![]() The release of Firefox 57 Quantum marked the switchover from XUL-based AddOns-which allow extensions to make arbitrary changes to Firefox code-to the WebExtensions API, which strictly limits how much control extensions have over the browser and interface. Versions of Tab Mix Plus are available for virtually all releases of Firefox prior to Firefox 57. Intended for testing by interested users prior to release, this is available only from the developers' own website.A "development" or "pre-release" version.These releases have passed the Mozilla Add-ons review process.Intended for general use, this is publicly available from the Mozilla Add-ons website.Two versions of Tab Mix Plus are generally available at any given time: These two extensions are known to "play nicely together": Tab Mix Plus detects the presence of Session Manager and deactivates its own session management functions, deferring to Session Manager.Ĭritics point out that TMP is quite large and may be experiencing software bloat. In turn, the Session Manager extension has additional session management functions beyond those of Tab Mix Plus. While Firefox contains a basic session manager functions, Tab Mix Plus has greater functionality in this area.This allows the user to recover from a crash, or to deliberately save the current session, to return to it at a later date, or share a copy with another user. Saves the current set of open windows and tabs (and associated history), at a preset interval and/or on command.The reopened page will reopen in the condition it was at the moment it was closed - including containing any text the user had typed into text boxes thereon - such as those on a Wikipedia edit page. Saves information about tabs and windows as they are closed, allowing the user to "undo" closing them.Various combinations of mouse clicks, points, and key-presses can be assigned to activate tab-related functions, such as opening, closing and duplicating individual tabs or groups thereof.Allows JavaScript to be forced into a separate tab instead of a pop-up box, and allows the user to view the URL of the JavaScript page.Allows the user to choose whether new tabs will be selected when created by various events (such as linking, opening bookmarks, etc.).Opens a new tab with the same page and back/forward history.A complete rewrite of the extension under development build has been released, called Tab Mix WebExtension, with limited features and not yet compatible with Quantum. The original Tab Mix Plus ceased to be compatible with Firefox upon the release of Firefox 57 Quantum, due to the switch to the WebExtensions interface. it's hard to imagine how you lived without it." As the only extension providing multi-row tab support, Wired and CNET both called it a "must-have" that is "powerful" and "gives you what feels like an infinite amount of control over tab behaviour." PC World said that "With Tab Mix Plus, Firefox tabs go past the obvious and into the indispensable. Lifehacker named it one of their "Top 10 must-have Firefox extensions" for 2009. TMP is a collection of features from other extensions built in one package. It was a popular extension on Mozilla Add-ons, which records download statistics. ![]() Tab Mix Plus (often abbreviated TMP) was a Mozilla Firefox extension that adds to the tabbed browsing functions in Firefox.
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