UnloadTab

If multitasking is something you indulge in on a daily basis, you probably know how important little hacks are when trying to improve your workflow.

One such example is UnloadTab, a Firefox extension designed to reduce the strain on your computer’s performance when working with multiple tabs.

Once you get the Firefox add-on, all you need to do is go to its settings section in order to configure it in a way that best fits your needs.

First of all, you can customize the extension’s behavior shown whenever you start your browser. You can choose to load all tabs or only the selected ones. Besides, there is a third option enabling you to load only a set of tabs and keep them loaded at all times.

The next step you need to take is indicate the interval after which you want the add-on to start unloading items, a task whose results will be optionally visible in the tabs' gray-out looks, which will instantly reload once you click them.

This Firefox extension can also customize the way you handle active tabs once you close one of them. The app offers to move to the nearest loaded tab either on the left or the right or the previously selected one. In case you do not want to interfere with the browser’s reaction, you can simply opt for the Firefox default option.

But since you may work with relevant tabs even though you do not click them that often, you can create an exception list. Asking the add-on to include subdomains on the list of tabs you want to keep loaded permanently is also a possibility. You can protect pinned tabs and stop them from being unloaded.

UnloadTab is a useful piece of software especially for those who are engaged in demanding projects requiring a lot of research online.

Working with multiple tabs at the same time should no longer leave its mark on your browsing experience, what with the extension unloading them whenever they are no longer necessary.