I have a question regarding the permission requests of the Simple Tab Groups extension by Drive4ik.

As I'm sure many of you know, this extension needs to:
This add-on needs to:

Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history
Monitor extension usage and manage themes
Display notifications to you
Access recently closed tabs
Hide and show browser tabs
Access browser tabs
Store unlimited amount of client-side data
Access your data for all websites

This add-on may also ask to:
Read and modify bookmarks

Theoretically, I find this extension useful but I am concerned about the "Access your data for all websites" requirement. I read through Mozilla's permission request messages for Firefox extensions documentation and it seems like granting this extension these permissions would be a huge risk for the work I do– investigative journalism. It seems like I'll trade organizational benefits for a wider attack surface.

Can anyone speak more about the risks involved with using this extension, the trustworthiness of the developer, and why it needs the "Access your data for all websites" capability?

Thank you.

I found this to be the most intuitive for tab storage and management. No need to "stash" them or "bookmark" or "manage sessions". Tabs are just saved automatically in a group. You can have hundred of groups with a different name and switch between them with a click.

Assigning icon (emoji) to a group would be great. I know it's possible but not simple. First emoji in the group name should be auto assigned as the icon.

警告⚠ 如果你冻结了所有分组内的标签页,且把本分组内所有剩下的标签页都关闭时,你会丢失全部标签页!
Warning⚠ If you freeze all the tabs in all groups and close all the remaining tabs in current group, you will lose all the tabs!

Lost all my tabs from 4 out of 5 groups I had created. I will be looking for another extension

The Sidebery is the best!

Good

I use Firefox because this add-on exists. It is such a valuable add-on.
Report a small bug. If you duplicate a tab by middle-clicking the reload button in Firefox, a new tab group will be created automatically the next time Firefox starts.

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Couldn't figure it out. It needs some instructions.

I think there is a flaw in the extension that's why I rate it with one star.

I use a computer with 16Gb ram. Without the extension it is rare that just browsing I reach 20% ram and a few minutes of use I have reached up to 97% ram usage using this extension. outrageous!

I tried to perform a backup on one computer and then restore to another. Tabs were moved all around. Eg. All of my amazon tabs were placed in the Amazon group. Even the Amazon tabs that were in my Main group were moved.

Incredibly useful if you have too many tabs and windows open. I have now reduced it down to one window, and my work item tabs bundled together into their own project groups.

Possibly the best extension out there!

Feels more like "Simple Tab Workspaces" to be honest, but turns out that's just what I needed. It's a powerful and polished extension; there are fully-fledged browsers trying to implement workspaces and still lagging behind STG. That said, it might not have the most intuitive learning curve for some.

Not simple at all and is buggy as hell. I keep losing tabs, the add-on keeps deleting or hiding all tabs when opening groups, or just closes Firefox totally resulting in the loss of all opened tabs. Many desired features are missing. How can this be the top-rated Group add-on is beyond me.

Если в процессе загрузки страницы произошла ошибка, например, 'Попытка соединения не удалась', то переключение между группами горячими клавишами становится недоступной.

This extension is the reason I cannot leave firefox and move to chromium based browser

I have used this extension for years and it was too good, but currently it loses all saved tabs on every Firefox restart and won't let me get them since the last backup, it became unusable.
(Arch Linux, Firefox 132.0)