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Here's a radical solution - close tabs when you're done with them. There's a little known feature in browsers called bookmarks that's like tabs, but they don't
by QuadrupleA 5y ago
Here's a radical solution - close tabs when you're done with them.
There's a little known feature in browsers called bookmarks that's like tabs, but they don't consume any RAM or bandwidth when you're not using them, and they don't clutter your UI. You can search them, group them into "tab folders", even synchronize them across devices.
Spread the word - bookmarks are the future.
- shard 5y agoThat's the problem, I have nearly 100 tabs open because I am not done with them.
- QuadrupleA 5y agoHaving 100 tasks going at once seems like a chaotic nightmare to me - but different working styles I guess.
- shard 5y agoIt's not 100 different tasks. For example, online research into a topic could lead to a bunch of tabs with relevant info. If I am going to be using the results of the research in the next few weeks, I just leave the tabs open. I don't want to bother managing bookmarks for something short term like that.
- bityard 5y agoI _do_ close tabs when I'm done with them. The problem is that I have multiple things I'm working on and I don't want to close the dozen or two tabs open that I have related to it while I'm still working on the project, because looking up the bookmark, or finding the URL, and then scrolling the right spot is many times more work than just keeping the tab open and switching back to it when I need it. My favorite Firefox feature of all time was "Tab Candy" which was later renamed to "Panorama" It allowed you to automatically group tabs by project or context and let you switch between them seamlessly. Firefox decided to kill it and there is nothing like it now, all of the closest alternatives--when they actually work--require you to manually save and reload groups, which is not effort I'm willing to make.