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by jimktrains2 3026 days ago
The thing that kept me from upgrading was TreeStyleTabs, but there is a non-XUL version of it which works fairly well.

While it is a pain, it's not as if Mozilla removed XUL support with no warning. What addons are you missing? Perhaps we can find updates or replacements?
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Kliment 3026 days ago
Session manager is the main one that's missing for me. Nothing else can reliably selectively restore a session with full history and unloaded tabs on startup after a crash for me.
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beezle 3024 days ago
Likewise, I will not go further with firefox until there is a working session manager. The one supposed alternative that is compatible has poor reviews and appears unreliable.

I might add that I was a nightly user for over 30 prior versions.

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jimktrains2 3025 days ago
Interesting. I've never had an issue with the built-in session restore functionality. I'm not dismissing you, but asking what issues you've had with it (so that I can watch out for them.)
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Kliment 3024 days ago
Sometimes, usually after a crash, firefox will restore an empty session. Session manager has a working backup in those cases.
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beezle 3024 days ago
the add on can make multiple dated session stores and you can pick which to restore from.
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hefty 3025 days ago
Classic Theme Restorer, Tab Mix Plus, Session Manager, Status-4-Evar.

I've looked for replacements but haven't found anything that comes close. From what I can gather, much of the functionality that allowed these extensions is now removed from Firefox. I thought equivalent APIs were going to be made available so they could be ported but that didn't happen.

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the_grue 3026 days ago
For me it's EdgeWise, Session Manager, DownThemAll, Status-4-Evar.
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