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Trash Can extension adds better tab reopening to Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a great Web browser, but it's got a few shortcomings. Tops on my list are the bare bones download manager and its crappy tab reopening ability.
No, I don't want to right-click and reopen five tabs just to get back to the one Web page that I want reopened. I want choice! Give me a drop down menu that lets me choose from a selection of recently closed tabs -- like Opera does!
Fortunately, there's a new addition to the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery that bolts on this missing feature. Install Trash Can, and you'll get a handy icon in the browser actions area. As you close tabs in Google Chrome, they'll appear in Trash Can's menu; select only the tab you want, click it, and restore! That's much better.
As the developer states, it's pretty minimalistic right now. Future versions will add support for session saving, multiple Google Chrome windows, and the option to limit how many tabs you want remembered. While Incognito support is also mentioned, I found that Trash Can worked just fine in Chrome's private browsing mode.
ed note: The Recently Closed Tabs extension also offers this kind of functionality (with a few additions like favicons and tumbnails), but it uses about 5x as much memory as Trash Can.
No, I don't want to right-click and reopen five tabs just to get back to the one Web page that I want reopened. I want choice! Give me a drop down menu that lets me choose from a selection of recently closed tabs -- like Opera does!
Fortunately, there's a new addition to the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery that bolts on this missing feature. Install Trash Can, and you'll get a handy icon in the browser actions area. As you close tabs in Google Chrome, they'll appear in Trash Can's menu; select only the tab you want, click it, and restore! That's much better.
As the developer states, it's pretty minimalistic right now. Future versions will add support for session saving, multiple Google Chrome windows, and the option to limit how many tabs you want remembered. While Incognito support is also mentioned, I found that Trash Can worked just fine in Chrome's private browsing mode.
ed note: The Recently Closed Tabs extension also offers this kind of functionality (with a few additions like favicons and tumbnails), but it uses about 5x as much memory as Trash Can.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsgonintendoMay 31st 2010 2:12PM
ot: what happened to the original blue theme (im on the dev channel)? why on earth would the change it to this hideous gray one? does anyone know how to get the old theme back?
MikeMay 31st 2010 3:03PM
Couldn't you just open a new tab and look at your history or recently closed tabs?
ipMay 31st 2010 11:36PM
Opera had this firstttt
BuggerJun 1st 2010 2:46AM
Great, another Opera feature turn into extension.
There are still plenty of Opera features need to be extensionize for Chrome & Firefox.
HaydarJun 1st 2010 2:51AM
Check out this, best "undo closed tab" extension, name is Sexy Undo Close Tab:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bcennaiejdjpomgmmohhpgnjlmpcjmbg?hl=en