[New Ext] SessionSaver

**twinsen** · 08-13-2009, 06:53 PM

Extension: SessionSaver

Developer: twinsen

Toolstrip Version: 0.17
Download Toolstrip Version: SessionSaver.crx
Browser Compatibility: Chrome dev 4.0.206.1

BrowserAction Version: 0.1
Download BrowserAction Version: SessionSaverBrowserAction_0.1.crx
Browser Compatibility: Chrome dev 4.0.249.4

Download Previous Versions:
0.1, 0.11, 0.12, 0.13, 0.14, 0.15, 0.16

Description: A session manager that lets you save and manage multiple sessions.

Features:
* Saves all tab urls for all chrome windows.
* Saves multiple sessions with custom names.
* Loads all urls from saved session to current window in new tabs.
* Can view all urls to copy/paste from.
* Can save tabs just for current window.
* Can close saved tabs.
* Export all saved sessions to bookmarks.

History:
* BrowserAction Edition 0.1 released. This is a new BrowserAction version. Something to use when ToolStrips are deprecated. It currently only has save support, and it saves to "Other Bookmarks\\Your Saved Sessions" in a timestamped sub folder. You need to use BookMarkManager to load your session back.
* 0.17:
** Loading a session goes to last selected window, makes it easier to restore multiple sessions at once to separate windows.
* 0.16:
** Chrome 4.0.206.1 support added.
** Export to Bookmarks - Exports all saved sessions to bookmarks under "Other Bookmarks\\Your Saved Sessions" in a timestamped sub folder.
** Save current window tracks all windows, ignoring dev tools and session saver windows.
** System tests to replace some manual testing.
* 0.15:
** New option: Save current window only.
** New option: Close saved tabs.
** Options state preserved.
* 0.14:
** Bug Fix - Chrome 4.0.201.1 support added (permissions in manifest).
** Tools menu containing some developer tools - unit tests, toggling logging etc.
** Help menu containing link to this forum.
* 0.13:
** Bug Fix - Occasionally multiple [SessionSaverSettings] bookmark folders were created, which caused session data loss when an out of date folder is loaded. Multiple bookmark entries are now deleted, and a safeguard is in place to ensure only 1 entry is created.
** Bug Fix - When showurls active, doesn't keep saving data (was thrashing bookmarks).
** Bug Fix - Saving too many sessions you eventually reach the maximum data size for a single cookie (about 4k). When I had 22 sessions, each new session had undefined saved as its urls. Now session data is chopped into 3k pieces and we can no longer use cookies.
* 0.12: Bug fixed - When you delete an entry, and load a session after the deleted one, it loads the incorrect one. The ids are now correctly reset on deletion.
* 0.11: The window closes when you save or load.
* 0.1: Initial release.

Browser Compatibility:
* 0.16: Chrome dev 4.0.206.1
* 0.14: Chrome dev 4.0.201.1
* 0.1: Chrome dev 3.0.197.11

Screenshots:
Launching:

The main window:

Click save to save existing tab urls:

Multiple sessions are added to the dropdown list:

This is what happens when you click ShowUrls:

These are the options:

The most difficult areas were:
* The strange cookie behaviour - seems that you can't rely on extension cookies to save (unless you wait 30 seconds before exiting). This is a known bug (Issue 15708). Don't use cookies for important data.
* The callback systems present in bookmark functions. It seems tricky to get the order of execution right. Plus you can't search for folders, or search within an existing parent.

Features I would have liked:
* Context menus for toolstrip icons. (looks like moles may finally make this possible).

The code still needs lots of cleaning up, but I think its ready for general use.

If you like this tool, also try Chrome Sticky Notes. You can copy/paste urls from the Session Url Viewer into the Sticky Note, highlight some and click "visit links in selection".

Also try JW's Session Save - Bookmark current session. I found it useful to learn from when implementing the export to bookmarks feature.

**OpenNingia** · 08-13-2009, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by twinsen

* Extension: SessionSaver
* Developer: twinsen
* Latest Version: 0.1
* Download Latest Version: http://members.iinet.net.au/~bertdb/...ssionSaver.crx
* Description: I've been working on a tool to let you save and manage multiple sessions.
* Features
** Saves all tab urls for all chrome windows.
** Saves multiple sessions with custom names.
** Loads all urls from saved session to current window in new tabs.
** Can view all urls to copy/paste from.
* Browser Compatibility: Chrome dev 3.0.197.11
* Screenshots

The most difficult areas were:
* The strange cookie behaviour - seems that you can't rely on extension cookies to save (unless you wait 30 seconds before exiting). This is a known bug. Don't use cookies for important data.
* The callback systems present in bookmark functions. It seems tricky to get the order of execution right. Plus you can't search for folders, or search within an existing parent.

Features I would have liked:
* Context menus.

The code currently needs lots of cleaning up, but I think its ready for public testing.

very cool!

**Benni** · 08-13-2009, 07:29 PM

"Context menus " .. aint that the mole feature (that never seem to get finished) ?

**PAEz** · 08-13-2009, 07:35 PM

Awesome!
I really like this allot, very useful to me.
Would like it when you clicked the Load button the window closed or alternatively when you clicked the toolstrip button and a session saver window was allready open it would come to the front and not open another window (if either of these things are possible).
Thanks allot, I love it.

**twinsen** · 08-14-2009, 04:17 AM

Thanks for the feedback. I wanted the close window ability too, but chrome crashes whenever I did it (it would have made saving way easier - no need to dynamically fill the selectbox).
I found a workaround posted here ChromeGestures beta 0.1

window.open('', '_self', ''); //bug fix, without this next line crashes
window.close();

So now in 0.11 the window closes when you save or load.

**sulasno** · 08-14-2009, 05:44 AM

do you require feedback from Chromium users?

**twinsen** · 08-14-2009, 06:43 AM

Yeah it would be useful to find any remaining bugs and find out if there are any significant features missing.

**PAEz** · 08-14-2009, 06:52 AM

Thank for the update, this really is usefull.

**sulasno** · 08-14-2009, 11:30 AM

after loading a session, would it be possible for all other tabs close (not related to the session) ?

**sulasno** · 08-14-2009, 03:46 PM

I noticed that there is an update;

Uninstall and install new version and previous sessions are saved

does this extension update automatically ?

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