I just saw a coworker with something like 30 tabs open in Chrome. I also know someone who regularly hits the 500-tab limit on their phone, though I suspect that’s more about being messy than anything else.

When I’m researching something, I might have 10-50 tabs open for a while, but once I’m done, I close them all. If I need them again, browser history is there.

Why do people keep so many tabs open? Is there a workflow or habit I’m missing? Do they just never clean up, or is there a real benefit to tab hoarding? I’m genuinely curious. Why do people do that?

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 days ago

    Idk it’s crazy to see the browser windows of some teammates during screen share.

    Read the thing, write down the relevant stuff / copy it to reference notes, bookmark it with raindrop or something that allows you to tag for context, close the whole browser.

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      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?

      • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        7 days ago

        The main advantage is, if you keep a lot of “bookmarks” (which I don’t, but I like to be prepared) they are searchable not just by name, but also by tag.

        This means when you find that good stack overflow page about resolving cuda issues on a VM you can tag it as “linux” “python” “cuda” “VM” in addition to giving it a name. Then you can search for any of those and find it.

        The free version is pretty good and it lets you do one level of folders and as many bookmarks as you want. (Oh yeah. It supports folders so I have one for example that is called Unwatched YouTube, you might guess what I use it for). The paid version is probably better because it includes unlimited folder nesting AND it saves a snapshot of whatever webpage you’re bookmarking so you never lose anything. I would think this would be indespensible if you habitually save things like reddit or Lemmy threads so it doesn’t get deleted from under you.

        I don’t use raindrop.io as much as I would like, but I would assume it’s a far cry better than a browser with 200 tabs open.