Tab Mix Plus

I've been using tabmixplus since ~2005, and would just like to say (because I haven't before) that this add-on is the best, by far, of any Firefox add-on I've used.

TMP is the reason I stuck with Firefox through the years when it had become a memory hog. During that time, there were many times that I tried out other browsers (Opera, IE (again), Chrome, Safari, and even lesser known alternatives) because I was very unhappy with how much memory Firefox was using and it's horrible slowness. For awhile Firefox was almost unbearable when once it had been a smooth fast cougar. Without TMP it would have been. I could never switch though because the interface that TMP provided was not something I could replicate in any other browser. TMP allows a browser interface that is quintessential to my web experience. Thankfully Firefox was fixed a few versions ago and is no longer the memory hog it was (though it does seem like it's again moving in that direction). Throughout all though, TMP was just about always stable and functional.

So big thumbs up and Thank You!

Also, the reason I came here initially wasn't to praise TMP, it was to check out and see what was up with the reloading tabs option. An option that works maybe 1 in 20 reload sessions. I have the option unchecked, meaning I do not want Firefox to reload all tabs when I restore a session. From what I gather this will be implemented correctly in a future version of Firefox. What's strange is that sometimes (rarely) it does actually work correctly, and sessions get restored with all tabs grey and not reloaded until I actually click on them (what is very much desired). So there must be a bug somewhere. Fix this and get TMP working with the option to not reload tabs on session restore correctly and TMP will be even better! If there was one bit of functionality I'd like to see working in TMP this would be it.

And again, Thank you very much to everyone responsible for all of the time and effort you've put into TMP!

Cheers!



Other extensions I currently use:

Adblock Plus 2.1.2
Cookie Whitelist, With Buttons 2.1 (highly recommended)
DownloadHelper 4.9.9
No Script 2.5 (very highly recommended)

I have attached a screenshot of my Session settings in TMP Preferences because my tab restore works exactly like you are wanting with not loading until I tell it to load. I use Firefox's built-in Session system as the browser itself has this feature as of at least version 14.

So try my settings and see if that makes it work for you as well.