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That anxiety does not exist for everyone. I do a thing I call "immutable browsing" with tree-style tabs. I open EVERY link in a new child tab (and I might try t

That anxiety does not exist for everyone. I do a thing I call "immutable browsing" with tree-style tabs. I open EVERY link in a new child tab (and I might try to make my browser [0](shameless plug) support new-tab form submission). When I no longer need the parent, I just close it and other tabs move up. Navigating a tree of your actions or your current context is actually way easier than re-navigating a website. This is especially true with things like API docs where you might open a bunch of things and constantly re-reference them. Saving off trees and supporting a kind of quick-tab-find approach both help here too. This also helps when navigating things like source repositories on GitHub. We don't tell people to retrieve files externally because their filesystem makes it hard to find things. And we don't really chide people for too many editor tabs open either because we have a navigation panel. Why is a browser any different here? 0 - https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/

falcolas 9y ago
> And we don't really chide people for too many editor tabs open either because we have a navigation panel > Why is a browser any different here? "navigation panel" In which case the tabs are effectively duplicated, and not of much use. > Navigating a tree of your actions or your current context is actually way easier than re-navigating a website. It really depends on the size of the tree, and the speed of page loads. For example, I keep a local copy of the Python, Go, and Boto documentation. This makes navigation fast and simple, even in the slowest of browsers. Click on a link, loaded (virtually) instantly. Hit the back button on my mouse, loaded instantly. One tab, fast as I could ever ask for. Ultimately, OP was asking why, I answered. No chiding intended, and only a little judgement - but disorder is incredibly ineffective.

falcolas 9y ago

> And we don't really chide people for too many editor tabs open either because we have a navigation panel > Why is a browser any different here? "navigation panel" In which case the tabs are effectively duplicated, and not of much use. > Navigating a tree of your actions or your current context is actually way easier than re-navigating a website. It really depends on the size of the tree, and the speed of page loads. For example, I keep a local copy of the Python, Go, and Boto documentation. This makes navigation fast and simple, even in the slowest of browsers. Click on a link, loaded (virtually) instantly. Hit the back button on my mouse, loaded instantly. One tab, fast as I could ever ask for. Ultimately, OP was asking why, I answered. No chiding intended, and only a little judgement - but disorder is incredibly ineffective.