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The Great-er Tab Discarder 1.4.0

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Rob Kodey
Rob Kodey
Co-founder of Marvellous Codeworks. Rescued The Great Discarder, built 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.

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.

Full changelog on GitHub: v1.4.0 release