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Re: Ask HN: Your browser tab count

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Post by CrypticShift »

jasode wrote: post #20
CrypticShift wrote: post #7

OMFG ! I never really understood this or the use of all those tab managers [1]. For me, Tabs are just links. Why do you have to keep them open? Can't you just bookmark them ? (and then delete them later) [1] https://alternativeto.net/feature/tab-manager/?sort=likes

> Tabs are just links. Why do you have to keep them open? Can't you just bookmark them ? I use both tabs and bookmarks and they serve different purposes: - tabs are ephemeral and not meant to be saved. Saving them as bookmarks adds friction because it leads to "managing" them later in bookmarks UI to find+reload+delete them. Using multiple tabs avoids digital housekeeping work. Bookmarks are more useful if the url is…

> it leads to "managing" them later in bookmarks UI to find+reload+delete them

I agree. There is definitely less UX friction with tabs, and I can live with 20-30 (50 maaax) and only some of the time. But 100 ephemeral and much more? most of the time? IMO this is just unwillingness to improve the system. You can definitely get less friction dealing with most of them as organized bookmarks than wild tabs.

> tabs already have the HTML downloaded and visually pre-rendered

Most new browsers purge tabs from memory, so the instantaneity is not there anymore.

Re: Ask HN: Your browser tab count

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Post by codingrightnow »

d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #22

Anyone know of good tab group managers? I tried it in Chrome but keep loosing the groups when I restart chrome

The old built in Firefox tab groups was amazing. I've left a version un-updated on one of my compters for years because of it. Unfortunately nothing has come close to replacing it. Tab groups on Opera is okay but extremely limited. Right now I'm using tree style tabs on another Firefox build and it's not bad. I wish I could name tab groups and that ctrl+tabbing through from the last tab wrapped around to the same group at the end rather than to the next tab group, but other than that it's not bad.

Re: Ask HN: Your browser tab count

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Post by theolivenbaum »

Just checked on chrome://inspect/#pages

- 176 on desktop

- 208 on laptop

- :D on mobile (guess that means 100+)

Usually they accumulate for a few weeks then I just close all windows except one where I save all I still need / want to read / etc...

(incidentally - why I want to build a browser extension to our app (curiosity.ai), to help navigate all this mess)

Re: Ask HN: Your browser tab count

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Post by ksec »

40 Right Now, but last week it was 400+.

Safari is the only browser that doesn't give a list of Tabs. Both Chrome and Firefox have it.

Again, Multi ( I mean tens to hundreds or sometimes thousands ) Tab usage is still an unsolved problem.

Re: Ask HN: Your browser tab count

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Post by bronikowski »

4. I hate having open tabs. I close everything. If something is worth reading it goes into Pocket, if it's a repo worth inspecting, I clone it into a Syncthing folder, if it's something different, like a good hint on a thing I'm working on, it goes into vimwiki.
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