Get the most out your Firefox tabs
Any Firefox extension that's been downloaded over 10 million times from the Mozilla add-ons site can't be bad. And indeed, Tab Mix Plus impresses as a powerful tab enhancer for the World's finest web browser.
Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities by allowing actions such as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undoing closed tabs and windows, and many more.
In particular, Tab Mix Plus features an enhanced session manager that gives you more control over the last tabs you had open in Firefox. When you restart Firefox after installing Tab Mix Plus, you're asked if you'd like to use Tab Mix Plus as your session manager instead of Firefox and it's well worth doing.
I liked to fact that you can even control whether links from different applications are opened with different tabs. In fact, the number of tab options Tab Mix Plus presents is a little overwhelming, and you'll probably only need to use a small percentage of what it can offer.
One other useful feature worth mentioning is the ability to select from a list of your recently-closed tabs which one you'd like to reopen. The only thing I didn't like was the way it highlighted some of my tabs with a gaudy red text by default. What's more, you can't access the preferences by right-clicking on a tab - you have to go in through the add-on manager window.
Despite Mozilla's enhancements in the latest version of Firefox, Tab Mix Plus still manages to provide some unique tab enhancements that everyone will find useful.
Update compatibility to Firefox 3.5.x and 3.6a1preMore bugs fixed
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Update compatibility to Firefox 3.5.x and 3.6a1preMore bugs fixed
User reviews about Tab Mix Plus
by Anonymous
Tab Mix Plus - DO NOT INSTALL.
This program SLOWS FF way down. Before the latest upgrade FF loaded pages very quickly but after the new version, which includes shopper snooping software from superfish.com, FF speeds dropped dramatically. Do Not install this add-on! More
by Anonymous
Powerful Add-on That Can Conflict With Sites And Other Add-ons.
Tab Mix Plus is a very powerful add-on that adds both power and function to Firefox. It not only gives you more options but even allows you to replace Firefox's current session restore with their more powerful session restore. I love the bar that shows when a tab page is loading in the tab as well as the customization of the add-on as well.The downsides are major though. Sometimes a version of Tab Mix Plus will come out and will cause Firefox to crash constantly, other times certain add-ons won't work while it's installed. And just recently testing a nightly build of Tab Mix Plus for Firefox 4.0 Beta 2, I noticed it crashes on certain flash games. Firefox crashed every time on Evony when I had the nightly build of Tab Mix Plus Installed.Currently I only recommend Tab Mix Plus for those who don't play browser games until they fix that situation (It crashed on both Evony and on Facebook when I was playing games Like FarmVille) and know how to check and see what add-ons conflict with other add-ons.
Pros:
Very Powerful Session Restore
Adds Extra Features To Firefox
Very Customizable
Shows You When A Web Page Is Downloading
Free
Cons:
Can Conflict With Other Add-ons
Can Cause Firefox To Crash On Certain Sites
Too Bulky For Some More