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Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400+ Browser Tabs Open for 2 Years (www.pcmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A Mozilla rep confirms to PCMag that having tons of Firefox tabs open consumes "practically no memory whatsoever."

Is there an extension to change this? I literally want to keep all of my tabs in memory no matter what. It drives me nuts when I change tabs and it reloads the page, or the bank website will only load slowly while I'm looking at its tab.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure if it fixes your problem, but it fixed mine.

Pin the tab.

In my case, Whatsapp web didn't get loaded when I opened firefox, so notifications didn't reach me unless I opened the tab at least once.

If the tab is pinned, however, it will load when you open firefox, I'm unsure if the tab stays loaded.