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Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#31
I don't understand why a simple export of the list of current tabs open is not a basic, built-in feature of the browser.

I am not asking for management or storage or export or sharing ... or anything interesting at all. I should just be able to go to:

chrome://tabs

(or whatever) and see a text list of tab URLs. All browsers should have this functionality.

Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#33

Just curious - what is the amount of tabs that everyone else has open right now in their browser? I currently have 29... Trying to figure out on which side I'm an outlier. I know (thanks to the favicon) what each tab is and when I'll use it next, but am I just wasting ram on my computer and in meatspace?

On Chrome I have 4 windows with - 46, 20, 13 & 21 tabs open. I use the "Cluster - Window & Tab Manager" extension. I use Chrome for personal tasks on my work computer.

On Firefox - I have 7 windows with ~200 tabs open. I wish cluster was available on Firefox

Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#35
Thanks this is really handy for me. In the past, I had to export tabs via the "Cluster - Window Manager" Extension and then finagle the CSV into an HTML file before I stuck in my Google Drive.

Also, do you know if there is a version of this for Firefox?

Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#37
Punk-o-matic was the first time I encountered the idea of a string-serializable program state and my mind was blown. I think more applications would benefit from being able to turn things into a text state, especially ones with a lot of configuration.

Imagine hitting a button and having AWS drop everything it does into a Terraform file or CloudFormation file or something. Or maybe you go through the UI selecting options and at the end you hit "Export to TF" and you get a TF thing selecting the options you had. That would be cool!

I've heard that Azure has something like this but I haven't tried it myself.

Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#38

Serious question, people who have hundreds or thousands of tabs at a time, why? Personally I've never found the need to have so many tabs open.

Agreed, it just seems like laziness and poor hygiene. The digital equivalent of men letting their nails grow long.

Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#39
post #31

I don't understand why a simple export of the list of current tabs open is not a basic, built-in feature of the browser. I am not asking for management or storage or export or sharing ... or anything interesting at all. I should just be able to go to: chrome://tabs (or whatever) and see a text list of tab URLs. All browsers should have this functionality.

chrome://inspect/#pages

Re: Show HN: Tablist – a chrome extension to copy and paste lists of open tabs

#40

Serious question, people who have hundreds or thousands of tabs at a time, why? Personally I've never found the need to have so many tabs open.

Programming and you have scores of tabs open on various apis. Doing research on a problem and each window is a thread of inquiry. Some long running tabs are more temporary bookmarks for things that don’t merit an actual bookmark. There are other reasons I’m sure. Just because it’s not useful to you doesn’t mean it’s not useful.
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