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 Sphks   ( @Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Moving to piefed.lemmy.fan/c/weird_news - Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 2 years ago

Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs saved over two years after they can’t restore browsing session

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Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs saved over two years after they can’t restore browsing session

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 Sphks   ( @Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Moving to piefed.lemmy.fan/c/weird_news - Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 2 years ago
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Losing two years' worth of browsing tabs is no laughing matter.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/12299180

  •  drathvedro   ( @drathvedro@lemm.ee ) 
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    This instance demonstrates Firefox’s memory management capabilities, which put unused tabs to sleep to save memory via Tab Unloading. Mozilla released this feature with Firefox 93 in October 2021

    This has been a thing since at least 2012.

    •  Natanael   ( @Natanael@slrpnk.net ) 
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      And there’s literally dedicated extensions to tracking open tabs for you

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