FreshStart - Cross Browser Session Manager

Jeff State

2021-03-22

It's been 6 years since last updated, but FreshStart still does its job as one of the first reliable session management Chrome extensions. However, this extension does not support restoring Tab Groups. Restoring sessions, without Tab Groups, result in disorganized tabs. These restored tabs then need manual color and name reclassification into their respective Tab Groups.

Google has listed the Tab Group API as working since Chrome v89:
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/tabGroups/

A reliable tab management extension, such as FreshStart, would benefit greatly from being the first of its class to implement Chrome Tab Groups API.

Everything else with this extension, works great, so this is a 5* review as soon as Tab Group restoration is implemented.

Blackindigo7

2020-12-29

Works great, exactly as advertised though id love an option to mass delete sessions from within the extension but there is a workaround. Go to bookmarks and open the Freshstart session folder, hold CTRL (or equivalent for mac) and click on all the sessions you want to delete.

Виталий Свердлов

2020-10-14

Wonderful extension! It helps organize working and personal tab groups, switch between computers and several times rescued a lot of hours by Crash Recovery feature. Thanks to developers!

Bogac Ozgen

2020-09-21

I have been using this extension for years. This time I installed it on Microsoft Edge and voila, all my saved sessions were available. I had been loving this extension but now it proved to be GRRRREAT

Ralf Stephan

2020-08-29

Today my data was no longer accessible, the small window did no longer open when clicking on the icon. Even when it did, there was no automatic save (I configured it), but when done by hand, at least that worked. Needed is also an option to enlarge that small window, especially on large screens it is near impossible to use.