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I think it depends on what kind of "browser" user you are. I spend most of my time online, and only use my browser for viewing web pages, and sometimes testing

by dylanz 17y ago

I think it depends on what kind of "browser" user you are. I spend most of my time online, and only use my browser for viewing web pages, and sometimes testing during development. I rarely ever bookmark anything, and if I do, it's a link I "really" go to a lot and just put it in the bookmark toolbar. Basically, I use tabs and hot-keys. In a nutshell, start up speed and browsing speed is most important to me. Take it with a grain of salt though, as I don't mind viewing documents online in lynx/w3m/etc.

sid0 17y ago
I usually have around 200 tabs open, and any other browser is a nightmare to use. Firefox + Tree Style Tabs + Ubiquity is the only way I can maintain some degree of sanity. Since I keep my browser open all the time, I don't particularly care about startup speed. Hell, forget about admittedly niche things like vertical tabs. Chrome gets so many basic things wrong, from scrolling to text selection, that it's just a poor joke of a browser.
- derefr 17y ago
  If I may ask, why do you have 200 tabs open? Are you really using the tab bar as a random-access array of pages, or are you using it more like a queue?
  - sid0 17y ago
    I'm just in the habit of opening tabs and forgetting about them for a few days, then coming back to them when I have time, so I guess it's more like a queue. I'm not saying it's desirable or optimal for everyone -- it's just how I work, and I find it quite effective, and I treasure my workflow a lot more than I care about "speed". I also usually have lots of tabs with API documentation open, so it's important to maintain state such as the position of the scrollbar. Keeping tabs open is a much easier way to maintain this state than creating bookmarks for every function in the API.
    - InclinedPlane 17y ago
      Perhaps you should investigate some sort of bookmarking technology like delicious.
      - sid0 17y ago
        I've looked at them and tried to use them before, but the problem with any bookmarking technology is that I always get the feeling that bookmarks are permanent. (When was the last time you deleted a bookmark?) I really don't want most of the links I open to be permanent. With tabs, it feels good to know that there's always an out -- the red X in the top right corner.
        ErrantX 17y ago
        I fear it is not the browser that is the problem: just that your workflow is unique. As an aside I'm surprised you can survive with FireFox and 200 tabs. Once I get above about 50 the memory usage and lag just gets too much for it to be usable. Any tips?
        sid0 17y ago
        I just use Firefox (currently 3.6b4) with a few addons, and don't do anything special at all. Memory usage tends to be 600-700 MB, which isn't enough for me to care. I'm not sure what you mean by "lag" -- I don't use any web apps, so there's very little background stuff running.
        krzyk 17y ago
        Well, this usuage is not so unique, although I don't have 200 tabs, but usually way more than 50. As a side note, untill chrome is ported to linux (with a usable state) and untill adblock is ported to chrome, this browser does not exist for me :)

by dylanz 17y ago

sid0 17y ago

I usually have around 200 tabs open, and any other browser is a nightmare to use. Firefox + Tree Style Tabs + Ubiquity is the only way I can maintain some degree of sanity. Since I keep my browser open all the time, I don't particularly care about startup speed. Hell, forget about admittedly niche things like vertical tabs. Chrome gets so many basic things wrong, from scrolling to text selection, that it's just a poor joke of a browser.

derefr 17y ago
If I may ask, why do you have 200 tabs open? Are you really using the tab bar as a random-access array of pages, or are you using it more like a queue?
- sid0 17y ago
  I'm just in the habit of opening tabs and forgetting about them for a few days, then coming back to them when I have time, so I guess it's more like a queue. I'm not saying it's desirable or optimal for everyone -- it's just how I work, and I find it quite effective, and I treasure my workflow a lot more than I care about "speed". I also usually have lots of tabs with API documentation open, so it's important to maintain state such as the position of the scrollbar. Keeping tabs open is a much easier way to maintain this state than creating bookmarks for every function in the API.
  - InclinedPlane 17y ago
    Perhaps you should investigate some sort of bookmarking technology like delicious.
    - sid0 17y ago
      I've looked at them and tried to use them before, but the problem with any bookmarking technology is that I always get the feeling that bookmarks are permanent. (When was the last time you deleted a bookmark?) I really don't want most of the links I open to be permanent. With tabs, it feels good to know that there's always an out -- the red X in the top right corner.
      - ErrantX 17y ago
        I fear it is not the browser that is the problem: just that your workflow is unique. As an aside I'm surprised you can survive with FireFox and 200 tabs. Once I get above about 50 the memory usage and lag just gets too much for it to be usable. Any tips?
        sid0 17y ago
        I just use Firefox (currently 3.6b4) with a few addons, and don't do anything special at all. Memory usage tends to be 600-700 MB, which isn't enough for me to care. I'm not sure what you mean by "lag" -- I don't use any web apps, so there's very little background stuff running.
        krzyk 17y ago
        Well, this usuage is not so unique, although I don't have 200 tabs, but usually way more than 50. As a side note, untill chrome is ported to linux (with a usable state) and untill adblock is ported to chrome, this browser does not exist for me :)