktop (which is also the download folder). Select all, delete. Multiple times a da…

Do you also throw away books after you read them once? Just curious.

Re: Sessionic: A cross-browser extension to save, manage, restore tabs and sessions

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Post by hahn-kev »

clumsysmurf wrote: post #24
corbezzoli wrote: post #6

I’ll never understand people who hoard tabs. Every time I’m done with something, I can close all the tabs in a few seconds. A single search can generate 15 tabs, and then after the solution is found I close them all. Anything I can’t handle now is pinned or added to Read Later, depending on the urgency. Same goes with the files on my desktop (which is also the download folder). Select all, delete. Multiple times a da…

FWIW, I am able to keep tabs organized in Safari because it has tab groups. But my Firefox sessions always explode because there is no such feature, creating a self perpetuating problem of disorganization begetting more disorganization.

This extension is pretty awesome for that use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/panorama-view... Used to be a feature in Firefox and the removed it so people made an extension for it.
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