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HoldTab by Mikhail Vyrtsev

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  • by Alek Lunhaj Tanir, 5 years ago
    Please add some more functions for to loading block:- 1)If a loaded tab reactivated i.e. tab reloading(to stop),
    2)Enable functions at this site url,
    3)Highlight unloaded tab while its opened,
    4)Make settings option to block loading when activated also and the url in the addressbar will exist with waiting for to hit enter to go to site,
    5)The link which is opened in new tab and switched(activated) to it - make a function for that to stop load; just created an working bookmark.
  • by ChangeMachine, 8 years ago
    Sorry for posting this here, but I don't know how else to ask for info on your addon (for all users to see). Could you explain why this addon needs the permissions it does? Thanks.

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    Well, it's a great question, and I'm not satisfied with number of permissions as well, but they all necessary for nice ux.
    - "storage" is for storing preferences
    - "tabs" to listen for tab creation and activation events
    - "webRequest" and "webRequestBlocking" are for saving and restoring request info such as referrer for example. And most of all to quickly get url of the created tab before it start load content to avoid duplication of requests.
    - "history" is not necessary, but is used to remove extension holder page so it doesn't spam the history.
    - is used with webRequest. I think this is what behind "access all data on all websites".

    You may inspect the code itself at https://github.com/Reeywhaar/holdtab and if some permission is not necessary, I am all open for improvement.
  • by J. L., 8 years ago
    Could it be possible to add an option to deactivate the animation of the favicon?
  • by Juanka Hula, 8 years ago
    Could you consider if possible adding a blacklist feature (aka load on select only happens on those pages) because it's useful for the kind of pages you mention in the description but on normal browsing it can be bothersome sometimes.

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    Dear Juanka,
    I have added this feature and it will go into next release. Right now it in beta phase, so I can test it for a while. You can test it as well by installing beta version at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/holdtab/versions/beta?page=1#version-0.0.10pre3

    Thank you.