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Having that many tabs open is nuts. It makes the tab bar completely unusable. However, I too suffer from the same tabophilia. So I have a couple solutions, (

Having that many tabs open is nuts. It makes the tab bar completely unusable. However, I too suffer from the same tabophilia. So I have a couple solutions, (a) a bookmark bar folder titled "to-do" where I just save anything that I haven't even skimmed over yet but want to and (b) Pocket for when I've read/skimmed and want to store the info for later use. With these two methods I frequently hover around ~20 tabs open and I usaully dump to either method when I cross the close-button threshold (tabophiliacs will know what I mean). Recently I've been trying to force myself to use Firefox to use their tab groups feature and I think I really like it especially for organizing tabs needed for projects. Makes it easy to just click the tab group button and select which project I'm working on and immediately have all the tabs I need.

jamesrcole 11y ago
> Having that many tabs open is nuts That's a completely emotional response. "It makes the tab bar completely unusable" -- maybe the problem is with the tab bar, not the user. What if browsers were designed for the lots-of-tabs use case? Perhaps if effort was put into it, we could come up with some good solutions. I would bet that there's a not-insignificant number of users who have heaps of tabs open.
- lfowles 11y ago
  Yup, widescreen monitor, I moved my tabs over to the left side on Firefox and use a tree view extension. Tabs on top is definitely not for power (tab) users.
- k__ 11y ago
  I have the feeling this multiple-tab-thing is similar to the desktop cluttering, back in the days. Temporary downloads, you don't need for long, but somehow you delete them only if the desktop is full.
- strathmeyer 11y ago
  > What if browsers were designed for the lots-of-tabs use case? My browser bookmarks just fine. Why do I need all these pages currently loaded into memory? "problem exists between chair and keyboard"
  - Spivak 11y ago
    > I should change my behavior to conform to the limitations of my software, instead of changing the software to fit my behavior. If people want thousands of tabs then let's help them do that instead of shaming them.
  - jamesrcole 11y ago
    If it was designed for that use case it wouldn't keep them all loaded in memory
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hokkos 11y ago
Use Tree tab style with firefox, way better tab management.

jamesrcole 11y ago

> Having that many tabs open is nuts That's a completely emotional response. "It makes the tab bar completely unusable" -- maybe the problem is with the tab bar, not the user. What if browsers were designed for the lots-of-tabs use case? Perhaps if effort was put into it, we could come up with some good solutions. I would bet that there's a not-insignificant number of users who have heaps of tabs open.

lfowles 11y ago
Yup, widescreen monitor, I moved my tabs over to the left side on Firefox and use a tree view extension. Tabs on top is definitely not for power (tab) users.
k__ 11y ago
I have the feeling this multiple-tab-thing is similar to the desktop cluttering, back in the days. Temporary downloads, you don't need for long, but somehow you delete them only if the desktop is full.
strathmeyer 11y ago
> What if browsers were designed for the lots-of-tabs use case? My browser bookmarks just fine. Why do I need all these pages currently loaded into memory? "problem exists between chair and keyboard"
- Spivak 11y ago
  > I should change my behavior to conform to the limitations of my software, instead of changing the software to fit my behavior. If people want thousands of tabs then let's help them do that instead of shaming them.
- jamesrcole 11y ago
  If it was designed for that use case it wouldn't keep them all loaded in memory

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hokkos 11y ago

Use Tree tab style with firefox, way better tab management.