10 posts tagged with "The Great-er Tab Discarder"

A polished release focused on the suspended-tab experience: favicon dimming, flexible restore options, popup improvements, and automatic options saving — plus a fix for suspended tabs that Chrome was blocking on direct load.

What's changed​

Suspended tab options​

Three new options for how suspended tabs look and behave:

• Favicon dimming — the favicon of a suspended tab is visually dimmed to distinguish it from active tabs at a glance
• Restore by clicking anywhere on the page — no need to click a specific button; clicking anywhere on the suspended page resumes it
• Restore by Reload — reloading the tab (keyboard shortcut or browser button) unsuspends it

Bug fixes​

• Fixed: Suspended tabs being blocked by Chrome when opened directly — for example, by a session restore tool
• Fixed: Suspended tab favicons not loading on initial browser launch. Note: favicons must be in the browser cache to display correctly until a local favicon cache is implemented in a future release.

Popup improvements​

The main extension popup now shows more at a glance:

• Count of Discarded and Suspended tabs currently open
• Assigned keyboard shortcuts for quick reference

Options saving​

Options are now saved automatically as you change them. The Save and Cancel buttons have been removed.

Internals​

Background code now uses ES modules for easier future integration and maintenance.

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.4.0 release

The biggest feature addition in TGD's history: Suspending tabs is now a first-class option alongside Discarding. If you've been using TMS alongside TGD, you may find you no longer need both.

What's changed​

Tab Suspension​

TGD can now Suspend tabs in addition to Discarding them. Suspending keeps the tab visible with its title and favicon while freeing memory — the difference from Discarding is that the tab shows a dedicated suspended page rather than being silently unloaded by the browser.

• Suspend individual tabs from the extension popup or via keyboard shortcuts
• Switch between automatic Suspending and Discarding in Settings — you choose which behaviour applies to idle tabs

Customizable suspended tab titles​

Suspended tabs can now display a custom title prefix to distinguish them visually at a glance. Example prefixes: 💤 🔴 🟡 — plus a full range of color options.

Improved tab migration​

The migration UI has been upgraded: you can now view and individually select which eligible tabs to Migrate or Convert, rather than migrating everything at once.

Tiny Suspender support​

suspend.html tabs from Tiny Suspender can now be migrated to TGD.

Fixes​

• Tab migration logic has been improved to handle different suspended-tab URL formats more robustly, preventing migration loops.

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.3.0 release

A targeted fix for a regression in "Discard at startup" that caused tabs to be discarded during browser idle worker restarts — not just on actual browser startup.

What's changed​

• Fixed: "Discard at startup" (again) — the previous fix in 1.2.1 did not cover the case where Chrome restarts idle service workers in the background. Tabs were being discarded unexpectedly as a result.

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.2.2 release

A small patch addressing a timing issue with "Discard at startup" and a layout cleanup on the tab migration page.

What's changed​

• Fixed: "Discard at startup" would occasionally be skipped during browser startup due to a race condition
• Rearranged the tab migration page for a simpler, cleaner layout

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.2.1 release

A round of fixes and a new migration source: Tab Suspender's park.html tabs can now be imported, and several popup/context-menu actions that had quietly broken are working again.

What's changed​

• New: Migrate park.html tabs from Tab Suspender — one more extension you can leave behind cleanly
• Fixed: "Pause discarding this tab" (previously "Don't discard this tab for now") — the action was not working; also renamed to better reflect what it actually does
• Fixed: Several popup and context-menu actions that had stopped working after the Manifest V3 rewrite — options storage code was largely rewritten to address the root cause
• New: Tab Groups are now optionally displayed on the Profiler page

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.2.0 release

Three things at once: a new name with a small but meaningful tweak, automatic dark mode support, and a feature for users coming over from The Marvellous Suspender or The Great Suspender (notrack) — TGD can now migrate their suspended tabs directly.

What's changed​

Migrate suspended tabs from other extensions​

TGD can now detect and migrate suspended.html tabs from extensions like The Marvellous Suspender and The Great Suspender (notrack). If you're switching to TGD from one of those, your suspended tabs will be converted cleanly rather than left as broken pages.

Automatic dark mode​

The extension UI now follows the system dark mode preference automatically — no manual toggle needed.

New name​

A small but intentional rename to improve visibility and searchability. The internal workings are the same; the presentation is cleaner.

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.1.0 release

A quick follow-up to the Manifest V3 launch: a bug fix and a couple of Profiler page improvements.

What's changed​

• Fixed a tempWhitelist bug introduced during the Manifest V3 migration
• Profiler page now shows tab group and pinned status for each tab
• Profiler page now groups tabs by Window — thanks again to @vapier
• Added a direct link to the Profiler page in the extension popup

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.0.1 release

After nearly four years, TGD is back — and fully up to date. Version 1.0.0 brings the long-awaited migration to Manifest V3, ensuring the extension keeps working as Google phases out Manifest V2 support on the Chrome Web Store.

What's changed​

Manifest V3 migration​

The entire extension has been updated to comply with Chrome's Manifest V3 platform. This was the primary — and almost sole — focus of this release: keeping TGD alive and functional as Google enforces the new extension standards across the Web Store.

Huge thanks to Mike Frysinger (@vapier) for doing all the hard work on the migration.

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Full changelog on GitHub: v1.0.0 release

A round of quality-of-life improvements and cleanup: a new bulk-discard command, cleaner options layout, and a leaner codebase.

What's changed​

• New popup command to discard all eligible tabs based on current options (no force, respects whitelist and other settings)
• Discard at startup option now has its own settings group with clearer visibility
• New option to enable links to the browser's built-in Discards page (chrome://discards)
• Options tab now switches to an existing tab instead of always opening a new one
• Updated HTML layout with heavier font and tweaked styling for readability
• Standardized and formatted HTML and CSS files
• Removed the time-grunt dependency
• Removed nag prompts
• General logging cleanup

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Full changelog on GitHub: v0.2.1 release

The Great-er Tab Discarder (TGD) starts here: a clean fork of the original The Great Discarder, stripped of tracking and built for people who just want their RAM back.

What's in this release​

• Discard at startup — a new option to automatically discard tabs when the browser launches, freeing memory from the first moment Chrome opens
• Removed Google Analytics — no tracking, no data collection
• Removed unneeded extension permissions — the extension asks for only what it actually needs
• Renamed throughout — the fork has its own identity across all files and the UI
• Available on the Chrome Web Store

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Full changelog on GitHub: v0.2.0 release