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>Could you give a few examples of this? I still can't think of anything particularly common that would reasonably justify more than a dozen tabs at once... I c

by dorgo 6y ago

>Could you give a few examples of this? I still can't think of anything particularly common that would reasonably justify more than a dozen tabs at once... I clicked an internal link in this thread (in firefox) and after it loaded (1s) I clicked the back button. 0.7 seconds later I was back but not at the same position. So I had to scroll to find the position to continue to read. I can save 0.7s load time + 5s or 10s of search by opening a new tab instead. Disadvantages of single tab usage (off the top of my head): - additional load time - formular inputs should be preserved, but I wouldn't count on it. - highlighted text is not highlighted any more - server can send me another version (or nonthing 404). So I lose the content alltogether. -

fouric 6y ago
That's not an actual example, though. That's an action you took. I was asking for a concrete example of a task (e.g. doing your online banking) that reasonably requires more than a dozen tabs (metaphorically - change that to fit your RAM usage, the actual number matters less than "unbounded" which is what many people use, or the number that would consume all the RAM on your device).
- nitrogen 6y ago
  Tabs and windows are a very convenient UI for maintaining state. Browsers aren't used just to complete one "task" at a time. The "job to be done" isn't "do online banking" or "buy a bike", it's "organize active information". Across virtual dssktops you might have a "finance" window during tax season with several different sites, a window for each ongoing project with dozens of references queued for each, a window for comms (email, chat, social, etc) with half a dozen tabs, a window for news with all the day's threads in tabs, a window of "TODO" tabs with things to buy, a window for gaming, etc.

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>Could you give a few examples of this? I still can't think of anything particularly common that would reasonably justify more than a dozen tabs at once... I c

by dorgo 6y ago

fouric 6y ago
That's not an actual example, though. That's an action you took. I was asking for a concrete example of a task (e.g. doing your online banking) that reasonably requires more than a dozen tabs (metaphorically - change that to fit your RAM usage, the actual number matters less than "unbounded" which is what many people use, or the number that would consume all the RAM on your device).
- nitrogen 6y ago
  Tabs and windows are a very convenient UI for maintaining state. Browsers aren't used just to complete one "task" at a time. The "job to be done" isn't "do online banking" or "buy a bike", it's "organize active information". Across virtual dssktops you might have a "finance" window during tax season with several different sites, a window for each ongoing project with dozens of references queued for each, a window for comms (email, chat, social, etc) with half a dozen tabs, a window for news with all the day's threads in tabs, a window of "TODO" tabs with things to buy, a window for gaming, etc.