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I find it quite annoying and would rather it provide an accurate number. With no indicator, I’ve found I close less tabs. The icon also looks a lot like the Pri

by robga 3y ago

I find it quite annoying and would rather it provide an accurate number. With no indicator, I’ve found I close less tabs. The icon also looks a lot like the Privacy icon on the tab browser.

n0n0n4t0r 3y ago
You can't fit any number in such a little place. And precision is not relevant facing such a big number Finally, I think it hurts performance, so it may be a good design choice to annoy enough on order to incite people to close them :)
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  > You can't fit any number in such a little place. I thought that but then I recently ran Kiwi and Ice Weasel to over 100 tabs and got a 3 digit count. (note: it might have been just one of those but pretty sure it was both).
- detrites 3y ago
  Just put the count on a hover tooltip - everyones happy, no size limitation, still serves as a deterrent (dubious as it may be to try incite suchlike on users who may have shelled out enough for a machine that can handle hundreds of tabs).
boringuser2 3y ago
You simply shouldn't have 99 tabs. That's not what tabs are for. Other tools exist that are much more appropriate for the job you're trying to emulate with a clusterfuck of active tabs.
- capableweb 3y ago
  Just because the tab exists doesn't mean it's active. I regularly have 100+ tabs in Firefox, manageable with TreeStyleTabs so usually just ~10 root tabs and the rest are child tabs within that, and Firefox sleeps the tabs anyone so doesn't really use much memory or CPU. Probably the same on mobile as well. What are tabs for if not to have multiple websites open at the same time? Where goes the limit for "what tabs are for" for you? 10 is fine but 100 is not? Classic "the user is using it wrong"
  - boringuser2 3y ago
    You're abusing the concept of a tab. Other, superior tools exist for this task. And, no, the end user is not always right, especially given that a user with 99+ tabs is already highly aberrant.
    - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
      > a user with 99+ tabs is already highly aberrant I have 999+ tabs semi-regularly, what does that make me? :D
- kevincox 3y ago
  Why not? If it works for this user that is great. It may not be the way that you or me use the tool but that doesn't make it wrong.
- Hayarotle 3y ago
  You shouldn't, but it happens. The UI makes it much easier to open a new tab than to close older tabs (unless you close all of them at once). You even inadvertently open new tabs when you click on links and they open on a new tab rather than on the current tab. Unless you consciously choose browse in a way that avoids the proliferation of new tabs, you'll get flooded by them, as that's what the design leads to. Exceptions are browsers that don't save tabs between sessions, or that automatically close tabs after a specific number.
  - SamBam 3y ago
    This is exactly the problem on Firefox on Android (don't know about iOs). You tap on the address bar and are presented with a set of icons of your most-visited sites. Hitting any icon will open the site in a new tab. But it's not obvious, and it's easy for your tabs to balloon. To prevent that you actually have to start typing the site name in the address bar, even if the shortcut icon is right in front of you. In Chrome if you tap on the address bar you also get a set of icons, but clicking on one opens the link in the same tab, as you'd expect.

by robga 3y ago

I find it quite annoying and would rather it provide an accurate number. With no indicator, I’ve found I close less tabs. The icon also looks a lot like the Privacy icon on the tab browser.

n0n0n4t0r 3y ago

You can't fit any number in such a little place. And precision is not relevant facing such a big number Finally, I think it hurts performance, so it may be a good design choice to annoy enough on order to incite people to close them :)

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> You can't fit any number in such a little place. I thought that but then I recently ran Kiwi and Ice Weasel to over 100 tabs and got a 3 digit count. (note: it might have been just one of those but pretty sure it was both).
detrites 3y ago
Just put the count on a hover tooltip - everyones happy, no size limitation, still serves as a deterrent (dubious as it may be to try incite suchlike on users who may have shelled out enough for a machine that can handle hundreds of tabs).

boringuser2 3y ago

You simply shouldn't have 99 tabs. That's not what tabs are for. Other tools exist that are much more appropriate for the job you're trying to emulate with a clusterfuck of active tabs.

capableweb 3y ago
Just because the tab exists doesn't mean it's active. I regularly have 100+ tabs in Firefox, manageable with TreeStyleTabs so usually just ~10 root tabs and the rest are child tabs within that, and Firefox sleeps the tabs anyone so doesn't really use much memory or CPU. Probably the same on mobile as well. What are tabs for if not to have multiple websites open at the same time? Where goes the limit for "what tabs are for" for you? 10 is fine but 100 is not? Classic "the user is using it wrong"
- boringuser2 3y ago
  You're abusing the concept of a tab. Other, superior tools exist for this task. And, no, the end user is not always right, especially given that a user with 99+ tabs is already highly aberrant.
  - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
    > a user with 99+ tabs is already highly aberrant I have 999+ tabs semi-regularly, what does that make me? :D
kevincox 3y ago
Why not? If it works for this user that is great. It may not be the way that you or me use the tool but that doesn't make it wrong.
Hayarotle 3y ago
You shouldn't, but it happens. The UI makes it much easier to open a new tab than to close older tabs (unless you close all of them at once). You even inadvertently open new tabs when you click on links and they open on a new tab rather than on the current tab. Unless you consciously choose browse in a way that avoids the proliferation of new tabs, you'll get flooded by them, as that's what the design leads to. Exceptions are browsers that don't save tabs between sessions, or that automatically close tabs after a specific number.
- SamBam 3y ago
  This is exactly the problem on Firefox on Android (don't know about iOs). You tap on the address bar and are presented with a set of icons of your most-visited sites. Hitting any icon will open the site in a new tab. But it's not obvious, and it's easy for your tabs to balloon. To prevent that you actually have to start typing the site name in the address bar, even if the shortcut icon is right in front of you. In Chrome if you tap on the address bar you also get a set of icons, but clicking on one opens the link in the same tab, as you'd expect.