Tab Activate
New tabs open immediately instead of in the background
Total ratings
4.07
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works as advertised and meets user needs for tab management
- Simple and effective functionality, especially for switching to new tabs
- Useful in multiple browsers like Vivaldi and Brave
- Fulfills a feature that many believe should be built into Chrome
- Great user feedback regarding performance and ease of use
Cons
- Does not work on some versions of Chrome and specific websites
- Interference with lazy loading in Vivaldi and causes crashes
- Requires permissions that may not be necessary
- All tab groups expand upon starting Chrome, which is frustrating for users
Most mentioned
- Essential feature that should be in Chrome's settings
- Inactive or buggy behavior in newer Chrome versions
- Runs into conflicts with other extensions or settings
- Desire for additional features like opening bookmarks in new tabs
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Recent rating average:
3.70
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-22 |  | | ru | Супер. Наконец то можно автоматически переходить на новую вкладку открытую по СКМ. |
| 2024-11-26 |  | | en | I made a new extension based on this one: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tab-activate-v2/anpjffgglpjkiiaabhmhihckcghknmbp It's exactly the same extension but it will prevent focusing tabs when Chrome starts which will prevent loading every tabs in memory. Enjoy! |
| 2024-11-03 |  | | en | Was looking for an extension that did this. Works on Version chrome 130.0.6723.92 does what it says and was just what i needed. Thanks |
| 2024-10-01 |  | | en | Simple, working well on Vivaldi desktop, Linux. Thanks. |
| 2024-09-17 |  | | en | Does not work on my version of Chrome which is the latest version. |
| 2024-09-13 |  | | en | I was having trouble with "Switch to new tab 1.0" versus LastPass auto-logout. This works! Thank you for something that should be in the regular settings! |
| 2024-08-06 |  | | en | Does what it says on the box. Thank you for something that should be in the regular settings! |
| 2024-07-13 |  | | en | Doesn't work on the Coinbase website. |
| 2024-07-01 |  | | en | Conflict with Vivaldi's "lazy loading" It´s definitely a great extension but my favorite browser is Vivaldi and this extension (and apparently others similar to this) is now interfering with lazy loading. It was working ok with lazy loading but now lazy loading doesn't work anymore when this extension is active on Vivaldi's start. I have to deactivate it before closing Vivaldi and activate it again after opening Vivaldi... or quickly click on "Hibernate all background tabs" before Vivaldi crashes due to so many tabs opening simultaneously and depleting all available memory. I don't know if it was something Vivaldi developers did or Chrome developers. |
| 2020-12-05 |  | | en | Edit: Seems very buggy now in newer versions of chrome (currently at v126.x). I have to keep manually disabling/enabling the extension in order to get it to start properly opening new tabs. --- Extremely simple. Works better than "Switch To New Tab" which I've used for years. I'm a developer, so I audited the code and can verify that it's extremely simple and doesn't do anything with it's access. In fact, it really doesn't need the requested permissions, because pressing shift when clicking opens in a new window anyway, so it has no practical effect anymore. That's why I reduced this by 1 star. It requires permissions it doesn't really actually need (at least not anymore). The author should update this! |
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