Indeed, it would be nice if the tendency of people to jump into a conversation and start spewing absolute nonsense were subject to harsher social consequences.

Indeed, it would be nice if the tendency of people to jump into a conversation and start spewing absolute nonsense were subject to harsher social consequences. But it was not just niche browsers. By the time of Chrome's debut (2008), just about every browser had tabs—including Internet Explorer: "With the release of Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, all major web browsers featured a tabbed interface." <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(interface)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(interface)#History>