How can I get Firefox to open a cached version of a page in new tabs?

02
2014-01
  • MikeFHay

    At work, we use a bug-tracking system to keep track of what work needs to be done. I can set the new tab page to be a list of all of my bugs, however this page loads slowly, as the site queries a database to get the list.

    I would like Firefox to open a cached version of this page every time I open a new tab, so that it loads faster. If I wanted an up-to-date version of the page, ideally I would just be able to click refresh. Does this functionality exist, either in Firefox itself or in an add-on?

    I tried changing the browser.newtab.preload value in about:config to true, but this does something very different from what I want. It simply opens a blank page first then swaps in the home page once it's done loading. I want to see the webpage instantly.

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  • adithya

    If it is not intranet web page then you can use something called https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/cachemachine/

    You can use tab addons like tabmixer to activate the extension on opening the tab.


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    For example, I have Firefox open with GMail. When I open a new window (however it happens), I go to google.com. When I then open a new tab and go to wikipedia.org, I want wikipedia to open in the google tab. There is way to do this in about:config, but it seems to be browser-wide in all windows.

    Ideally I'd like a command-line argument which will open a new window and have only that window open all tabs in the same tab. I'm not sure if this is even possible, but any help would be appreciated.


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    Have a look at the following Firefox addon: Tab Mix Plus