It might not be a bad default, but here's the alternative: load a tab only when you've signaled you're going to look at it. Even if you have 300 tabs open, you

It might not be a bad default, but here's the alternative: load a tab only when you've signaled you're going to look at it. Even if you have 300 tabs open, your browser won't try loading everything at once, so you can do what you want.