1813605 - When user selects "Open link in new tab", do not load tab in background

Status: NEW

(Firefox for Android :: Tabs, enhancement)

Description

[Jeff Boek [:boek]]

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/8005.

When a user selects "Open link in new tab", the tab should not actually load unless the user taps the "SWITCH" button that appears. The benefits are less resource usage (RAM, CPU etc), which is so important on smartphones, especially older and lower end smartphones. I believe Safari for iPhone already does this.
I think this should be the default behaviour but users should be given the option to turn it off (at least in about:config).

There are other reasons too. For example, sometimes I've opened a new tab (and not switched to it) and it's playing a video in the background. This is not ideal.

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Comment 2

[Denis Müller [:Webworkr]]

Related to bug 1892631.

Comment 3

[Denis Müller [:Webworkr]]

Possibly related to bug 1832536.