If you one of those persons who like to have much open tabs in Firefox browser, then you know how many PC resources that consumes. The solution is simple - unload unused tabs after some period of inactivity (user sets the time).
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if you one of those persons who like to have much open tabs in firefox browser, then you know how many pc resources that consumes. the solution is simple unload unused tabs after some period of inactivity (user sets the time).also you can minimize tabs widht and make them "deploy" when cursor is on top of them, keep one or more tabs loaded permanently, create whitelist/blacklist for tabs to load/unload and much more...here is the list for all possible actions:
1) unload tab after minutes2) close unloaded tab after minutes3) bypass cache on restore4) max loaded tabs5) select nearest loaded tab after closing the selected tab6) show "auto unload tab" menu in tab context menu7) show "auto unload tab" menu in page context menu8) load whitelisted sites at startup9) load pinned tabs at startup10) ignore unread tabs11) load background tabs12) middleclick unloads tab13) dim pending tabs14) reduce pending tabs width15) highlight unread tabs16) ignore bookmarked urls17) check interval in minutes (for memory)18) unload tab if size is over... (in megabytes)19) ignore protected tabs20) unload tab while holding a certain key (alt|ctrl|meta|shift)21) show "auto unload tab" menu in tools menu22) unload hidden tabs
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