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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'

by 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 sid0 17y ago

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 :)