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I have ~350 tabs open across 12 thematically titled FF windows. I am not complaining about the # of open tabs - my complaint is that stock browsers suck and tha

I have ~350 tabs open across 12 thematically titled FF windows. I am not complaining about the # of open tabs - my complaint is that stock browsers suck and that I have to install a bunch of extensions from random sources to get to workflow happiness. If you have more than 12 tabs open concurrently, vertical tabs are a hard requirement. There isn't even a workable vertical tabs solution for Chrome or Safari. Ironically, Edge and Orion have it out of the box. At least Mozilla has validated Sidebury, but they still make it a big pain to turn off the damn default horizontal tabs.

corbezzoli 3y ago
> I have ~350 tabs open … stock browsers suck I can’t but think of https://xkcd.com/1172 https://xkcd.com/1172 Products are designed with a certain workflow in mind. Back when people would open a website at a time, nobody needed tabs. Now everyone uses tabs, but relatively no one needs to organize their tabs. It’s acceptable that browser don’t make their UI extra complex for a vocal minority.
- wintermutestwin 3y ago
  I have no data, but I'd hazard a guess that more people regularly have >12 tabs open than those who don't. I can't remember a time where I didn't open every link in a new window in the days prior to tabs. Back button navigation is chaos.
  - corbezzoli 3y ago
    It's definitely true that it's very common to have a lot of tabs open, my mother's iPad has 99+ tabs open at all times, but that's not because she needs them. Browser vendors have dealt with that by adding a "tab expiration" setting, where tabs can be deleted after a certain amount of days. I think it's a fantastic idea, just like a self-emptying trash bin. Unless your job is specifically to collect information, then you probably don't have time to comb through everything you find online. While it's easy to want to catalog everything, the sanest option is to default on our digital debts frequently.

corbezzoli 3y ago

> I have ~350 tabs open … stock browsers suck I can’t but think of https://xkcd.com/1172 https://xkcd.com/1172 Products are designed with a certain workflow in mind. Back when people would open a website at a time, nobody needed tabs. Now everyone uses tabs, but relatively no one needs to organize their tabs. It’s acceptable that browser don’t make their UI extra complex for a vocal minority.

wintermutestwin 3y ago
I have no data, but I'd hazard a guess that more people regularly have >12 tabs open than those who don't. I can't remember a time where I didn't open every link in a new window in the days prior to tabs. Back button navigation is chaos.
- corbezzoli 3y ago
  It's definitely true that it's very common to have a lot of tabs open, my mother's iPad has 99+ tabs open at all times, but that's not because she needs them. Browser vendors have dealt with that by adding a "tab expiration" setting, where tabs can be deleted after a certain amount of days. I think it's a fantastic idea, just like a self-emptying trash bin. Unless your job is specifically to collect information, then you probably don't have time to comb through everything you find online. While it's easy to want to catalog everything, the sanest option is to default on our digital debts frequently.