xTab
Limit the maximum number of tabs that can be open at the same time.
Total ratings
3.86
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Helps with tab management and productivity.
- Effective in limiting the number of open tabs.
- Simple and easy to use.
Cons
- Frequently stops working or malfunctions across different browsers.
- User interface issues, such as settings not displaying correctly.
- Can bypass tab limits by opening new browser windows.
Most mentioned
- Not working on certain browsers (e.g., MS Edge, Opera).
- Interface issues where settings do not show.
- Problems with tabs being opened despite the set limit.
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Recent rating average:
3.70
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-10 |  | | ||
| 2024-10-25 |  | | fr | Parfait pour limiter ma charge mentale (et de RAM) |
| 2024-10-20 |  | | ru | Перестало работать!!!! MS Edge 130.0.2849.46 вместо настроек белое окно и количество вкладок перестало ограничивать. В Google Chrome и ЯндексБраузере работает!!! |
| 2024-10-17 |  | | en | everything's perfect, helped me to cure my less focus time. |
| 2024-09-28 |  | | en | It was my favourite self control app...unfortunately it stopped working on MS Edge. Looking for alternatives. |
| 2024-09-08 |  | | en | Great Extension if used in chrome. Working with Edge, not working with Opera (setting box does not show) |
| 2024-08-25 |  | | en | This has helped so much with tab management! I have changed my settings to close the least used tabs when I try to open a new one. It isn't the default for the extension, but I highly recommend selecting that setting, its my favorite and has been the most effective one for me so far. Definitely worth it, been using it for years :) |
| 2024-05-02 |  | | en | Until the last couple of days, I would say this is a 4-star extension. I've used this for years and used it with Brave for a couple of years, but all of a sudden in the last couple of days, it stopped working. What happens now, is when you try to open a tab that puts you over your limit, the tab is open in a new browser window instead of being blocked. So, it seems like the v2.0.1 release introduced a bug. ------------ 08-24-2024 UPDATE: The behavior has continued over all of these months. Today, I came back and saw your message, Craig. I disabled xTab, restarted Brave, then re-enabled xTab and restarted Brave again. For years, I have set the limit to 100 tabs, but I know for a fact that Brave and my PC can handle up to around 200-230 or so tabs without a problem. As of today, due to xTab's behavior, I was up to 5 windows and 234 tabs because xTab at some point just launches a new window. Or Brave is doing it. I don't know. I saved all of my open tabs and then I changed the xTab limit to 30 tabs, restarted Brave, then changed the limit to 120 tabs and restarted Brave. I then proceeded to re-open tabs to see what would happen when I got around 120 tabs. Actually, I found it fluctuates, but when trying to open a new tab, the 101st, 102nd, or maybe the 103rd tab causes a new window to open. Maybe the approximate 100 or so tab limit for a window has always existed or is a Brave specific limit. For a few years, I used Chrome (not sure if I used xTab back then), but then used Edge for a few years and I definitely used xTab during that time, but I usually kept the xTab limit to 100 tabs. And now I have used Brave for more than 2 years. However, xTab still lets me blow by the 120 tab limit. Ever since I started using xTab many years ago, I've always enabled the "Block new tabs from opening" option. I'm not sure when the "Block without warning" option was added, but I have never used that. I like to see the pop-up that lets me know I just tried opening a tab that put me over the limit. Of course, that hasn't worked for me now since late April/early May 2024. For now, I've decided to just disable xTab since even completely removing it and re-adding it also did not fix the issue. Something related to the changes with manifest v3 has it simply not working correctly, both with forcing new windows to open and not actually limiting new tabs from being open at the limit cut-off. |
| 2024-08-16 |  | | en | hey there, unfortunately i kept my minimum tabs as 0 and closed the browser now i am unable to open the browser is there any way to solve this please |
| 2024-06-30 |  | | en | it worked wonders when i downloaded it yesterday however today it wont show the interface when i click on it and instead it just shows a little square, i reinstalled it but there seems to be no improvement, it still shows a little square instead of the interface alot :(. update: 17 jul 2024 its still showing a little box instead of the settings page, not working |
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