LOL, and get back to them some time within the next weeks… or months. Who knows how long it will take. 🤷

I keep bumping into Raindrop all the time, but nobody explained what it is. As if everyone already knows what it is. I didn’t, until I finally took the time to open that site. In a new tab, obviously 😀

Anyway, seems like a pretty neat idea. So, how does that better than using normal bookmarks of your browser?

To some extent, I do that as well. However, in my case, it’s not hundreds of tabs. More like 5 sites that I reference frequently enough to keep them open most of the time. I also have bookmarks for the same sites so I can quickly open them when I need to.

However, what I’m really curious about is the people who have hundreds of tabs open all the time. What kind of workflow is that how does it work?

That’s sort of like the “watch later” feature in YouTube. Hey, wasn’t Firefox Pocket meant to be like that?

I view my tabs as very transient, but I’ve learned that many people consider them much more permanent than that. Some even compare them to the files on your computer, which is mind blowing to me.

However, everything that is out of sight and out of mind will pile up. For example, various work related files, like documents and spreadsheets tend to accumulate over the years. Most of them are just there waiting for that one day when I might need them. If someone secretly deleted 50% of my files, it might take years before I would notice.

But that’s an interesting point about tabs. If you can’t see them, they will pile up. Totally agree with that. However, many people still prefer to keep sites as tabs rather than bookmarks specifically because they can see them all the time.

Interesting. I should look into that. What’s your favorite auto unload extension?

Depends on the taks I’m working on. If it’s a simple tech problem, 10 would be a lot. If it involves comparing various products, specs and prices, hitting 50 is quite normal. The key here is that I always close the tabs as soon as I’m done with that topic.

If it’s something I need to get back to later, it requires a more permanent place than browser tabs.

I can see you have a lot of stuff going on, which naturally results in lots of tabs. That’s basically like using the web for professional purposes.

Comparing prices is one of those cases where I can easily have 20-30 tabs open, sometimes even more. However, once I’ve figured out what I’m going to order, I just close all of them to keep my sanity.

Many other people here have said that tabs act like reminders, and that’s a new approach to me. When I have lots of stuff going on at work, I put them on a long list in OneNote. It’s basically a sortable table that allows me to prioritize things, add additional information and mark tasks as complete. If I didn’t do that, life would feel very overwhelming. I think having lots of tabs could also result in similar discomfort, but obviously many people don’t feel that way.

All 500 of them?

But that’s only a handful of sites, which is fine and totally manageable. Not hundreds, like some people have all the time

When I have a lot of unfinished things going on, they begin to bother me. I need to close things and start from a clean slate. Doesn’t that bother you at all?

Saw a Loops video about it a few days ago. Other than that, I have no idea.

No need to worry about RAM prices since you can always just download more RAM.

Stress testing is always a valid reason and a noble cause. Keep those tabs coming. You’re only getting warmed up with 800ish tabs. You can go much higher than that. I believe in you!

Do you ever close those tabs?

Thanks! I’ll save that for later.

Well, a coworker of mine has so many tabs that it was difficult to tell exactly how many there were. The top bar was completely full, so I guess that’s way more than 20. Probably not a hundred yet.

So, do you ever clear them or do they just sit there util you forget they ever existed?

Yeah that makes a lot of sense too. That sort of forking is very common, especially when reading Wikipedia articles. Occasionally I have several wikipedia tabs open, but once I’ve drilled down deep enough, I lose interest, and close all of those tabs.

When researching any topic, it’s really common to have lots of tabs open, but I always close them as soon as they have served their purpose. I guess that’s the key difference here. Actually that difference is interesting. Why do I lose interest so quickly or why do you keep yours open for several days or even weeks?

Oh that sort of login session stuff. Nah, I don’t think it saves any of that. As far as I can tell, it’s just a link. Nothing more. If you’re logged in somewhere, the cookies should allow you to continue where you left off, but they will expire at some point.

That’s quite the vicious circle. More tabs means more problems, and you solve them by adding more tabs. LOL

Anyway, when doing work related stuff, it’s common to need a whole bunch of tabs open at times. However, not closing them is the detail that sets you apart from some other people. I think that opening lots of new tabs is a pretty universal experience, but closing them isn’t.