Mozilla Firebird Tab Sessions...

nolimit · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14

My tab sessions aren't being saved and I'm not sure why... I have the tabbrowser extentions installed and have the "Restore tab session instead..." option checked in the Startup options.

anyone have an idea of what could be wrong?

Thanks

wishkah · Guru Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 441 Location: de

Try to start firebird from the console (MozillaFirebird is the bin-name) and see whether there is any "permission denied" output. Maybe he cannot save the session because of some permission problems... that's just a wild guess.
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nolimit · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14

hmm nope, no errors

paulisdead · Guru Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 510 Location: Seattle, WA

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're asking for, but if you go to tools > options > general you can put multiple sites for the home page location(s) like this

nolimit · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14

ahh that's neat -- not what I needed, but very cool none-the-less.

What my problem is that when I have a tab session open ... let's say I have tabs to google.com, forums.gentoo.org, freshmeat.net and then I open a tab to php.net.

When I close firebird, and then reopen it I will only get one tab, php.net (the latest tab I opened to). I want it to open to the tab session I left off with -> google.com, forums.gentoo.org, etc.

bullfrog · n00b Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Posts: 65 Location: Orlando

I have this exact same problem. If I can get that working right, I will switch from Opera to Firebird. I like the way text looks and the not-shareware-ness of Firebird better than Opera, but right now, this is killing me.

Regor · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:58 am Post subject:

It doesn't work for me either, but it has when I've used Firebird in Windows. So I guess it's some kind of issue with the extension and the Linux version of the browser.

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bullfrog · n00b Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Posts: 65 Location: Orlando

aha! I fixed it. The tabbrowser extensions are crap for me. They provide all kinds of unnecessary options and stuff and doesn't work anyway.

Solution:

Get the extension called "session saver". Enable that one and disable the tabbrowser extensions. It works flawlessly.

pranyi · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject:

nolimit · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14

Regor · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:44 am Post subject:

Well it's only the automatic session restore function that doesn't work for me. The rest of the tabbrowser extensions are absolutely essential AFAIC. I wouldn't be using mozilla at all without them. I don't want my browser to open other windows -- ever.

So except for the one thing the tabbrowser extensions are fantastic for me!

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nolimit · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14

yep it works! too bad I had to wipe my .phoenix dir and I wasn't thinking...
there goes all my saved passwords/history/bookmarks D:!

pranyi · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:47 am Post subject:

I have anebled both TBE and session saver. It works flawlessly.