Feature Request: The ability to save and re-load tabs as a labeled set. An array of open tabs is often the result of an intentional workspace. If I could label a saved OneTab as "iOS Development" and have it launch iOS Dev Center, JIRA, bitbucket, and various API/documentation, it would make switching from casual browsing to work mode a breeze.
Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
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Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#62Aww, history goes away. That might be a problem...
This and lost input in text-boxes is what it lacks to become useful. Also localStorage is limited and this limit cannot be raised, so someone with enormous amount of memory could prove that OneTab is not reliable, contrary to how it is advertised. To fix that it has to use indexedDB and require unlimitedStorage. (Well, we still require enough free space on disk, but it's the same with localStorage.)
Anyone willing to record screencast how OneTab fails at handling million tabs? :)
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#63Save 99% memory in google chrome by bookmarking all tabs and closing Chrome!
where did the 1% go?
Some long-running hidden chromium process that doesn't seem to die when you quit or force-quit chrome on mountain lion. You have to go into activity monitor to kill it. This never happened in Snow Leopard.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#64The current implementation doesn't differ much from just closing all of your tabs and reopening them using 'Recently Closed'.
One way you could keep the one-click-to-open functionality of tabs is to keep the tabs in a persistent vertical list of favicons along the side of the screen. One tab could remain open, and clicking another tab, or favicon, could replace the current tab.
Edit: Here's a mockup: http://imgur.com/pfYO7xY. You could have the title show up next to a tab on hover.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#65Feature Request: The ability to save and re-load tabs as a labeled set. An array of open tabs is often the result of an intentional workspace. If I could label a saved OneTab as "iOS Development" and have it launch iOS Dev Center, JIRA, bitbucket, and various API/documentation, it would make switching from casual browsing to work mode a breeze.
You're looking for "Session Buddy"[0] available on the Chrome store. This is a more complex OneTab, I've been using it for quite some time as I'm a tab abuser (60+ open tabs). It's great for storing and managing sets of tabs.
[0] www.sessionbuddy.com
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#66This 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.
Chrome actually already has this built in, too. If you close your window, you'll get a browsable "x tabs" entry in your browsing history. An additional 20-30 MB of memory could be saved by not installing this extension.
Yes but if you forget to open them all up, Chrome will lose that grouping in short order. Which has bitten me more times than I can count.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chrome actually already has this built in, too. If you close your window, you'll get a browsable "x tabs" entry in your browsing history. An additional 20-30 MB of memory could be saved by not installing this extension.
True, but this extension will help you distinguish between the tabs you want to close forever and the tabs you want to return to later.
I like it. Was actually looking for something like this.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#68stupid marketing.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#69I absolutely fail to see the point here. Why should I use this? Is this again one of these instances where, magically, free RAM is good?
30 tabs opened simultaneously (with AdBlock, Ghostery and Disconnect), alongside Thunderbird, Emacs (+daemon) and a full DE run up to 1.8GiB of RAM used on my machine, which is everything but fast, new, or fancy. Consequently, I still have 2GB of RAM remaining that are not directly needed (and hence used for caching by the OS).
I'm writing all this from a Core2Duo laptop, so really, when exactly does any computer bought at the same time (or since) have actual problems of running out of memory? I have not experienced such problems in years on anything other than a Raspberry Pi. Is this a problem that really needs solving?
Feel free to point me to use cases where this is essential or useful, for I cannot see any.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#70Feature Request: The ability to save and re-load tabs as a labeled set. An array of open tabs is often the result of an intentional workspace. If I could label a saved OneTab as "iOS Development" and have it launch iOS Dev Center, JIRA, bitbucket, and various API/documentation, it would make switching from casual browsing to work mode a breeze.
You're looking for "Session Buddy"[0] available on the Chrome store. This is a more complex OneTab, I've been using it for quite some time as I'm a tab abuser (60+ open tabs). It's great for storing and managing sets of tabs. [0] www.sessionbuddy.com
Wow, thanks for making my day.