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> I currently have 165 tabs spread across three windows How do you manage this setup? I'm specifically interested in how you can assign tabs to different windo

> I currently have 165 tabs spread across three windows How do you manage this setup? I'm specifically interested in how you can assign tabs to different windows and have this information persist across restarts.

chrismorgan 8y ago
It’s all purely done manually. There’s almost no overlap between things that could go in my general personal and general work windows (exceptions: HN threads where FastMail comes up and I respond, or the very occasional article from HN or RSS feeds that is directly tied to something I’m doing for work). I store them on different virtual desktops, too, so when Firefox starts I just move the windows to the appropriate desktops, and then keeping it all separate is straightforward. I do also use container tabs a little with some automatic assignment (automatic assignment to container, that is, not to window, useful as that would be), but I don’t think I actually need them any more; I think that FastMail is now the only thing where I need actively different sessions for personal and work, and it supports multiple logins just fine. Then sometimes there’s a particular project that I want to focus on, and so I create a new window just for it, and shift it and any other related stuff into another new virtual desktop. P.S. I just closed 50 tabs because I had finished something and deferred another thing.
- calvinmorrison 8y ago
  One thing we ran into while debugging a few weeks ago is lack of support in firefox for debugging open streams. That is a feature I would like to see implemented, because it works beautifully in chrome. For me I am using firefox-esr with noscript, privacy badger, https-everywhere and vimium. I'm extremely happy with my web workflow. Another thing for me is that firefox seems to be easier to lock up. Twice this week I had issues where firefox locked up. The first was trying to render a dropdown select with several thousand items (blame the prom explorer for that) and the second was rendering some graphs, which while not fast in chromium, certianly did not cause problems. I shared this link earlier internally on slack because I think it makes a fair point that applies to many David-and-Goliath marketplaces, namely that "not" being Goliath isn't a compelling argument. Having a brand based around F.U.D. is an easy thing to slip into, but really Firefox and other small competitors should focus on beating the competition with features, not fud.
bzbarsky 8y ago
Firefox persists which tabs are in which window across restarts, if you have it set to restore your session.

chrismorgan 8y ago

It’s all purely done manually. There’s almost no overlap between things that could go in my general personal and general work windows (exceptions: HN threads where FastMail comes up and I respond, or the very occasional article from HN or RSS feeds that is directly tied to something I’m doing for work). I store them on different virtual desktops, too, so when Firefox starts I just move the windows to the appropriate desktops, and then keeping it all separate is straightforward. I do also use container tabs a little with some automatic assignment (automatic assignment to container, that is, not to window, useful as that would be), but I don’t think I actually need them any more; I think that FastMail is now the only thing where I need actively different sessions for personal and work, and it supports multiple logins just fine. Then sometimes there’s a particular project that I want to focus on, and so I create a new window just for it, and shift it and any other related stuff into another new virtual desktop. P.S. I just closed 50 tabs because I had finished something and deferred another thing.

calvinmorrison 8y ago
One thing we ran into while debugging a few weeks ago is lack of support in firefox for debugging open streams. That is a feature I would like to see implemented, because it works beautifully in chrome. For me I am using firefox-esr with noscript, privacy badger, https-everywhere and vimium. I'm extremely happy with my web workflow. Another thing for me is that firefox seems to be easier to lock up. Twice this week I had issues where firefox locked up. The first was trying to render a dropdown select with several thousand items (blame the prom explorer for that) and the second was rendering some graphs, which while not fast in chromium, certianly did not cause problems. I shared this link earlier internally on slack because I think it makes a fair point that applies to many David-and-Goliath marketplaces, namely that "not" being Goliath isn't a compelling argument. Having a brand based around F.U.D. is an easy thing to slip into, but really Firefox and other small competitors should focus on beating the competition with features, not fud.

bzbarsky 8y ago

Firefox persists which tabs are in which window across restarts, if you have it set to restore your session.