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Firefox 3.5 Problem with Tabs

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Barnum

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Sep 4, 2008
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When I quit Firefox 5.3 it does not save my tabs for the next time it starts. Is there a solution to this problem or do I have to wait for the next bug fix?
 
humm... interesting. Its doing the same thing for me. It doesn't even ask to save the tabs on quit....:confused: will look arround some to see.
 
does this work?
 

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try a force quit and reopen. the main point of reloading tabs was if there was a crash, it would reload the tabs..
 
techfreak85 said:
try a force quit and reopen. the main point of reloading tabs was if there was a crash, it would reload the tabs..
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i dont think thats what OP was asking.

however, are you saying your firefox will not restore tabs after a crash?
 
clevin said:
i dont think thats what OP was asking.

however, are you saying your firefox will not restore tabs after a crash?
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im saying it will. In the old versions and i think in one of the betas as well, when quitting, it would ask if u wanted to save ur tabs, and on open, ask if u wanted a new session or ur Tabs from last time.
 
techfreak85 said:
im saying it will. In the old versions and i think in one of the betas as well, when quitting, it would ask if u wanted to save ur tabs, and on open, ask if u wanted a new session or ur Tabs from last time.
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that only happens when you run firefox for the first time with a profile. it will not ask again once you made a choice. It can be changed at the place i showed above.
 
clevin said:
that only happens when you run firefox for the first time with a profile. it will not ask again once you made a choice. It can be changed at the place i showed above.
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it asked me when i was running a beta like all the time i quit and started.
 
im a bit confused. can you list a step 1,2,3 to reproduce what you experienced? and tell me what is "expected result", and what actually happened?
 
Usually when you quit Firefox a dialog will pop up asking to "Save and Quit", "Quit", or "Cancel". I believe there is also a tick box to tell Firefox not to prompt you when quitting and to "just quit".

While one of the responses said you can have the preference to always save tabs upon quit, some people like having the prompt.

I think that's what the thread starter is asking, and the solution is here.
 
I think this may be a bug with the latest firefox. I have only just got a mac (2/7 ago) and couldn't get this working. Always been fine in windows and linux, and yes I have adjusted the settings as above. Googling suggests it may be a problem with the mac version of firefox v3.5.
Is very annoying as tab mix plus won't work with this version either. :(
 
Forgive me jumping this old thread, but this problem has been bothering me as well, and I was wondering if anyone had any solutions?

-My firefox remembers history and is set to re-open tabs at opening.
-When I close down Firefox using the red traffic light, when I re-open, all tabs are gone
HOWEVER
-When I exit the Firefox session using command+Q, upon reopening Firefox, my session is restored.

Might this have something to do with the Mac's dual closing feature? When you close Firefox the program stays running, to completely close it you have to QUIT it...

Any solutions to have it save the tabs when I just close Firefox?
 
I was told it is indeed this 'feature' of keeping the process in memory when clicking the red X. Cmd Q is the solution i use. It still seems like a bug but it seems this is the mac way.
 
eagleice said:
any news on this problem? Gameunreal postet the problem.
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There is no problem :)

for example:
When I close down Firefox using the red traffic light, when I re-open, all tabs are gone
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the red traffic light close only the window

Might this have something to do with the Mac's dual closing feature?
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There is no dual closing feature on a Mac .. only Cmd Q.


When you want more features .. use for example:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324

Cheers
 
if there is no problem: how do I get my tabs back when I pressed the red X closing button?

(It's not that big of a deal for me, i minimize with cmd+m anyway, or cmd+q. But if someone else uses my firefox, he will close the window with the red X, meaning that all my tabs are gone!? )

and I use Session Manager, no change here.
 
eagleice said:
if there is no problem: how do I get my tabs back when I pressed the red X closing button?

(It's not that big of a deal for me, i minimize with cmd+m anyway, or cmd+q. But if someone else uses my firefox, he will close the window with the red X, meaning that all my tabs are gone!? )

and I use Session Manager, no change here.
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Look for "Recently closed windows" or similar in the history menu entry.
 
Tab mix plus extension has been updated to work with firefox 3.5 now, so you could use that to restore sessions.
 
By the way,
and you have still always the:
History/Recently Closed Tabs
History/Recently Closed Windows
Restore from last session ...
options

Cheers
 
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