- By:
- Tab Activate
- Users:
- 50,000
- Rating:
- 4.07 (265)
1 new ratings
- Version:
- 3.2.1 Last updated: 2022-05-20
- Creation date:
- 2020-01-15
- Risk:
- Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- tabs
- tabs
- Size:
- 6.14KB
- Email:
- ta*****@gmail.com
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- 13 hours ago
User reviews
Pros
- Effectively switches to new tabs immediately upon opening, improving user workflow.
- Simple and lightweight extension with straightforward functionality.
- Highly appreciated by users who want Chrome to behave like other browsers with tab switching.
- Works well with other extensions that manage tabs, such as "Open Last Tab."
- Compatible with multiple Chromium-based browsers including Chrome, Edge, and Vivaldi (with some caveats).
Cons
- Causes all tabs to load immediately on Chrome startup, which can make the browser unresponsive, especially for users with many tabs open.
- Incompatible with Vivaldi's lazy loading feature, leading to performance issues.
- Tab groups get expanded on Chrome startup, which some users find annoying.
- Extension requires permissions that may no longer be necessary, causing privacy concerns.
- Does not function properly on some websites, e.g., Coinbase.
- Buggy behavior in newer Chrome versions, requiring manual disable/enable cycles.
Recent reviews
Works like a charm! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
(I fail to understand why this is not a standard option in Chrome settings.)
by
Mi*****, 2025-06-11
Enabling this extension will cause Google Chrome to attempt to load all tabs when it is restarted. As a result, Google Chrome will be unresponsive.
The only available option is to forcibly close the application.
If you attempt to force quit Google Chrome, you will find that you cannot disable or remove the extension. This is because the extension will behave the same the next time you start it.
The extension does work as it claims, it is not a good extension for users who have many tabs open all the time.
I disabled all extensions installed in Google chrome and enabled them one by one and found that it is this extension that is the cause.
For users who only have a few tabs open.
by
予約*****, 2025-06-03
Excellent, just what I needed! Now I wish to find an extension which could control where in a row of open tabs the new link or duplicated tab opens - at the beginning, to the left or right of the original tab, or at the end of all open tabs. There was a number of such extensions but Google killed them all :(
by
Sv*****, 2025-03-06
Extension safety
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk
impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of
damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your
personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they
do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Tab Activate requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious.
This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on
Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been
around, and other signals about the
Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change
as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always
exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.
Tab Activate has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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