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Reviews for Tab Stash

Tab Stash by Josh Berry

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  • by Shoes4Clues, 25 days ago
    While the interface is great, the main reason I got this was to save memory. I'm not sure if this is a Firefox issue or an issue with the extension itself, but the tabs that are stashed still take up memory.

    Developer response

    posted 25 days ago
    Tab Stash will indeed save you memory, as it will automatically unload stashed tabs that haven't been used in a while. If you'd prefer that stashed tabs are closed completely when they are stashed, this can be changed in Tab Stash's options. Hope this helps!
  • by Spaceboy, a month ago
    Isn't this extension meant to hide/close active tabs when you stash tabs??

    Developer response

    posted a month ago
    Yes...? That is indeed the point of Tab Stash. I have to admit I don't understand your review at all, but if you're having trouble, feel free to open an issue on GitHub and I'd be happy to help!
  • by Faith, a month ago
    I have tried multiple times to use this add-on because the promise of it is great. However, most recently, I just lost all my tabs to it by stashing them all, then searching for all the redundant tabs I had open of my email, and closing them. This turned out to delete all my tabs, not just the email, irrecoverably. If anyone knows a good tab manager which closes tabs and saves them and lets me delete whole groups of tabs without deleting everything, I would be very interested.

    Also, you should keep in mind that the tabs here are not closed but simply hidden.

    Developer response

    posted a month ago
    Sorry to hear that! It's possible this is an issue with your email provider and not Tab Stash. Like most other tab-saving add-ons, Tab Stash saves tabs by remembering their URLs. What you're describing might happen if your email provider doesn't assign unique URLs to each email.

    One way to test this is to open a specific email message, bookmark the page, and close the tab. Then use the bookmark to open your email again. If your email provider doesn't show that same email message, then it's unlikely to work with Tab Stash or any other tab-saving add-on, I'm afraid.

    If, however, you DO get back to the same email message, then it's a problem with Tab Stash and I'd love to get a bug report on GitHub, so I can troubleshoot with you further.
  • by jojojo, 5 months ago
  • by Firefox user 17874178, 6 months ago
    Cluttered and too complicated for what I want which is just saving groups of tabs and restoring them. I don't need so many settings and buttons and behaviors, making it a chore to use.

    Developer response

    posted 6 months ago
    Sorry to hear you found it cluttered; I'd love to hear what you think is unnecessary, as I've tried to keep most of the more advanced features out of the way.
  • by Bekohanfula, 2 years ago
    2.12.0.1 version. Icons for control buttons in the side bar under "Open Tabs" or "Unstashed Tabs" are not visible. You can only tell what the button does by waiting for a mouse-over tool tip. I wanted to try out the full page tab group management but am uninstalling before finding it. RAM use was not affected by activating this extension.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    Afraid I'm not sure what you mean by "the icons are not visible"—I can't offer help in review comments (there's not enough space), but please feel free to open an issue on GitHub and I'd be happy to look into it!
  • by seanfire99, 2 years ago
    Not Working for LibreWolf side bar is blank cant access tabs but can stash them just can't use it.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    Sorry to hear you're having trouble. I saw your bug report—unfortunately, if the browser gets into a bad state, there's really nothing Tab Stash can do about it. I'm glad to hear you were able to resolve the issue by clearing your session data.

    https://github.com/josh-berry/tab-stash/issues/332#issuecomment-1434106821
  • by MrAngelus, 2 years ago
  • by mercc, 2 years ago
    I wish there was a confirmation before closing tabs. I accidentally closed my 100+ tabs I was hoping to organize with a misclick, and was unable to restore them. I will not be using this add-on in future.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback; will keep this in mind for a future release.
  • by Mike&Anita, 3 years ago
    Firefox slowed down too much to use it after I installed Tab Stash, I did not meticulously troubleshoot the issue, instead I Reset Firefox and today I researched re-installing Tab Stash but after reading reviews with similar reports of Firefox slowing down I decided not to try it again.
    I am using an i7-6700K 4 core CPU running windows 10, which is still a decent powered computer so I really do not know if Tab Stash slowed my computer or just Firefox. I gave Tab Stash two stars for a great list of features, maybe I will try it again in a few months.

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Hi, there are two known issues in Tab Stash which can cause high CPU usage (see my replies to the other reviews below). However, resetting Firefox should address both issues. So, since you have reset Firefox, I would hope and expect you won't see high CPU from Tab Stash again.

    However, if you do notice high CPU usage even after resetting Firefox, please feel free to open an issue on GitHub and I'd be happy to troubleshoot with you further.
  • by Chi, 3 years ago
    Whenever I turn on this add on, firefox starts to take 60%-70% CPU usage. Had to remove it though the user experience is good. Hope the developer can help solve this issue.

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Hi, there are a few possible reasons for this, some of which are caused by Firefox itself--you can check this bug report on GitHub to see if any of the situations apply to you: https://github.com/josh-berry/tab-stash/issues/175

    And if the suggestions there don't help, please feel free to open another bug report on GitHub and I'll be happy to take a look.
  • by khilsgen7, 3 years ago
    Was pretty excited about this, but was having trouble stashing tabs - Eventually realized that the tabs have to be UNPINNED in order for the stash functions to work as intended? I kept selecting multiple pinned tabs and trying to stash to a group but it wouldn't work that way unless they were unpinned. I have at least 15-20+ tabs pinned at all times and having to unpin them to stash in groups is kind of a deal-breaker :-( If I am missing something please respond!

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Yes, Tab Stash explicitly ignores pinned tabs, because pinning a tab usually indicates a desire to keep the tab open and available at all times.

    It sounds like you might have a different way of using pinned tabs, and I'd like to hear more--how do you use pinned tabs, and when would you want to be able to stash a pinned tab directly (without unpinning it first)?

    If you'd like to share any thoughts on this, I'd love to discuss in a feature request: https://github.com/josh-berry/tab-stash/issues/new?template=feature_request.md
  • by JfmbLinux, 4 years ago
    J'aurais bien continué à l'utiliser, mais ce n'est pas en français. Je préfère désinstaller cette extension, qui est pour moi et je pense pour d'autres personnes dans mon cas, inutilisable.
  • by luabitt, 5 years ago