> There’s a way in which you could say that Emacs is a place whereas vi is a tool. This really resonates with me, and I have to say I agree. I try to treat my

> There’s a way in which you could say that Emacs is a place whereas vi is a tool. This really resonates with me, and I have to say I agree. I try to treat my browser as a tool, it holds state only for as long as it's open. I pretend that at any time the browser (or computer) could crash and I would loose my place. I use my web browser (I switched back to Firefox from many years with Chrome) very similar to how I use my email inbox. For email this is "inbox zero". If I need to reread an email, respond, or do something with a message, I mark it as unread. Unread stuff gets cleared at least once a day (often more now that I have a smart phone). I open my email and work it down to zero (or as close as I can) and then I close it. Email acts as a tool, a communication / todo list, hybrid. An unread email is the same as an open browser tab, it symbolizes work-in-progress. With my web broswer, I open it as needed and open as many tabs or even windows as I need. When a tab, window, or page is no longer needed, I close it. To "save" a page I create a bookmark (but I can't tell you the last time I've actually used bookmarks to find something). Another way I "save" is when I'm tearing down my web browser, I pull a page's tab out into it's own window. This marks it as "unread"; I need to do something with it. This process doesn't really save the page, it just allows me to clear out the other tabs and context out of my head. It helps me focus, and reminds me to just do that task on the single tab instead of letting it linger. I close my web browser multiple times a day. I follow this practice with my terminal windows as well.