Hi,
Once in a while I try to clean up my tabs.
First thing I do is use "merge all windows" to put all tabs into one window.
This often causes a memory clog and firefox get stuck in this state for 10-20 minutes
I have recorded one such instance.
I have tried using the "discard all tabs" addon, unfortunately, it is also getting frozen by the memory clog.
Sometimes I will just reboot my PC as that is faster.
Unfortunately, killing firefox this way, does not save the new tab order, so when I start firefox again, it will have 20+ windows open, which I again, merge all pages and then it clogs again !
So far the only solution I have found is just wait the 20 minutes.
Once the "memory clog" is passed, it runs just fine.
I would like better control over tab discard. and maybe some way of limitting bloat. For instance, I would rather keep a lower number of undiscarded youtube that as they seem to be insanely bloated.
In other cases, for most website I would like to never discard the contents.
In my ideal world, I would like the tabs to get frozen and saved to disk permanently, rather than assuming discard tabs can be reloaded. As if the websites were going to exist forever and discarding a tab is like cleaning a cache.
What OP is trying to do isn't impossible it's actually very interesting. There are lots of people who use tab workflows instead of bookmarks. And I think everybody would benefit from better in-browser search. Just because bookmarks is how it was done 30 years ago doesn't mean we can't try new things.
Unless you bring a solution to the table, taking the position that it isn't impossible is just cheap contrarianism on your part. Sure we can try new things, but if it doesn't work and everyone is commenting the approach isn't helping, then maybe take the hint. Or not, and keep swimming against the stream (in which - seeing OP's other comments - they seem to be more interested than actually solving the problem)
Why would it be impossible to search through tab content if it's available in memory?
That's not how it works. Right now the situation is: it doesn't work. You claim it should be a workable situation. Show how it should work, don't ask people to prove a negative.