20201013 version 1.8
fix incompatibility with twitter (removing onBeforeSendHeaders)
20200115 version 1.7
some fixes & optimizations. remove annoying opening from option page for no reason.
20180728 version 1.6
now backgrounded tabs network access is blocked (zero data loaded)
add an option to prefetch the main page (only html. No image, no script etc...) to get the title (may fail) and favicon (may fail also).
20180526 version 1.4
listen for window focus to be chrome compatible and show an error on when a page fail to be redirected.
20180505 Version 1.3
add favicon to the tab (not always working btw, but google favicon api has privacy issues)
bonus : remove google link obfuscation/referer/sniffing/tracking whatever it's called.
20180418 Version 1.2
fix : forget decodeURI (google search was broken)
20180416 Version 1.1
add : ignoring file:// to respect web extension policy
20180416 Version 1.0
Forked from the original https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/loadtabonselect/
LoadTabOnSelect prevents new tabs from automatically loading, instead loading them on selection.
The intended usage of the addon is to facilitate power-users who open many tabs before viewing,
but dislike auto-playing videos (and other annoyances).
This addon uses the WebExtensions API, and therefore fully supports Firefox 48+ (tested on Firefox ESR).
The only required permission is tabs.
As a bonus the extension "fix" google.* search links prefix.
To background a page with ctrl set browser.tabs.loadInBackground to true.
To background popup with ctrl set browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground to true.
To background bookmarked links set browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground to true.
LoadTabOnSelect does not collect any user data.
The extension is hosted entirely on GitHub, and Mozilla Add-ons (AMO). These services may independently collect user data.