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I guess I'm in a minority here. I rarely have more than 5 tabs open. I can honestly not fathom ever needing to use more than 50. To the people who use gigantic

by vault_ 16y ago

I guess I'm in a minority here. I rarely have more than 5 tabs open. I can honestly not fathom ever needing to use more than 50. To the people who use gigantic numbers of tabs, what does your browsing workflow look like where you end up with that many?

plorkyeran 16y ago
If I plan to return to a site or page in the near future, I don't close it. Instead of using bookmarks or the like, I just click on the already open page and refresh it if needed. Periodically I'll clean up all of the pages that I thought I'd be interested in looking at later but never got around to doing so.
kelnos 16y ago
For me at least it's a combination of stuff I notice that seems interesting but don't have time to read at present (yes, one would think a delicious account with a "toread" tag would make the most sense), and stuff I find useful and think I'll want to refer to again Real Soon Now. This just grows over time, as the longer I leave something on my to-do list, the smaller the possibility is that I'll ever get to it. Yes, I recognize that I have a problem, but I'm not particularly motivated to try to fix it :-P. Every now and then I go all "inbox-zero" style on my browser and close everything and start fresh, but it pains me a little when I do this. On my work machine, I usually have 5-7 windows open, each with 25-35 tabs. Usually each window has stuff related to what I'm working on on that particular workspace. On my personal machine I usually limit myself to 1 or 2 windows (I don't have an external monitor attached to my personal laptop like I do with my work laptop), and I go anywhere from as low as 20 tabs to as high as 60. Usually on the higher end, though. Having said all that, I'm not sure Tab Candy would be something I'd use. The video of it makes it look excessively cool and awesome, but I feel like that's a level of organization my brain isn't wired to do on a regular basis.

by vault_ 16y ago

plorkyeran 16y ago

If I plan to return to a site or page in the near future, I don't close it. Instead of using bookmarks or the like, I just click on the already open page and refresh it if needed. Periodically I'll clean up all of the pages that I thought I'd be interested in looking at later but never got around to doing so.

kelnos 16y ago

For me at least it's a combination of stuff I notice that seems interesting but don't have time to read at present (yes, one would think a delicious account with a "toread" tag would make the most sense), and stuff I find useful and think I'll want to refer to again Real Soon Now. This just grows over time, as the longer I leave something on my to-do list, the smaller the possibility is that I'll ever get to it. Yes, I recognize that I have a problem, but I'm not particularly motivated to try to fix it :-P. Every now and then I go all "inbox-zero" style on my browser and close everything and start fresh, but it pains me a little when I do this. On my work machine, I usually have 5-7 windows open, each with 25-35 tabs. Usually each window has stuff related to what I'm working on on that particular workspace. On my personal machine I usually limit myself to 1 or 2 windows (I don't have an external monitor attached to my personal laptop like I do with my work laptop), and I go anywhere from as low as 20 tabs to as high as 60. Usually on the higher end, though. Having said all that, I'm not sure Tab Candy would be something I'd use. The video of it makes it look excessively cool and awesome, but I feel like that's a level of organization my brain isn't wired to do on a regular basis.