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I've been there myself, but it's really mentally freeing to just let go of the tabs. If you have something open because you need to finish a task... Put the ta

I've been there myself, but it's really mentally freeing to just let go of the tabs. If you have something open because you need to finish a task... Put the task explicitly on your todo list, set a reminder, and close the tab. If you have something open that you are need to finish reading reading but don't immediately have the time? Add it to your Pocket or alternative, and close the tab. If you feel you might forget it, set a calendar reminder to follow-up. If you have something open that you think might just be nice to reference for that project you're kinda tinkering on... Summarize your finding in a way that would be meaningful to a future-you searching for that reference. You can do this in whatever method you prefer (bookmark, txt file, journal, pocket, etc.) And finally, close the tab! In my personal experience having tabs open for weeks, to years on end did nothing more than exacerbate my anxiety over the fear of somehow missing out or loosing that information. Give your working brain a rest and externalize this effort onto something that you aren't constantly being reminded of every second you're using the browser. If you're worried about not finishing something, give yourself deadlines and set reminders. If you're worried about not finding something, make it easier for a future-you to find it.

tedmiston 11y ago
If you just want to get all the tabs out of your face but be able to find them later, try OneTab. https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/
- kbd 11y ago
  Why not just use Chrome's built-in feature to save all your open tabs as bookmarks?
  - codemac 11y ago
    Or even save all your open tabs as a MAFF archive! Then you can read them offline. I like to add them to my todo list and then read them when I turn of my networking so I don't get lost down a hacker news rat hole. Dunno if chrome supports that, but Firefox (obviously) does[0]. [0]: http://maf.mozdev.org/ http://maf.mozdev.org/
    - darylfritz 11y ago
      I'm just going to open that in a new tab and save it for later... d'oh!
  - tedmiston 11y ago
    That was my old approach, but it quickly leads to a very cluttered folder full of dozens of "New folder" folders, and personally I never look back at any of them because it feels like a junk drawer. OneTab's features for organizing and prioritizing are so much better when you're dealing with hundreds/thousands of tabs. Also you can browse by the date a tab group was added on.
- shwetank 11y ago
  In Opera, you can right click on any tab in the tab menu, and click 'save tabs as speed dial folder'. All open tabs will be saved in a folder on your speed dial. If you wan to open them again, you can right-click the speed dial folder and select to open them all at once.

tedmiston 11y ago

If you just want to get all the tabs out of your face but be able to find them later, try OneTab. https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/

kbd 11y ago
Why not just use Chrome's built-in feature to save all your open tabs as bookmarks?
- codemac 11y ago
  Or even save all your open tabs as a MAFF archive! Then you can read them offline. I like to add them to my todo list and then read them when I turn of my networking so I don't get lost down a hacker news rat hole. Dunno if chrome supports that, but Firefox (obviously) does[0]. [0]: http://maf.mozdev.org/ http://maf.mozdev.org/
  - darylfritz 11y ago
    I'm just going to open that in a new tab and save it for later... d'oh!
- tedmiston 11y ago
  That was my old approach, but it quickly leads to a very cluttered folder full of dozens of "New folder" folders, and personally I never look back at any of them because it feels like a junk drawer. OneTab's features for organizing and prioritizing are so much better when you're dealing with hundreds/thousands of tabs. Also you can browse by the date a tab group was added on.
shwetank 11y ago
In Opera, you can right click on any tab in the tab menu, and click 'save tabs as speed dial folder'. All open tabs will be saved in a folder on your speed dial. If you wan to open them again, you can right-click the speed dial folder and select to open them all at once.