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I always have 2-5 windows open with 5-30 tabs in each. This is an interface problem that needs to be solved, nobody really needs that many tabs open. It becomes
by nikcub 13y ago
I always have 2-5 windows open with 5-30 tabs in each. This is an interface problem that needs to be solved, nobody really needs that many tabs open. It becomes ridiculous when you don't want to update your browser incase you lose all your tabs.
I noticed that I am really using tabs as a form of nascent bookmarking. Each window is a group or project and serves as a reading list, and then each tab is an item to read.
With option + click it is easy to add items to the reading stack that you can go back to later.
This could all be replaced with a simple plugin that manages these stacks in a sidebar. You could then go back to using only a single window and the tabs as collections.
Bookmarks are too permanent, while tabs are too temporary - browsers need something in between that is a way of arranging what to read next.
- 3JPLW 13y agoI think the real issue is that back and forward do not work. They destroy state. They lose their place on the page. They're still not immediate. They've broken server sessions so often that I have (as most have, I imagine) conditioned myself to completely avoid using them. Tabs were invaluable in the days of slow connections. But new pages load pretty fast these days. The problem is getting back to the original page is fraught with trouble.