Reviews for Tab Session Manager
Tab Session Manager by sienori
Review by SedUz
Rated 3 out of 5
by SedUz, 10 months agoI would give this extension 1 star, but I can't. Because this is the only one extension, which works for saving and restoring sessions for Firefox. There is no alternative.
I can't give 5 stars however, because extension is very buggy and looks like not even tested by developer properly.
Obvious issues are:
1) If you move tabs between windows - then session tracking gets screwed up Tab Session Manager cannot save this session anymore. Nothing helps. I tried disable/enable back extension. I tried remove extension from Firefox and re-install it back. Nothing helps. Moving tabs between windows is Firefox core functionality. Also its possible to move tabs between private windows. This makes it impossible to organize tabs across multiple windows when using Tab Session Manager.
2) Tab Session Manager export-import extension settings - doesn't work properly. After you import settings you notice that many options are not respected by export and do not restore back. A lot to list them all, but for sure I remember: theme, auto-save intervals, backup and other options.
3) Keyboard shortcuts for saving sessions - do not work at all. No matter which key combination, I tried everything. Only one shortcut works - open extension menu drop down.
4) Bug in intervals. If you set interval to 60 minutes - nothing gets saved every hour. I had to set to 50 minutes because of this.
5) If tracking is screwed up because any unknown reason - then it's impossible to reload extension and re-capture current session and it will always fail to save current session.
But what really works great is regular popup that asks about donations.
I would happily donate, but currently I am not aware if developer cares at all about above mentioned issues, whether those will get fixed.
I can't give 5 stars however, because extension is very buggy and looks like not even tested by developer properly.
Obvious issues are:
1) If you move tabs between windows - then session tracking gets screwed up Tab Session Manager cannot save this session anymore. Nothing helps. I tried disable/enable back extension. I tried remove extension from Firefox and re-install it back. Nothing helps. Moving tabs between windows is Firefox core functionality. Also its possible to move tabs between private windows. This makes it impossible to organize tabs across multiple windows when using Tab Session Manager.
2) Tab Session Manager export-import extension settings - doesn't work properly. After you import settings you notice that many options are not respected by export and do not restore back. A lot to list them all, but for sure I remember: theme, auto-save intervals, backup and other options.
3) Keyboard shortcuts for saving sessions - do not work at all. No matter which key combination, I tried everything. Only one shortcut works - open extension menu drop down.
4) Bug in intervals. If you set interval to 60 minutes - nothing gets saved every hour. I had to set to 50 minutes because of this.
5) If tracking is screwed up because any unknown reason - then it's impossible to reload extension and re-capture current session and it will always fail to save current session.
But what really works great is regular popup that asks about donations.
I would happily donate, but currently I am not aware if developer cares at all about above mentioned issues, whether those will get fixed.
1,171 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by blrr_fce76, 10 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19069106, 13 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18929604, 15 days agoI can't figure out if sessions are tied to virtual desktops when they are saved and is it really important to me
- Rated 5 out of 5by Remodor, 15 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ShinuToki, 17 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Painexotic, 22 days agoGarbage. Stopped working months ago. Literally never saves tabs. Don't waste your time. It also randomly deletes your sessions. Don't be tricked by the good reviews btw. They're old reviews from years ago when it actually worked.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19258988, a month ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by dankini, a month agoMisiing the main feature I was looking for - namely support for FF's tab groups. It seems the Chrome version has it. Please add functionality for FF.
- Rated 4 out of 5by tak113, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19200581, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by iamdw, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Fridah, a month agoEven when the firefox history allows to open closed windows and tabs, there are occasions that can brick this feature.
This addon saved my life already once - and its a good reminder to clear my tabs everytime save enother session with 900 tabs :O - Rated 5 out of 5by walkingice, 2 months agoby using this add-on, I could safely close lots of tabs after working, and restore those tabs in next day. Love it!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19141042, 2 months agoVery good tool to save, manage and edit sessions for later use, much more clear oversight than all those tab grouping functions or add ons!
Pay attention: I recommend disabling the "auto save" feature in the settings, because otherwise your library will overflow and be incredibly difficult to manage. Save sessions manually, or when you close your browser! - Rated 2 out of 5by Nata K, 2 months agoIt has many features... but lacks the most important one: it saves open sessions as new ones, not updates them!!
Still cannot find a replacement for the old good Sync Tab Groups........ :'( This one is NOT. - Rated 5 out of 5by XjSv, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Franz, 2 months agoDoes an excellent job saving tabs. I wish it would include saving tab-groups in Firefox as well.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Phone, 2 months agoВспомни моменты, когда браузер закрылся и после запуска нет 100 любимых вкладок и ты проспал запрос о восстановлении... Теперь такого не будет! Настрой сохранение при закрытии, 10 копий (или больше) и работай без страха.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 19100586, 2 months agoWorked well for years. Sometime last year it broke, all my sessions disappeared from the list and it will only save the last session. I think I did something that fixed it, or it fixed itself and I was able to get all my stuff back (thought I am unable to recreate what I did).
But now it has happened again and this time it does not seem recoverable. The export option in the extension settings does not even work.
Not reliable, wish I could rate it higher but I am now screwed because of this. So much time will need to be wasted to get all my research and prep work back.
Find an alternative that doesn't break/wipe itself as much and has more reliable backup methods. - Rated 4 out of 5by Flamuz, 2 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14291709, 2 months agoAbsolutely love this add-on! But the default settings are pretty frustrating, only saving the last 10 sessions and auto-saving every 15 minutes...
For some reason, my custom settings reset to default once or twice a year. It could be my mistake, but just two hours of not noticing can wipe out all previous saves.
It’d be much less of a headache if the default values were a bit higher, like saving at least 50 sessions and auto-saving every 30 minutes. That way, we’d have a little buffer. - Rated 5 out of 5by Lucas, 3 months agoGreat extension, after last update, I had to remove extension and related files, and install again, after that all sessions became to auto save again normally! Thank you