The Great Suspender - sleep mode for background tabs + unload RAM

The great suspender

It's time to somehow unload the RAM from an infinite number of browser tabs.

Briefly:

Install the extension from the Chrome online store . Then the The Great Suspender icon will appear in the upper right corner:

If you have Mozilla Firefox, you will have to use Chrome Store Foxified .
If Opera, then Install Chrome Extensions .
Open the tab. Click on the extension icon in the upper right corner and select: Suspend this tab . The tab went into sleep mode and no longer loads the RAM.

Default: if nothing happens on the tab for an hour, it will automatically go into sleep mode.
In order to “wake up” the tab, just refresh the page.

And now more and in order.
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Installing the extension:

The first paragraph is about people whose main browser is Mozilla Firefox or Opera . Owners of Google Chrome go directly to the second paragraph. In order to install extensions from the Google Chrome online store , we will need additional extensions for each browser.

Mozila Firefox
Installation link .

Opera
Installation link .
Install the extension from the Chrome online store . Then the The Great Suspender icon will appear in the upper right corner:
Upon completion of the installation, a new tab will open, through which we will go to the extension settings. If you suddenly closed the tab, then keep the link .

Extension setting:

General settings - Basic settings:
- Automatically suspend tabs after - Automatically put tabs into sleep mode via .
  The default is 1 hour , but I would advise you to set 10-15 minutes .
- Do not suspend pinned tabs - Do not put locked tabs into sleep mode .
  My advice to you is to leave a tick here.
- Do not suspend tabs that contain unsaved form inputs - Do not put into sleep the tabs containing the data to be filled .
  Vital function. For example, you fill in the data when you buy something on the site, went away for a couple of minutes, and the tab went into sleep mode. Because of this, you will have to re-enter your details later. Therefore, leave a tick and go on.
- Do not suspend tabs that are playing audio - Do not put tabs into sleep mode on which audio files are played .
  Definitely leave a tick.
- Only auto-suspend if connected to the internet - Put tabs into sleep mode only if you have an internet connection .
  It will be useful if the tab has already loaded and after going into sleep mode, it will not be possible to load it again.
- Only auto-suspend if running on battery - Put tabs into sleep mode only when there is no power connection .
  Absolutely useless function, as for me, but someone on a laptop can be useful.
- Automatically unsuspend tab when it is viewed - Automatically “wake up” a tab when you switch to it .
  I do not advise tick. Sometimes you can just accidentally switch to an unnecessary “sleeping” tab.
- Add the Great Suspender to the right-click context menu - Add an extension to the context menu .
  I personally use the icon in the upper right corner, so this function is useless for me. (Read more in paragraph number 5 ).
- Theme - Theme .
  There are only two themes to choose from for tabs in sleep mode: Light and Dark . There is a taste, a bright theme is pleasant to my eye, and I left it.
- Screen capturing - Screenshot of the page before going to sleep .
  Instead of the topic there will be a screenshot of the page, but because of this, the expenditure of RAM, the load on the processor will increase. It is worth thinking twice before ticking.
  - Capture visible screen only - Screenshot of only that part of the page that is shown on the screen .
  - Capture entry page - Screenshot of the entire page .
- Whitelist - White sheet (as black, only white) .
  List of sites that will not automatically go to sleep.
Session management - Session management:
- Current session - Current session .
- Recent session - Last session .
- Saved session - Saved session .
- n Window - The number of browser windows.
- n Tabs - The total number of tabs of all browsers.
- Date - Date / Month / Year.
- Resuspend - Open all tabs in a separate window.
- Reload - Open all tabs in a separate window and update them.
- Export - Save tabs in txt file format to your PC.
- Save - Save tabs (transfer them to Saved session).
- Delte - Delete saved tabs and browser windows.
Keyboard shortcuts - Hotkeys:
I do not use hotkeys myself, but I advise you.
- Suspend active tab - “put to sleep” the active tab.
  Unsuspend active tab - “Wake up” the active tab.
  Active tab - the tab on which you are currently located.
- Suspend all tabs in active window - “Sleep” all tabs in the active browser window.
  Unsuspend all tabs in active window - “Wake up” all tabs in the active browser window.
  The active browser window is the window in which you are currently located.
- Suspend all tabs in all windows - “put to sleep” all tabs in all browser windows.
  Unsuspend all tabs in all windows - “Wake up” all tabs in all browser windows
Support - Help:
- Email your feedback to - Email developers for feedback / feedback .
  Please report issues to - You should write here if you suddenly find an error in the extension .
- Titles + thanks.
- If you are generous and you like The Great Suspender, you can thank the developers for Bitcoin or $ / € via Paypal.
The Great Suspender icon in the upper right corner of the browser:
- Suspend this tab - “Sleep” an open tab .
- Don't suspend this tab - Do not “lull” an open tab .
- Never suspend this site - Never put an open site to sleep .
- Suspend other tabs - “put to sleep” all browser tabs, except the one that is now open .
- Unsuspend all tabs - “Wake up” all browser tabs .
- Settings - Settings .
  All that I described in the four points above.

Demonstration of The Great Suspender:

PS

Satisfied with the expansion completely, I advise both those who have a lot of RAM, and those who have it quite a bit.

"Wake up" = refresh the page.
“Put to sleep” = put into sleep mode.

The page in sleep mode can be updated by clicking on

UPD:

Tetrodotoxin: Tab Suspender for Firefox .

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/355170/

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