Tabs Outliner
The Next Generation Session Manager; A Really Working Too Many Open Tabs Solution; And Your Browsing Notebook.
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4.45
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Good data model for organizing tabs and projects
- Useful for saving state across multiple devices
- Has potential for a great UI with proper updates
- Unique approach to managing tabs
- Helps in keeping tasks organized with notes and widows
Cons
- Extension frequently breaks after Chrome updates
- Developer support is lacking or non-responsive
- Many users report losing saved tabs and data
- User interface can feel clunky and outdated
- Overall neglect and limited updates by the developer
Most mentioned
- Extension appears abandoned with frequent bugs and breakages
- Users unable to recover tabs or access saved sessions
- Developer communication and support issues
- Recent updates causing functionality loss
- Lack of responsiveness from the developer regarding problems
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| 2025-01-13 |  | | en | tldr; extension is mostly abandoned at this point, but you can recover your saved data in full Unfortunately, it seems like neglect is preventing this extension from being truly the greatest extension. The extension has mostly been coasting for years on being a great tool and hasn't made any serious evolutions since. If it hasn't reached you yet, the more recent chrome updates effectively breaks this extension completely and I have no confidence this will be fixed. Apparently in my case, slowly features (such as local backups and Google drive backups) have been failing. Last drive backup goes back a year, local backup ~6 months... so it seems all is lost and the UI still doesn't load up. Looking at the extension code, it looks like it was refactored for manifest v3, but it's unclear to me how the update broke it. I'd suggest looking for other ways to manage your tabs from now on. With that said, if you are a current user and need to recover your tabs, the backups are a good start, but depending on when it broke for you, it might not be current. You can however recover the tree state as json and you can pick through that. Fortunately it will be in local storage under the key: onViewClose_lastSessionSnapshot 1. Open the extension (it will be blank) 2. Press F12 to open devtools 3. In the console tab, make sure the context (the dropdown on the top left) is set to "top" 4. Enter the command: console.log(localStorage.getItem('onViewClose_lastSessionSnapshot')) This will dump the json (which should be significantly large) to the console which you can copy to file and recover your data. |
| 2025-01-10 |  | | en | It has a very good data model even though the UI looks clunky. If the developer teams with a UI designer and a good growth lead, this can be turned into a significant product with a ton of revenue I am sure. Only request to the developer for now is to keep it updated as chrome changes versions and code standards. |
| 2024-08-24 |  | | en | A FIX.... I created a small partial fix for the error that suspended tabs / windows cannot be reopened. You can see the error I got below. If you have the same error in order to (kind of) fix you need to do the following... 1. open the 'Manage Extensions' page and go to the tabs outliner extension 2. click on the 'developer mode' at the top right 3. click on the 'Inspect views service worker' which appeared in the tabs outliner extension box , this will open a DevTools window. 4. Go to 'Sources' and find using ctrl+F the following line of code (currently it is on line 1070 but it might change) - chrome.windows.create(createProperties, restoreSavedWinCreationDone); 5. Replace it with the following code: try { chrome.windows.create(createProperties, restoreSavedWinCreationDone); } catch(error) { createProperties.left = 0; createProperties.width = 1000; chrome.windows.create(createProperties, restoreSavedWinCreationDone); } 6. Press ctrl+S to save. 7. Now try to open old suspended tabs and windows (They might not open at the size and locations they used to before) I hope that helped. Good luck! ------------ 3/10/24 Still having issue with opening tabs and windows, probably problems with the multiple display calculations. ------------ Any fixes of the following error expected and when? still can't recover suspended tabs. when trying to open suspended tabs / windows, I keep getting: "Error handling response: TypeError: Error in invocation of windows.create(optional object createData, optional function callback): Error at parameter 'createData': Error at property 'width': Value must be at least 0. at chrome-extension://eggkanocgddhmamlbiijnphhppkpkmkl/tree/js/treemodel.js:1070:32" Also after the beginning of the issues I backed up the chrome profiles just in case, and actually the extension data disappeared. so need to recover, but can't find in the profiles where are all the extension tabs are kept. Nice extension but after the update few weeks ago there were issues, and even after the update two days ago there are errors |
| 2025-01-02 |  | | en | I've used Tabs Outliner every day for years. It's a fantastic way to save tabs across time & multiple devices. I use it to save state on the many different projects I'm working on at the same time. It breaks at least once a year, and the developer doesn't do a great job of communicating issues or helping folks fix things. But, I've always found a way to fix it, so if you're somewhat technical you should be able to fix it. Eventually. Probably. YMMV? Overall, I love this extension and would personally rate it 5 stars. It's buggy, and occasionally stops working, but for a reasonable one time fee it's had quite a positive impact on my life. |
| 2024-12-30 |  | | pl | Tyle lat współpracy i nagle po prostu przestało działać, lista jest pusta :( |
| 2024-12-28 |  | | ru | У меня тоже перестало работать. Старые вкладки не показывает. Просто пустое окно |
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| 2024-12-20 |  | | ru | На сегодняшний день не работает . Окно расширения открывается , но вкладки не отображаются (пустое окно расширения) . Можно загрузить резервную копию , но вкладки не реагируют на нажатие . Видимо я зря платил для поддержки расширения ... |
| 2024-12-17 |  | | en | I've been using this extension for nearly 10 years. I paid early on supporting the develop because it is extremely useful. This vey low review is because the developer has neglected to respond to questions I have submitted for support from them, even though I can see that they viewed the emails. They are simply choosing not to support me and I find this unacceptable. |
| 2024-12-17 |  | |
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