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A solution for the "too many tabs open" problem. Need a way to save my history in an organized and interactive manner, with a nice looking UI. Sort of like the

by hooande 13y ago

A solution for the "too many tabs open" problem. Need a way to save my history in an organized and interactive manner, with a nice looking UI. Sort of like the old WebMynd (http://webmynd.com http://webmynd.com). I find that most of my tabs are open as a form of reminder. If I close it, I'll forget it and might as well not have seen it. Same if I hide it away in some kind of bookmarking app. I think it would be best to apply a UI layer over my entire history in a way that makes it easy to search and recall things that I found interesting int he past. Need to store all data locally for privacy reasons, and have a way to logically group urls by content and bring them back to the front occasionally (maybe with some kind of gamification?) so they don't disappear.

cinjon 13y ago
I made something that addresses this: www.seekaizen.com. I haven't advertised it before and it's mostly just friends/me that use it, but it seems like you might like it. Let me know if it fits your use case.
dcpdx 13y ago
Have you tried Onetab for Chrome? It has some of the functionality you're looking for in that it pulls all of your open tabs into one tab and vertically orders them on the page for you to go back and access later. Neat tool, I use it quite a bit. http://www.one-tab.com/ http://www.one-tab.com/
robobro 13y ago
How about tab grouping? Or multiple windows?
rattray 13y ago
perhaps a followupthen for tabs?
- klous 13y ago
  Along these lines, what if the tabs could pop back up at a certain day/time or if you could just snooze tabs? I see people use tabs as a pseudo todo list. Reminding you to do, schedule, research, or buy something. What if you could continue to use tabs that way, yet not clog up your computer, use up memory, or distract you from getting stuff done with open tabs.
  - jlgaddis 13y ago
    *> ... what if the tabs could pop back up at a certain day/time or if you could just snooze tabs? There are several GTD-type web apps that support "desktop notifications" that might fit the bill.
3rd3 13y ago
Did you have a look at the Firefox add-on Tree Style Tabs? It puts the tab titles on the left hand side, allows for grouping them and seems to be very stable. There are also a couple of add-ons that allow for exporting the tabs. That combination works quite nicely for me. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...
ordinance 13y ago
Maybe this? http://twin.gl/ http://twin.gl/
- greenyoda 13y ago
  Another tool for organizing on-line research is Zotero: https://www.zotero.org https://www.zotero.org
stretchwithme 13y ago
It would be great if each tab belonged to a project and I could add new tabs to a project when I open the tab. If I could, all at once, close all tabs that aren't part of the project I'm working on, that would free up resources for the things that currently matter. And if the browser could keep track of how much time I browse for a specific project, I could use that to track how much time I spent on each project.
- pioul 13y ago
  That's kind of what I've found myself doing with multiple Chrome users. Each project I'm working on is a different user, with a different set of open tabs, and separated cookies, allowing multiple sessions (e.g., Gmail accounts) to be open at the same time, one in each "project".
- icebraining 13y ago
  Firefox has tab groups, have you tried them?
uptown 13y ago
If you use Chrome, check out OneTab. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...
- larrybolt 13y ago
  I love how OneTab works, and it was something I used very frequently. But one day, not sure why exactly my chrome profile folder (osx mac) got corrupted. I cannot give technical details about it really, but not a single one of the chrome addons I had worked any longer. And I tried to recover the tab sessions but was unsuccessful. If there is a feature OneTab is missing, it's to sync your tabs/sessions to a certain location. Or at least that's a feature I'd really appreciate!
  - GVRV 13y ago
    It provides an export as a text file on the 'One Tab' page in the right hand corner. I wrote a small Python script to parse this text file and upload all my tabs to Pinboard.
    - carl-platt 13y ago
      care to share the script?
      - austengary 13y ago
        I'm with this guy
        samstave 13y ago
        +1
    - danneu 13y ago
      Good idea. Here's my Clojure script: https://github.com/danneu/onetab-to-pinboard https://github.com/danneu/onetab-to-pinboard
peterjmag 13y ago
Agreed! I'd love to have something like this. I discussed it a bit in a previous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714341#up_4715785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714341#up_4715785
wpietri 13y ago
I second 3rd3's suggestion of tree-style tabs. (I ended up with mine as a narrow strip on the right that expands when I mouse over.) But I'll add that I mainly solved the "as a reminder" thing in other ways. I use Instapaper for a "read later" queue. For to-do-ish stuff, I use KanbanFlow to wrangle short-term tasks, and Trello to manage a deeper backlog. For "maybe I'll want this someday", I use Pinboard.in. Events and related links go into Google Calendar. And for "don't forget X" things, I sometimes use a dry-erase marker on the bathroom mirror, so I glance at things while brushing my teeth. Now I've got my open tabs down to things I'm actually doing, and it has been a huge relief. Now I don't have to search through a bunch of open windows and tabs trying to find that one thing.
kenrick95 13y ago
Use Firefox's tab grouping feature. :) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tabs https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tab...
- nevster 13y ago
  +1 - tab groups are great
prawn 13y ago
Not a perfect solution but might help: The Great Suspender: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende... "Unload, park, suspend tabs to reduce memory footprint of chrome. Tabs can auto-suspend after a configurable period of time or be suspended manually. Tabs can be whitelisted to avoid automatic suspension. Suspended tabs are retained after closing and reopening browser, preventing many tabs from all reloading after a restart."
RK 13y ago
I'd like some UI element that lets me know how long it's been since I read/used a tab. I tend to open lots of tabs and then browse them as is convenient later. Sometimes this means tabs get "lost" (i.e. become stale before I read them). This would let me know which tabs I might have overlooked or should close, bookmark, etc.
asnyder 13y ago
Opera, up to 12 has the best tab management, groupings, etc that I've ever seen. It's a real shame the new webkit based Opera still isn't up to par. As such I'm in the same place as you hoping for Opera's tab management but left with hundreds of unidentified tabs in Chrome. Plugins help a little bit but nowhere close to Opera's innovative management. Hopefully they'll restore parity soon.
- rplnt 13y ago
  The Windows feature (in the sidebar) is especially helpful.
- luch 13y ago
  I'm disheartened by their conversion to Webkit. Tab grouping + session save is one hell of a killer feature : I used to archive websessions in order to track my references when writing a academic paper. I've switched to Firefox from then, but it's not as convenient as Opera12.
charlieok 13y ago
I've started using Pocket for this. They need a better browser UI, since they seem to have been focusing much more on their mobile apps, but their recently-added "highlights" features accomplish the "bring them back to the front occasionally" part of your description.
binarydreams 13y ago
I use SessionBuddy to manage this.

by hooande 13y ago

cinjon 13y ago

I made something that addresses this: www.seekaizen.com. I haven't advertised it before and it's mostly just friends/me that use it, but it seems like you might like it. Let me know if it fits your use case.

dcpdx 13y ago

Have you tried Onetab for Chrome? It has some of the functionality you're looking for in that it pulls all of your open tabs into one tab and vertically orders them on the page for you to go back and access later. Neat tool, I use it quite a bit. http://www.one-tab.com/ http://www.one-tab.com/

robobro 13y ago

How about tab grouping? Or multiple windows?

rattray 13y ago

perhaps a followupthen for tabs?

klous 13y ago
Along these lines, what if the tabs could pop back up at a certain day/time or if you could just snooze tabs? I see people use tabs as a pseudo todo list. Reminding you to do, schedule, research, or buy something. What if you could continue to use tabs that way, yet not clog up your computer, use up memory, or distract you from getting stuff done with open tabs.
- jlgaddis 13y ago
  *> ... what if the tabs could pop back up at a certain day/time or if you could just snooze tabs? There are several GTD-type web apps that support "desktop notifications" that might fit the bill.

3rd3 13y ago

Did you have a look at the Firefox add-on Tree Style Tabs? It puts the tab titles on the left hand side, allows for grouping them and seems to be very stable. There are also a couple of add-ons that allow for exporting the tabs. That combination works quite nicely for me. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

ordinance 13y ago

Maybe this? http://twin.gl/ http://twin.gl/

greenyoda 13y ago
Another tool for organizing on-line research is Zotero: https://www.zotero.org https://www.zotero.org

stretchwithme 13y ago

It would be great if each tab belonged to a project and I could add new tabs to a project when I open the tab. If I could, all at once, close all tabs that aren't part of the project I'm working on, that would free up resources for the things that currently matter. And if the browser could keep track of how much time I browse for a specific project, I could use that to track how much time I spent on each project.

pioul 13y ago
That's kind of what I've found myself doing with multiple Chrome users. Each project I'm working on is a different user, with a different set of open tabs, and separated cookies, allowing multiple sessions (e.g., Gmail accounts) to be open at the same time, one in each "project".
icebraining 13y ago
Firefox has tab groups, have you tried them?

uptown 13y ago

If you use Chrome, check out OneTab. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...

larrybolt 13y ago
I love how OneTab works, and it was something I used very frequently. But one day, not sure why exactly my chrome profile folder (osx mac) got corrupted. I cannot give technical details about it really, but not a single one of the chrome addons I had worked any longer. And I tried to recover the tab sessions but was unsuccessful. If there is a feature OneTab is missing, it's to sync your tabs/sessions to a certain location. Or at least that's a feature I'd really appreciate!
- GVRV 13y ago
  It provides an export as a text file on the 'One Tab' page in the right hand corner. I wrote a small Python script to parse this text file and upload all my tabs to Pinboard.
  - carl-platt 13y ago
    care to share the script?
    - austengary 13y ago
      I'm with this guy
      - samstave 13y ago
        +1
  - danneu 13y ago
    Good idea. Here's my Clojure script: https://github.com/danneu/onetab-to-pinboard https://github.com/danneu/onetab-to-pinboard

peterjmag 13y ago

Agreed! I'd love to have something like this. I discussed it a bit in a previous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714341#up_4715785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714341#up_4715785

wpietri 13y ago

I second 3rd3's suggestion of tree-style tabs. (I ended up with mine as a narrow strip on the right that expands when I mouse over.) But I'll add that I mainly solved the "as a reminder" thing in other ways. I use Instapaper for a "read later" queue. For to-do-ish stuff, I use KanbanFlow to wrangle short-term tasks, and Trello to manage a deeper backlog. For "maybe I'll want this someday", I use Pinboard.in. Events and related links go into Google Calendar. And for "don't forget X" things, I sometimes use a dry-erase marker on the bathroom mirror, so I glance at things while brushing my teeth. Now I've got my open tabs down to things I'm actually doing, and it has been a huge relief. Now I don't have to search through a bunch of open windows and tabs trying to find that one thing.

kenrick95 13y ago

Use Firefox's tab grouping feature. :) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tabs https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tab...

nevster 13y ago
+1 - tab groups are great

prawn 13y ago

Not a perfect solution but might help: The Great Suspender: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende... "Unload, park, suspend tabs to reduce memory footprint of chrome. Tabs can auto-suspend after a configurable period of time or be suspended manually. Tabs can be whitelisted to avoid automatic suspension. Suspended tabs are retained after closing and reopening browser, preventing many tabs from all reloading after a restart."

RK 13y ago

I'd like some UI element that lets me know how long it's been since I read/used a tab. I tend to open lots of tabs and then browse them as is convenient later. Sometimes this means tabs get "lost" (i.e. become stale before I read them). This would let me know which tabs I might have overlooked or should close, bookmark, etc.

asnyder 13y ago

Opera, up to 12 has the best tab management, groupings, etc that I've ever seen. It's a real shame the new webkit based Opera still isn't up to par. As such I'm in the same place as you hoping for Opera's tab management but left with hundreds of unidentified tabs in Chrome. Plugins help a little bit but nowhere close to Opera's innovative management. Hopefully they'll restore parity soon.

rplnt 13y ago
The Windows feature (in the sidebar) is especially helpful.
luch 13y ago
I'm disheartened by their conversion to Webkit. Tab grouping + session save is one hell of a killer feature : I used to archive websessions in order to track my references when writing a academic paper. I've switched to Firefox from then, but it's not as convenient as Opera12.

charlieok 13y ago

I've started using Pocket for this. They need a better browser UI, since they seem to have been focusing much more on their mobile apps, but their recently-added "highlights" features accomplish the "bring them back to the front occasionally" part of your description.

binarydreams 13y ago

I use SessionBuddy to manage this.