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2.1

• Side-panel UI (beta), you need to install/update the tabXpert Helper extension version 2.0+
  • Activate via a shortcut or by a click on the tabXpert Helper icon
  • Sessions are opened/activated with one click
  • There is no keyboard navigation
  • Notifications will be implemented later
• An option to close the current session on the tabXpert icon click (OneTab style)
• An option to open user interface on browser startup
• The maximum number of closed tabs can be increased up to 1000 (was 200)
• A new shortcut "Previous tab"
• Internal tab suspender now is web-based
• You can run data export (backup) using action URLs (subscription only)
• Smart session merge - the source session title is copied to an empty title, duplicate tabs get deleted
• Favicon cache now is CDN-based (subscription only)
• Keyboard navigation - Ctrl-Enter is "Open session", Alt-Enter is "Alternative open session"
• Never suspend/close URLs - now should start with the provided string (earlier had to match)
• Closed tabs panel placement now is configurable in two-columns mode
• Search - active, closed sessions, and tags toggles now define the search scope
• An option to follow the system theme
• An action to close following tabs in a tab group

2.0

I'm excited to announce the biggest major update we have been working on for more than a year! Along with a better UI, we are releasing many interesting new features!

• New design (demo)
  • Two-column mode for sessions
  • Density settings for each UI mode
  • Manage visibility for shortcuts/tags/tabs count/toolbars
• Bookmarks
  • Nested folders (demo)
  • Auto-name folders
  • New bookmark management
  • Sort by title
  • Import nested folders
• Tab groups (demo)
  • Auto-name tab groups
  • Auto-ungroup now works only for untitled/auto-named groups
• Tags (demo)
  • Negative tag filter
  • AND / OR tag filter
  • Color tags
• URL actions (demo)
  • Open session(s)
  • Close session(s)
  • New session with tag(s)
• Search (demo)
  • New search UI
  • On-demand search index
• Settings
  • Interface: Interface density
  • Sessions: Keep pinned tabs
  • Sessions: Delete empty sessions
  • Tab groups: Name tab groups automatically
  • Keyboard/mouse shortcuts
• Keyboard support
  • Session shortcuts
  • Profile shortcut
  • Ctrl-F - search
  • Ctrl-S - settings
• Shadow backup
  • A shadow backup is auto-created
• Deprecated features:
  • Continuous folder sharing
  • Virtual tags
  • Default folders
  • Local sessions

1.3

• Tab groups support (demo)
  • Auto-save and auto-restore tab groups
  • Edit group’s title, color, and state in the UI
  • Create, update, drag and drop in the UI
  • Save a tab group as a folder
  • Open a folder as a tab group
  • Open selected tabs/bookmarks as a folder
  • Auto-focus last active tab in a group
  • Auto-collapse unfocused groups
  • Auto-group child tabs
  • Auto-ungroup a group with a single tab
• UI changes
  • Active tab and sessions are highlighted
  • Set a color for folders
  • The number of active tabs for multiple selected sessions
  • Option to open tabs next to the current
  • Option to open child tabs next to the current
  • Option to auto-scroll to the active tab
  • Edit bookmark URL
• Import
  • Import from Workona
  • Import sessions from Session Buddy grouped by tags

1.2

• Special subscription price for countries with low and middle income - only $2.5/month!
  • For already existing accounts, the pricing plan will be updated automatically on a prorated basis
• One-window mode (demo)
  • Switch sessions within a single browser window
  • Each session can have its own pinned tabs
  • Close current session with a shortcut
• Open bookmarks and folders with shortcuts (demo)
• Create new sessions with startup bookmarks (demo)
• Additional session info (demo)
  • The date created and updated
  • The number of active tabs
• New tab and bookmark actions (demo)
  • Sort tabs by domain
  • Delete duplicate tabs
• Keyboard support (demo)
  • Sessions:
    • Search sessions by typing
    • F2 - edit session name
    • arrows up/down - navigate sessions
    • arrows left/right - switch closed sessions/tags
    • Enter - open/activate a session
    • Del - Close/Delete a session
    • Tab - switch active/closed sessions
  • Tabs:
    • Space - activate tab search
    • Scroll tab panel:
      • Page Up or Alt/Option-Arrow Up
      • Page Down or Alt/Option-Arrow Down
      • Home or Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow Up
      • End or Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow Down
• Support tab search in Japanese
• Hide browser context menu integration (option)

1.1

• tabXpert Pro features (paid subscription) (demo)
• New Window UI (demo)
• Export to HTML

1.0

Sessions (ex. windows)

• New active sessions panel and UI changes (demo)
• New closed sessions panel (demo)
• Multiple session select, actions, drag and drop, and merge (demo)
• Restore active sessions (demo)

Tags, folders, and bookmarks

• Tags (demo)
• Folders (demo)
• Quick launch bar (demo)
• Share/Import folders (demo)
• Import Chrome bookmarks (demo)

Tabs

• New tab search (demo)
• New copy/paste features: (demo)
• Behaviour for tabs in closed sessions (demo)

Other

• Chinese support
• 'Tab Suspender' extension support
• Import of untitled sessions from OneTab and Session Buddy
• Options: configure max number of closed tabs

0.770

Changed

• Hot tabs are now synchronized and not available in local and secure windows
• Active incognito windows always auto-close in other sessions
• Fixed bug with tabXpert icon on internally suspended tabs
• fixed bug with UI exception and many other

0.760

Added

• Sorting of active windows (video)
• Warning when free disk space is less than 1GB
• Blocking UI when free disk space is less than 10MB
• Notification management in Options → Interface → Notifications:
  • Extension updated
  • Low disk space warning
  • Low disk space error

    Changed

• Window merge now takes the target window name
• Disable new window notification right from the notification
• Notification management now in Options → Interface
• Open window suspended works only for normal (non-incognito) windows

0.750

Added

• Instant window opening with suspended tabs:
  • Open windows suspended: Options → General → Open windows as.
  • For auto-suspend and incognito mode support please install The Great Suspender.
  • Add domain/URL to 'Never open suspended' list: Tab menu.
  • 'Never open suspended domain/URL' list: Options → General.
  • Unsuspend all tabs: Window menu
• Never add to closed tabs:
  • Add domain/URL to 'Never add to closed' list: Tab menu.
  • 'Never add to closed domain/URL' list: Options → General.
• Move current/selected tabs (video):
  • Pre-select tabs selected in Chrome.
  • New action for windows context menu: 'Move current/selected tab(s) here'.
• Drag-and-drop - press Alt to copy tabs
• Hot tabs: save a history of tabs for returning back
• Authorized devices: Options → Cloud → Devices

Changed

• Don't open window after copying (Window menu → Copy).
• Some options were moved to General → Advanced settings.

0.741

Deleted

• Extra permissions to localhost requested by mistake in version 0.740

0.740

Added

• New action for windows: 'Move current tab here'.
• New search option: preserve search string between sessions.
• 'Name window' notification for new windows.
• New option Interface → 'Window to open tabXpert tab in'

Changed

• 'Tab' mode by default opens in the first window, pinned, and at index 0 (configurable in options)
• 'Merge window' feature now remove duplicate tabs.
• Significant speed up of pop-up load time.
• Disable prerender (pop-up speed up) when on battery or when popup mode disabled.
• Styling updated for current tabs/windows and pinned tabs.
• Database: improved request processing, storing and error handling.
• Default filename for export is 'tabxpert-export-YYYY-MM-DD.dat' now.
• Consecutive hot tab activation doesn't update return tab
• Option 'Auto-close remote window' was moved to 'CLOUD' tab

Deleted

• Options Interface → 'Auto-closing tabXpert tab'