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August 31, 2006

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ForgetMeNot performs BTR: browser tab resuscitation

Posted Aug. 31, ’06, 10:20 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software

ForgetMeNotTabbed browsing is one of my very favoritest additions to the world of web browsing. It lets me manage mounds of websites in very little screen real estate, which is at a demand on a 13” screen. But, alas, in my browser of choice, Safari, I find myself too often accidentally closing a window that had a number of open tabs in it. When I used to work on a Windows PC, I used Firefox’s SessionSaver plug-in, which could also restore open tabs after a crash, but Safari didn’t have this feature. At best, I used Safari stand to create a “shelf” of open tabs in situations where I didn’t want to lose them, but this had to be done manually, and I often forgot.

Once again, it’s our buddy Dan Frakes to the rescue. In his latest Mac Gems blog, Dan points us towards ForgetMeNot, a fantastic little piece of software that helps you save those valuable tabs. Whenever you quit Safari, ForgetMeNot remembers your open tabs, then restores them when you relaunch the program. In addition to that, if you happen to close a window with a bunch of tabs in it, ForgetMeNot adds an “Unclose Window” option to the file menu that lets you retrieve them (who hasn’t tried instinctively hitting command-Z when that’s happened?). Unfortunately, it doesn’t retrieve tabs after a crash, but it ought to return you to the last state it can remember—better than nothing, I’d think.

Dan points out a couple of downsides: for instance, ForgetMeNot is installed in your system-level Library folder as opposed to your user-level Library folder, which can make troubleshooting more difficult, but he’s got instructions for working around that. I for one hope that Apple takes a hint from this and the state-saving features of NetNewsWire, and implements something similar in the next version of Safari.


4 Comments

Richard Neal said:

OmniWeb has all that functionality built in, and saves them after a crash as well.

August 31, 2006 10:25 AM
walkingmac said:

VERY COOL.. a must have.

August 31, 2006 11:30 AM
degx said:

I'm new to mac, so i need to ask
is it me or safari just does'nt read arabic right?

August 31, 2006 1:13 PM
Luis said:

Hi please tell me how to uninstall it.

August 31, 2006 5:24 PM

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