Simple Windows Saver, Save Chrome Tabs and Windows

The Google Chrome web browser by default opens the home page when you start it up. If you want the browser to load the last session instead, you need to make a change to the configuration first. The easiest way to do that is to enter chrome://settings/browser in the address bar of the browser and select the Reopen the pages that were open last on the settings page that is opening up.

But that takes only care of the last session, and not previous browsing session that you also may be interested in restoring. While you could install and use a full-blown session manager, you could alternatively use Simple Window Saver instead.

 

The extension adds a single icon to Chrome’s address bar that powers the functionality. Unlike other session managers, that keep track of all open websites in all windows, Simple Window Saver does that only if you configure it to do so. You can click on the icon in a new window to save the session in the browser.

Simpler Window Saver from that moment on tracks the window and the open tabs. It automatically keeps track of the web pages that are open in the monitored browser window. This means that if you close a tab, it won’t be restored anymore when you do that. New tabs that you open on the other hand are automatically saved so that they can be restored when you restore the session.

All saved sessions are listed in that menu as well, and you can open individual ones again with a click, which opens a new browser window in Chrome. The way sessions are added and managed makes the extension ideal for users who want to separate different activities in the browser. It is now for instance possible to have a research session, one of news, and one for entertainment. The core benefit here besides the saving of information over sessions is the benefit on the browser’s memory usage provided that only one windows is open at a time.

Are you using a session manager extension in Chrome? Lets discuss in the comments.

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