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> search engine for your tabs Yes please! I've recently got interested in Recoll, which might not know what a tab is, but does search web history. > you might
by rhn_mk1 6y ago
> search engine for your tabs
Yes please! I've recently got interested in Recoll, which might not know what a tab is, but does search web history.
> you might as well close them and use the internet directly instead of cached in your own tabs
Caching is valuable. URLs bit rot and their contents change. If you have a browser session that's old enough, the RAM contents are a saving grace.
- Reelin 6y agoMemex (https://github.com/WorldBrain/Memex/ https://github.com/WorldBrain/Memex/) provides for searching your history and bookmarks. That might help alleviate the need to maintain sets of tabs. The Vimium extension for Firefox also happens to provide basic filtering of open tabs, although I've never tried it with anywhere near 1600. YMMV. Other commenters have already mentioned Tree Style Tabs and similar extensions which can aid in grouping and managing things efficiently. > URLs bit rot and their contents change. If you have a browser session that's old enough, the RAM contents are a saving grace. This is a serious problem in my experience. To that end, Zotero is an invaluable research tool with browser extensions for (among other things) taking a snapshot of an open webpage. Its library exists externally to your browser though which might add friction to your workflow.
- jbc1 6y agoSafer and not a whole lot of work to backup your bookmarks if you're worried about changing or disappearing pages. Probably have a net time saving pretty quickly from regaining access to being able to use tabs as tabs again. Can self host using https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox or pay a service like pinboard.