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TIL that on Firefox you can unload tabs from memory without closing them (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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The feature is called Tab Unloading, and weirdly enough they made it not easy to access despite its usefulness.

You basically have to type about:unloads in the address bar and hit enter. If you then click on "Unload", it will put the least used tabs to sleep. If you keep clicking that button until it's greyed out, you'll have unloaded all your tabs from memory.

This feature is handy if you want to temporarily switch to something that is memory hungry without having to close your 100 tabs.

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Just close unused tabs smh

Can't understand people who're juggling 100s of tabs

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Personally I use simple tab group that allow you to separate tabs into groups that you can open in different windows. It's extremely useful but it means sometimes if you switch between multiple tab groups you might have a lot of tabs open, but using this would allow you to majorly mitigate that problem.

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just say eh this one is important but I can't rn so I'll deal with it later. Anyway, 60 tabs waiting for me on FF Android. Idk how much I tabs are stashed on PC lol. ADHD struggles are real

[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

(i had over 2000 earlier)

[–] HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

Or use oneTab.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They cannot juggle 100 tabs.

Simple as that

Its not possible to manage for anyone.

Theyre just too dumb to close them

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago

Never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with

[–] calzone_gigante@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

This, if you want to act on something later, just create a bookmark and set a reminder, act on what you need, then close and move on, don't clutter your browser and your head.

Usually, i open one window for each task, so i don't get a lot of unrelated content mixed up and loose focus. I rarely need more than 1~5 tabs.