Load Background Tabs on Select

Name: Load Background Tabs on Select
Rating: 4.6364 (22 reviews)
Author: igorlogius

Prevents background tabs from loading until they have been activated

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Load Background Tabs on Select is a Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing efficiency by delaying the loading of background tabs. When you open multiple tabs via shortcuts like CTRL+Left Mouse Button, only the active tab loads immediately, while background tabs remain unloaded until selected. This helps in saving bandwidth, reducing browser resource consumption, and speeding up your browsing experience.

By preventing unnecessary loading of tabs you haven't activated, this extension ensures a smoother and more efficient browsing session, especially useful for users who open many tabs simultaneously for research or multitasking purposes.

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Daily users:

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Version:

1.2.13 Last updated: 2025-07-01

Version code:

5980370

Creation date:

2021-07-16

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
tabs

Size:

11.86KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-12

Ranking

# 11,194 ▲ 123

Other rankings

#20 in background keyword 24 ▲ 1

#21 in custom background keyword 22

#21 in hd backgrounds keyword 16

#50 in loading keyword 25 ▲ 1

#77 in selection keyword 23 ▲ 3

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User reviews

by 远离*****, 2025-04-15

This add-on is wonderful! It's always bothered me that, when I "Open all Bookmarks" in a folder, FF tries to load all of them at the same time.

by Ha*****, 2025-04-11

by 敬念*****, 2025-03-10

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Load Background Tabs on Select 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.

Risk likelihood

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Load Background Tabs on Select is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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