The Bottom Line
- Closed tabs can be saved and then recalled for later use.
- Several very useful options can be added to both the main and tab context menus.
- Session Manager is a vast upgrade over Firefox's Session Restore feature.
- Visual display options such as tab width can be easily modified.
- Events involving opening, closing, and merging tabs can be customized in many different ways.
- Corrupted session files have been occasionally seen, albeit very rarely.
Description
- Tab Mix Plus adds new features and improves on existing ones involving Firefox's tabbed browsing functionality.
- Specific types of JavaScript popups can be displayed in new tabs or restricted altogether.
- The following pages can be automatically loaded on a new tab: blank, home, current, duplicate, or user-specified location.
- Tabs can be configured to open from a variety of locations including bookmarks, history, address and search bars.
- Tab closing options such as warning messages and subsequent focus can be easily configured.
- Windows can be merged when no active tabs are selected.
- A user-specified number of closed tabs can be remembered and restored at a later time.
- Over 25 different options such as Undo Close Tab and Protect Tab can be shown in the Tab Context menu.
- Session Manager provides several preservation and restoration options including advanced crash recovery.
- Mouse clicks can be set to perform dozens of options on both tabs as well as on the taskbar.
Guide Review - Tab Mix Plus
For anyone who uses tabbed browsing in Firefox, Tab Mix Plus is a godsend. Personally I have a hard time remembering how I lived without using tabs in the first place. However, there have been little annoyances that bugged me and new features that I wished for involving the browser's tab behavior. I guess what I always wanted was more control of my tabs. I felt that they should open when, where, and how I want! Well, maybe I'm getting carried away but I think my point has been made. Tabbed browsing is great, but it could be so much better if only...
If only someone would allow me to manipulate my tabs so they worked the way I desired. With Tab Mix Plus, this wishful thinking has become a reality. This add-on is chock full of tab related goodies and the developers seem determined to keep adding more, based in some part on a very active forum and user community. Take control of your Firefox tabs with this fantastic program.
