Second bite at tab recovery

[MiamiMike]

Happy Pale Moon user.

This AM, our "friends" at Oracle decided I needed a java update. After declining to use Yahoo as my home page, it installed the update and opened Pale Moon . . . and all my tabs were gone. I had something like 65 open, working on a large project, and of course with a deadline.

The "normal" procedure when a Windows program misbehaves is to close it and reopen it. This is *exactly* the wrong thing to do with Pale Moon because it then loses the tabs forever by overwriting the session restore backup file. (That may be inaccurate, but close, reopen, close, reopen does overwrite the pertinent .bak file).

What I'd like to see is this:

The backup file should allow us a couple of bites at the apple before it bombs. If there were a "chain" of files, such as .bak, .bak1, .bak2, .bak3, etc., we'd have a chance to restore our tabs even if we screwed it up the first (or second) time. There ought to be a window ("Restore tabs?") followed by another window ("Which one?") or ("What date/session?") so we have a tab history just like we have a browsing history.

Help us Markus Straver, you're our only hope . . .

Best Regards,
Miami Mike

[fillerup]

use SessionManager: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/down ... on-history. i specify my SM to create a backup at shutdown, at restart, and save my sessions every 10 minutes for a maximum of 10 sessions

[MiamiMike]

Alas, not compatible with PM 27.3.0. (darn!)

[hackerman1]

SessionManager 0.8.1.7 works on PM 27.3.0, also on PM 64-bit.
I´m using it...

[TechnoLurker]

I've actually been using Session Manager 0.8.1.12 for quite a while with no problems on 27.3.0 (64-bit) on both Win 7 x64 and Win10 x64.

[fillerup]

I've actually been using Session Manager 0.8.1.12 for quite a while with no problems on 27.3.0 (64-bit) on both Win 7 x64 and Win10 x64.

Alas, not compatible with PM 27.3.0. (darn!)

hmm.. it works on my 27.3 but only because i've had it for a while before all these 27.x upgrades. tried reinstalling 0.8.1.12 from AMO (the version i'm currently using, same as TechnoLurker) and it throws up a "not compatible with Pale Moon 27.3" error. maybe try downloading the xpi to your computer and install it through this: https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/ ... ster-tool/

[coffeebreak]

maybe try downloading the xpi to your computer and install it through this: https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/ ... ster-tool/

@fillerup, That tool is for installing jetpack add-ons, but Session Manager isn't jetpack.
I believe, based on what others have posted, the compatibility warning is triggered by a version mismatch.

There are instructions in this thread for editing the xpi to make it install: "How to install the latest version of Session Manager in Pale Moon 27.x"

Or install this to disable compatibility checks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/

Off-topic:
For how to check the extension type, see https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=12503#p89424

[JustOff]

maybe try downloading the xpi to your computer and install it through this: https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/ ... ster-tool/

@fillerup, That tool is for installing jetpack add-ons, but Session Manager isn't jetpack.

You are wrong, Moon Tester Tool works with any extensions.

Or install this to disable compatibility checks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/

I strongly advise all not to disable compatibility checks globally, this can lead to unpredictable side effects.

[coffeebreak]

maybe try downloading the xpi to your computer and install it through this: https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/moon-tester-tool/

@fillerup, That tool is for installing jetpack add-ons, but Session Manager isn't jetpack.

You are wrong, Moon Tester Tool works with any extensions.

Thanks, I didn't know that.

Or install this to disable compatibility checks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/

I strongly advise all not to disable compatibility checks globally, this can lead to unpredictable side effects.

Personally I turn updating off on all extensions and update manually, but yes, I should have recalled/mentioned that if automatic updating is on there is a potential for some extensions to get updated to improper versions.

(Moon Tester Tool turns off automatic updates for extensions that were installed by using it.)

[TechnoLurker]

hmm.. it works on my 27.3 but only because i've had it for a while before all these 27.x upgrades. tried reinstalling 0.8.1.12 from AMO (the version i'm currently using, same as TechnoLurker) and it throws up a "not compatible with Pale Moon 27.3" error. maybe try downloading the xpi to your computer and install it through this: https://addons.palemoon.org/extensions/ ... ster-tool/

I think that's also why it works on mine. I had it before 27.3.0. Probably could follow coffeebreak's instructions to edit the XPI to change the minVersion from 38 down to the appropriate number for Pale Moon.