I just recently learned about Firefox session restore. I can’t believe it’s been available all this time from the dang Preferences menu.
What I have known about and really liked is the Google Browser Sync plugin. I use it on the 3 machines I normally use to keep my bookmarks in sync. However, I’m thinking about dropping the plugin as it does cause problems when you don’t have a network connection. I end up losing all the open tabs I had (it’s possible to get them back with a lot of digging in your history, but who has time for that).
I think I’m gonna try using both features, Google Browser sync to keep all my machines sync’ed up, and Firefox session restore to cover me for when I don’t have a network connection. With the backup option I can at least have my tabs populate, yes, without content, but then I can save them to my bookmarks and get them back when I do get a connection.
Forgive me if I over think this browser tab thing, but I normally have between 30-50 tabs open at one time. I guess I’m a webpage pack-rat. I never kill off a tab. I use them as a reference library when researching something, I keep all my favorite sports pages up, gmail, google calendar, reader, and the list goes on and on.
If anyone know of a better solution to manage something like this let me know. I really thought I hit the holy grail with Google Browser Sync, but it really kills me when I don’t have a network connection.