LoadTabOnSelect Evolution
By: Un Crevard Add-on
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Load backgrounded tabs ONLY on selection.
Support session restore/favicon
Support Firefox >=52 (and ESR)
Ignore file:// & about: scheme
and remove google search links prefix
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Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
Manifest V2 Add-on
- By:
- Un Crevard
- Daily users:
- 10
- Rating:
- 3.83 (12)
- Version:
- 1.8 Last updated: 2020-11-17
- Version code:
- 5135302
- Creation date:
- 2018-04-16
- Risk:
- High risk impact Low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- tabs
- storage
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- <all_urls>
- tabs
- Size:
- 16.94KB
- URLs:
- Website
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-08-15
- Compare stats and ranking:
- LoadTabOnSelect Evolution vs LoadTabOnSelect 3
- LoadTabOnSelect Evolution vs Load Background Tabs Lazily
- LoadTabOnSelect Evolution vs Load Background Tabs on Select
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User Reviews
Do not use this addon!
What it does is hold your tabs hostage - it replaces tab address with a text string which is only understood by this addon.
If anything happens to this addon - consider all your tabs gone, they will not load anymore. Even if you re-activtae or re-install the addon, this won't solve the problem, the tabs will still not load!
Same thing will happen if the addon becomes incompatible with the future FF releases - you will lose all your tabs.
I am writing this looking at multiple dead tabs which I can't load anymore after de-activating and then re-activating this addon...
by Sh*****, 2023-05-12
by A*****, 2022-09-25
Is LoadTabOnSelect Evolution Safe?
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.
LoadTabOnSelect Evolution requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. 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 Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. 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 Firefox add-on.
LoadTabOnSelect Evolution 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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