Firefox 13: Is there a way to disable the now automatic refresh of tabs.

[doxavita]

I just updated to Firefox version 13.

I always have a ton of tabs open at once, but it seems that now, each time I click one it automatically refreshes itself. Anybody know how to stop this "auto-refresh"?

EDIT: Or maybe it's not a "refresh" but simply: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/13.0/releasenotes/ "Restored background tabs are not loaded by default for faster startup" , is that it? can I still disable this though?

 

[oviddawen]

1. Load about:config in the Firefox address bar.

2. Search for "BackgroundTabs" in the field provided. Firefox should return a line that looks like:

browser.zoom.updateBackgroundTabs ... true​

3. Double-click that line and confirm that the setting changes to:

browser.zoom.updateBackgroundTabs ... false​

4. Done!

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Actually, toggling that setting -- whether "true" or "false" -- seems to have had no effect. Sorry for the confusion.

1. Load about:config in the Firefox address bar.

2. Search for "BackgroundTabs" in the field provided. Firefox should return a line that looks like:

browser.zoom.updateBackgroundTabs ... true​

3. Double-click that line and confirm that the setting changes to:

browser.zoom.updateBackgroundTabs ... false​

4. Done!

 

[doxavita]

1. Load about:config in the Firefox address bar.

2. Search for "BackgroundTabs" in the field provided. Firefox should return a line that looks like:

browser.zoom.updateBackgroundTabs ... true​

3. Double-click that line and confirm that the setting changes to:

browser.zoom.updateBackgroundTabs ... false​

4. Done!

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Actually, toggling that setting -- whether "true" or "false" -- seems to have had no effect. Sorry for the confusion.

I was just about to post that, no solution whatsoever.

a. No damage done by toggling that, right?,
b. Does doing that void "my warranty", please tell me more, everything is still alright?

 

[oviddawen]

Yeah, bummer that it didn't actually work as I'd thought. But no damage done in toggling the setting. And Firefox has no warranty, so nothing to void there.

My current solution...

Reverting to a functional version of this browser (ie, v12):

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/12.0/mac/en-US/

 

[doxavita]

Yeah, bummer that it didn't actually work as I'd thought. But no damage done in toggling the setting. And Firefox has no warranty, so nothing to void there.

So that "This might void your warranty" message when going into about:config, is simply a joke? ( I'll still be able to update my Firefox? )


Hope they fix this issue in a future release.

 

[Watabou]

So that "This might void your warranty" message when going into about:config, is simply a joke? ( I'll still be able to update my Firefox? )


Hope they fix this issue in a future release.

It's actually a feature designed to make Firefox's startup faster by only loading the pinned tabs and the tab you were on. That way, the memory taken up is much lower and the start up is quicker.

To disable this, just to go Firefox preferences and select "Tabs" and deselect the "Don't load tabs until selected" option.

 

[doxavita]

To disable this, just to go Firefox preferences and select "Tabs" and deselect the "Don't load tabs until selected" option.

Well, I don't have the "Don't load tabs until selected" option. Perhaps because I'm a Tab Mix Plus user? , what can I do? this non-loading of tabs is getting really annoying for me...

EDIT: Found: How to fix this issue it seems it's all good now...