Limit Safari Tabs and Windows

Is there a Safari plug-in that limits the number of windows or tabs that can be open at one time?
Thanks

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 21, 2011 7:02 PM

18 replies

Feb 13, 2011 12:13 PM in response to baltwo

I would like this too, my child is autistic and his MB locks up when he opens 60+ safari windows, to the point where it's easier to hard shutdown the machine rather than wait for the force quit window to pop up.

Apr 1, 2011 3:05 PM in response to Paul Stysley

I've seen requests for this sort of feature from numerous People and in almost all the discussions I find similar responses: "Don't try to be the Boss of Others", "Just don't open that many tabs", "You can't use technology to 'fix' People". Such comments I find really unhelpful. Sometimes a Person needs a little assistance from technology to learn good habits. For example, People use alarm clocks because doing so makes waking up at certain times easier than not.

Unfortunately, I am unable to help the OP in Their search.

Aug 15, 2011 9:31 PM in response to Paul Stysley

I wanted this functionality (for Tabs) too, so I wrote an extension.

http://simpleextensions.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/tab-limit/

It would also be possible to write a "single window mode" extension, which forces Safari not the open a window, but this is not something I would use, so I won't write one.

Anyway, writing Safari extensions is easier than it looks, so why not give it a try yourself.

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Limit Safari Tabs and Windows