Google Kills the Great Tab Suspender

[MatthewBF]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-kills-the-great-suspender-heres-what-you-should-do-next/

[tw04]

Just FYI, edge supports this natively in the latest version. I've completely switched over after Google's last few rounds of questionable behavior.

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/12/09/sleeping-tabs...

[fukmbas → tw04]

Lol sure thing Bill

[mbrumlow → fukmbas]

I know it feels weird. But M$ has been behaving more like the Google we know and love while Google had been behaving more like the M$ we hate.

[jjjeii3]

This functionality should be in browsers, without any extension.

[tuxracer → jjjeii3]

It's built into the Chromium based Edge which is actually a great browser in many other respects as well. Particularly fond of how easy it is to install any arbitrary web app as its own dock/taskbar icon at my own choosing vs the wall of prereqs [0] Chrome puts up before allowing the same.

[0] https://web.dev/install-criteria/

[dbbk → jjjeii3]

It is in Chrome. They just do it automatically. There's an extension called Auto Tab Discard if you want manual control over when it discards them.

[lupire → dbbk]

Suspend is different from discard.

Chrome intentionally doesn't support fine-tuning behavior, except via extensions.

[Zardoz84 → jjjeii3]

Firefox does

[shadowprofile77 → Zardoz84]

what about listed saves of previous sessions like suspender offered?

[joshstrange]

After the HN post about this last week I switched to Auto Tab Discard [0] based on other people's suggestions and it's been perfect for my needs. I hate to lose the Great Tab Suspender if only because I liked the UI/character/branding but other than that I haven't noticed any differences or issues since moving to ATD.

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-tab-discard/j...

[FirstLvR]

about the headline, i believe the Great Tab Suspender just kill itself, sudoku style