Reviews for Auto Tab Discard
Auto Tab Discard by tlintspr
Review by kelendral
Rated 2 out of 5
by kelendral, 5 years agoThe description makes claims that are not so true in the current FF environments (other unloaders don't actually unload) that are easily verified in about:performance and about:memory. Checking those, one can see if the other unloaders work or not.
Annoyingly it does something no other unloader I have tried so far does, marks every tab it unloads as 'updated' in the same way as if the tab had an autorefresh or notification. This makes every tab it unloads look as though a message is pending if you highlight such in any way. UNLOADING SHOULD NOT MARK A TAB AS UPDATED!
Last it misses tabs that based on the setting should most definitely be unloaded. Sometimes even duplicates of the same tab (thus confirming no rule conflicts as it unloads some but not other duplicate identical content tabs).
Annoyingly it does something no other unloader I have tried so far does, marks every tab it unloads as 'updated' in the same way as if the tab had an autorefresh or notification. This makes every tab it unloads look as though a message is pending if you highlight such in any way. UNLOADING SHOULD NOT MARK A TAB AS UPDATED!
Last it misses tabs that based on the setting should most definitely be unloaded. Sometimes even duplicates of the same tab (thus confirming no rule conflicts as it unloads some but not other duplicate identical content tabs).
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15275344, 15 hours agoExcelente extensión. Ha liberado el procesador y la ram rápidamente, y tiene muchas opciones para poder configurarla a tu gusto. La recomiendo totalmente. Es brillante. Gracias a su desarrollador, y al equipo que la hace posible.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12837867, 25 days agoI'm very impressed! This is the most effective way to free up RAM that I've ever seen.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by RogerBytes, 2 months agoThis extension has been a lifesaver—it helped me fix all the memory leak issues I was having on YouTube.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15081822, 2 months agoWorks as expected. Very useful for batter life and old devices with low RAM and weak CPU.
It is must given today's badly optimized and scripts entangled mess we call a web. Not so much from security POV but at least idle means idle again. - Rated 5 out of 5by rjt, 2 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by tiny dragon, 5 months agoThis addon is beautiful and a lifesaver and I love it.
My only gripe is that the name and "discard" terminology is misleading; I'd have tried it way sooner if not for that.
A must-have extension for anyone who opens a bazillion tabs all at once, and probably even for people who only open a few (since it doesn't take all that many before Firefox begins to slow, even with fast PC).
I don't know why Firefox doesn't handle unloading tabs even half this well natively, but it really doesn't. Firefox runs so much better with this installed.
I appreciate the detailed options very much, as well. You can customize it to your liking. - Rated 5 out of 5by Cleanminds, 5 months ago