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Sunday, May 12, 2024

FreshStart 1.7 is released!

Hey there, fellow FreshStarters!

Guess what? FreshStart just got a fresh update – version 1.7 is out now, and even I'm surprised, lol! If you're new to FreshStart, make sure to catch up on what you've missed with our previous posts.

What's New?

Visually, things haven't changed much, but under the hood, it's like we've given FreshStart a whole new engine to run on, all to keep up with the latest Manifest V3.

*Manifest V3 is a new requirement from Chrome web store if extensions want to stay on the store.

Patch 1.7.1 Updates: (RELEASED! 17th May)

Please make sure you have updated to the latest version. Thanks!

Hi, everyone, the comment section is not the official area to report bug, please email to contactus@visibotech.com.

Open Session Problems - Fixed

Import session issues - Fixed

Snapshots gone from 1.6 gone - won't fixed
For the snapshots, they were meant to be valid for a very short period of time and will be overwritten multiple times during a standard chrome session. So there is no need to restore them to the extension. 

Please note that due to Manifest V3, the live cycle of the background task of an extension will not persist, so the crash restore functions might be affected somehow. (Might be a bit erratic but that the new Chrome's way I guess.)  

TooManyTabs for Chrome

Oh, and speaking of Manifest V3, I've also upgraded TooManyTabs (TMT), another Chrome's relics extension. If you're into that sort of thing, be sure to check it out!

Enjoy!

19 comments:

tjoe said...

This seems to be broken after the new release. Only loads the first tab now...

Vladimir said...
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frank said...

here too , only the first tab.....

alibey1917 said...

The same, only the first tab ...

Souma said...

It was already broken for me before the update, only loading one window out of the 5 I was saving most of the times (sometimes it opened up to 3 windows, sometimes it simply didn't open any window). That started around the time Youtube started doing some anti ad-block stuff, so that felt like Google Chrome broke something with the extension.

Had been looking for another extension that does the same thing, but all of the others load up fake tabs that require an extra step to load, which really annoys me. So I had been left opening reopening my tabs manually for the last couple months... Glad to see at least that this extension isn't completely forgotten.

cbrz said...

Cannot import a session from JSON file anymore... possibly broken with the upgrade.

totorocat said...

Any chance that saving tab groups will be added? :)

tjoe said...

I found that it still works if you middle click rather than left click

Moose said...
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Moose said...

Lost all my previous session snapshots. All five crash recovery snapshots are completely blank. Any ideas where I can pick them backup? These are tabs/windows that never got saved to sessions.

Moose said...

Ok, so I think I found the data in a log file located in AppData\Local\.....

Now, how to import back into FreshStart. Most of the data in the log file is unintelligible but I'm assuming the extension can read it. Might have to be a previous version of the extension though??? Any advice?

caleb said...

hi! i've been having issues i love this extension for loading saved tabs, but the past few days only 1 tab is loading as opposed to the 5 -10 tabs that should be

Lana said...

the best extension to manage sessions! Thank you for the update

Crazysamz said...

this extension has been very helpful all these years using it, wow I didn't realize it hasn't been updated for over a decade until now! There goes the saying, if it ain't broke don't fix it!

belg4mit said...

It is unfortunate that you broke snapshots. I have found this extension handy for recovering from various crashes, but it would seem because of this change, in combination with having to do a chromebook recovery this afternoon, that I have lost my previous session with hundred of tabs.

Lazy said...

Unfortunately can't load any saved session newer then April 12. Nothing happens on click.
I have to go to bookmarks and manually open saved tabs in a New Window. Please share the 1.7 release or fix the latest one.

Visibo Team said...

@Lazy, please update to latest 1.7.1 version.

Sergio Felix said...

Best chrome extension EVER! Can you please add a search function to it? ;-)

Quantaephia said...

Beyond words, I am beyond words so appreciative that you time and effort for an extension you made many years ago, that you were fully justifed to just forget about and move on, but you decided to make sure it would keep working for all of us! Thanks, from the "bottom of my heart"(never understood that metaphor), truly I am grateful; I'll look around thoroughly for donation options now; it won't be much, but you've more than earned it. I am certain.

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