Load Background Tabs Lazily

Allow only a specific number of new background tabs to load at one time.

Load Background Tabs Lazily

Load Background Tabs Lazily is a Firefox add-on that allows only a specific number of newly created background tabs to load at a time, improving browsing performance and reducing CPU usage.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
By: kgersen
Daily users: 469
-2
Rating: 4.60
(40)
Version: 1.68 (Last updated: 2025-02-22)
Version code: 5897938
Creation date: 2018-01-19
Weekly download count: 18
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • webNavigation
  • tabs
  • storage
  • browserSettings
  • menus
  • sessions
Size: 67.38K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Load Background Tabs Lazily (v5.8)
586 4.20 (5)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews


by Cyberknight, 2024-12-26

This extension is supposed to be easy to use, but its not. You have to gain additional higher education to be able to use it. Too complicated options - each has a half A4 page length description about what it does. When you go through all of them you already forgot about what were previous options doing because you read too much text and not sure which options safe to use because - too much complicated. I didn't even want to risk to enable it, because highly likely it would screw up everything. Developer, how do you suppose people would use this extension? I'm glad you dived deep into how Firefox works, but extension is intended for regular users to hide this complexity and give comprehensive options which are short and intuitive, on a high-level. This should be user friendly with intuitive design and self-descriptive options. This maybe the best example of how NOT to make application user interface.
by SedUz, 2024-11-20
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Load Background Tabs Lazily requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Load Background Tabs Lazily. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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