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Le thread ibilondoloziwe. Nceda ubuze umbuzo omtsha ukuba ufuna uncedo.

Stop auto refresh Tabs

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haydrionrayel
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Auto refresh gets really annoying, specially for web developers and bloggers who are creating post and refresh tabs are frustrated. I did the about:config set boolean to true already but it works for a short time. Please stop auto refresh tabs !!!

Auto refresh gets really annoying, specially for web developers and bloggers who are creating post and refresh tabs are frustrated. I did the about:config set boolean to true already but it works for a short time. Please stop auto refresh tabs !!!

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cor-el
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Firefox will detect if your computer’s memory is running low, which is defined as lower than 400MB, and suspend unused tabs that you haven’t used or looked at in a while. The new tab unload feature is controlled on the about:config page with a preference that You can control this feature via a pref on the about:config page.

  • browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory = false

Note that Firefox might crash if you are really too low on memory if you disable this feature.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.