Reviews for Simple Tab Groups
Simple Tab Groups by Drive4ik
1,695 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13560719, 7 years agoreloads tabs when switching groups, major drawback
Developer response
posted 7 years agoAt the moment, the Firefox WebExtensions API does not support hiding tabs, only closing ... I also do not like it, but I have no choice.
When this feature is added, I will make it support.
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Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 4 out of 5by cetteame, 7 years agoBonne alternative à Panorama plus maintenu.
Juste une suggestion : quand on ouvre un groupe, ça serait bien que tous les onglets ne se chargent pas en même temps. S'ils sont nombreux, ça fait vraiment ramer le Firefox voir le PC entier. Seul l'onglet courant pourrait se charger.
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Good alternative to Panorama (sic).
Just one suggestion: when you open a group, it would be nice if not all tabs load at the same time. If there are a lot of them, it really freeze Firefox and the whole computer. Only the current tab could load.Developer response
posted 7 years agoAt the moment, the Firefox WebExtensions API does not support hiding tabs, only closing ... I also do not like it, but I have no choice.
When this feature is added, I will make it support.
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13505010, 7 years agoReloading tabs is extremely painful when you have groups of 50+ tabs... This is the main issue with any tab group add-on that needs to be addressed I think. If opening a group means loading all tabs then this isn't a good option for my needs and I assume a great number of people.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoPlease, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12908916, 7 years agoaddition rly looks very laconically. simple. and cute))
but
1) Add pls not LOADed tabs, when i open group any groups. i wanna open group but don't wanna reload all tabs in this group.
2) Do all tabs in cache....some like....all groups load once...and i dont need reload ALL tab in ALL group again and again
IT will be VERY nice if u will do this
Good luck))Developer response
posted 7 years agoPlease, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 4 out of 5by ardsong, 7 years agoThis is so far the best replacement of the older Tab Groups. Very important for me that it allows the music to continue to play when switching from one group to the other.
I see a lot of remarks that this not works.
But , I have opened Spotify web player, in a tab in one group and "pin it"
open the next group, make a new tab with spotify and pin it.
that for every group, such each group has a pin tab with your music player
Now,when switching between groups, the music will nicely continue to play,even without a hick-up.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThis is one of the hacks)) you can still open the group in a new window and switch with this addon.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12595292, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13556909, 7 years agoСпасибо за оперативное обновление для FF 57. Я надеюсь вы все доделаете и превзойдёте TabGroup. Немного не хватает обновления только последней вкладки в группе при открытии группы, подождём. Спасибо
Developer response
posted 7 years agoМне тоже не нравиться что перезагружаются все вкладки, но у меня нет выбора - у текущей версии апи мозилы нет поддержки скрытия вкладок, только закрытие.
Как только эта фича будет доступна, я с радостью переделаю аддон с её поддержкой.
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Обновите аддон до последней верии - там была дабавлена опция для быстрой смены групп
Спасибо за Ваш отзыв! - Rated 4 out of 5by Lokoyote, 7 years agoThe best addon replacement for "Tabs group" ! Simply the best.
Easy and powerfull, I recommand that extension.
The missing star will be add when "tabhiding" will be supported. If this link can help the dev : https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/7g0s4t/tab_hiding_api_is_being_actively_worked_on/Developer response
posted 7 years agoWhen this feature is added, I will make it support.
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13554586, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13552832, 7 years agoI know its not your fault, that Firefox 57 can not hide tabs, but without it its not compareable to the known "tab group" feature. Expl: With this close/reload of all tabs i loose all the states of all open pages and switching between groups needs a lot of time. Lets hope together that Firefox fastly comes around with a working tab hide feature. More about: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/TabHiding
Edit: You are right. I was drove by my bad feelings. Stars up.Developer response
posted 7 years agoVery grateful for these stars ..., and for the fact that this functional does not depend on me
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13551686, 7 years agoI'm a librarian and I have to put in a few hours on the virtual reference desk. We use RefChat. When I need to move to another tab group i get a message asking if I want to leave or stay on the page. If I choose leave it logs me out of RefChat. If I choose Stay it opens another instance of RefChat on the new tab group. It does the same thing with our Help Desk software. I'm using Firefox 57.0.
Love this add-on...I can't live without it... - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13549804, 7 years agoHi there :)
great job with this add-on! The only thing i'm really missing is the ability to let musik play in one group, while i'm active in the other one. Is this possible somehow? Would be great to hear from you ;)
Keep on doing great work buddy
greez, mowglerDeveloper response
posted 7 years agoPlease, update addon to latest version. Key switching was added
Ctrl+1 - prev group
Ctrl+2 - next group
and up, down, left, right on popup
You can load Youtube or music players in other windows (other groups) and switch groups thought keys without closing tabs :)
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13544854, 7 years agoThe basic idea of this Add-on is really great!!!
There are unfortunately a few things that make it kind of unusable for my purpose. For example that all tabs in a group have to be reloaded when switching between groups. That really slows down the browser if you have groups with lots of youtube videos in it. Another issue is that a video/music playing tab will be stopped if I switch to another group.
Is there something planned to overcome this problems in the future?
I would love to leave feedback/ideas to make this Add-on even more awesome if you guys are interested :)Developer response
posted 7 years agoAt the moment, the Firefox WebExtensions API does not support hiding tabs, only closing ... I also do not like it, but I have no choice.
When this feature is added, I will make it support.
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13529215, 7 years agoAwesome! Though I'd prefer the more visual style from the old Tab Groups, this extension really does what we need.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13541787, 7 years agoWow, this is THE BEST tab manager for 57 right now. Cannot recommend enough. It's already starting to completely replace the old Tab Groups plugin feature-by-feature - even includes option to import old settings from that plugin!
I had been dying inside for this.
Great job! - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 10151302, 7 years agoThis looks like it'll be a good add on when/if tabs can remain open and don't need to be reloaded when switching between tab groups. I, however won't be using this until then.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoPlease update to latest version. Last active tab now remember
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13536245, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Franz Schneider, 7 years agoUPDATE: 03/11/2019
Thank you so much for adding group-sorting options and fast switching! I have, at last, fully migrated to this add-on from Firefox Multi-Account Containers for group sorting alone. Got tired of waiting years for something so simple–yet you implemented it right away! Love the customization options for groups–colors, icons, etc. And it works great with Tab Suspender to save memory. Upped to five stars!
Latest Suggestions:
• I love how one group is shown at a time. On the other hand, it would be nifty to have the option to show more than one group at a time.
• It would be great if there were symbol options for the group-switching icon similar to Firefox Containers to easily identify the group selected.
• When moving a tab to another group, one must first click within the web page of the tab being moved. It would be nice if it would work when just clicking the tab.
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ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Finally, a comparable replacement for Tab Groups! It appears to make due without the tab-hiding API by closing tabs (rather than hiding them) when switching groups. This is what I have been waiting for.
Suggestions / Requests
• Please add a way to reorder and sort tab groups by name in group list.
• Please show the name of the currently-selected group next to the add-on icon.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for your review! I planned add this functional to future versions.
Upd.
Please update to latest version. I added functional "Move group up/down"
Upd:
Please, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback! - Rated 5 out of 5by Richard Davies, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13523563, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by ackie00h, 7 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13518896, 7 years agoIt's better than nothing, but still a far cry from the original Tab Groups. To prevent repetition, I would like to refer to the comment of J-Dude and hope you will indeed improve this extension, so that it will really be worth using it.
It's a start, but you will need to keep up the good work to increase your number of stars.Developer response
posted 7 years agoPlease, update addon to latest version. In latest version I added option to fast switch groups and auto load only active tab, not all tabs.
Thanks for your feedback - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13518079, 7 years agoСегодня тестил это расширение. Переключился на новую группу, переключился обратно - а оно заново грузит все 100 вкладок. Я закрыл, подумав, что всё загрузится по клику в отдельности, но получил пустые страницы. Хорошо ещё, что все они сохранились в истории, но увы, вперемешку.
Тут увидел, что в расширении можно импортировать настройки из старого Tab Groups. Но я не могу найти файл настроек в поиске. Как это сделать? Хорошо бы инструкцию для импорта.Developer response
posted 7 years agoКак импорттируются настройки: заходите на about:tabgroups#session (открываете новое окно, и туда вставляете этот адрес), отключаете галочку cохранение сессий и нажимаете кнопку большую "Создать бакап файл" или "Create Backup File". У Вас сохраниться файл вида tabGroups-manual-20171124-202117.json Вот его и импортируете в настройках Simple Tab Groups.
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Обновите аддон до последней верии - там была дабавлена опция для быстрой смены групп
Спасибо за Ваш отзыв - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13512668, 7 years agoWorks as expected, only thing I would like to see as mentioned in other reviews, is the option that pages do not have to reload until clicked, or that they are cached and don't have to reload.