Chrome-Stats extension
Tab Workspaces
Organize your tabs into workspaces. Switch between workspaces to change which tabs are displayed at the moment.
What is Tab Workspaces?
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- cookies
- menus
- storage
- tabs
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Summary
Organize your tabs into workspaces. Switch between workspaces to change which tabs are displayed at the moment.
This extension aims to be an alternative to Tab Groups, which is no longer supported as of Firefox 57.
Features
- Each tab belongs to a workspace. New tabs are automatically added to the current workspace.
- Switch between workspaces from the toolbar icon to keep your tabs organized.
- Tabs in other workspaces are safely hidden away.
- Pinned tabs are visible from all workspaces.
- If you have multiple windows open, each one has its own set of workspaces.
- Send a specific tab to another workspace from the right-click menu.
- Press Ctrl+E to open the list of workspaces, then press 1-9 to switch between using keyboard shortcuts.
- Search through your tabs in the address bar. Type "ws [text]" to begin searching. Choose a result to switch to that tab.
This has the side effect of not maintaining the tabs' history, as well as stopping whatever process is going on when the tab is closed.
If you know any better way to hide the tabs, please let me know.
Acknowledgements This extension was inspired by Multi-Account Containers, which also served as a reference for some of the functionality.
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- The idea of organizing tabs into workspaces is well received
- Helps users to focus by separating different types of activities into distinct workspaces
- Some users appreciate the ability to have ChilledCow or other media pinned across all workspaces
Cons
- Frequent loss of tabs or entire workspaces, resulting in loss of user data
- Inadequate support for multiple windows
- Poor execution with issues in reloading tabs and maintaining workspace integrity
- Outdated with no recent updates to fix known issues
Most mentioned
- Loss of tabs or workspaces, especially after restarts or updates
- Concept of organizing tabs is good but implementation is buggy
- Add-on does not save the state of tabs but only their URLs, causing all tabs to reload
- Lack of updates and maintenance for the add-on
- Desire for a feature to save workspaces externally, like in a JSON file
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Tab Workspaces may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
Tab Workspaces is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.