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?

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[–] [S] 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Firefox has that pocket thing. Could be worth a try.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Oh it died already? Haven’t been following the news on that. I just couldn’t figure out what it’s good for, so I simply ignored it.

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    I used to love that shit in the iPod Touch web browsing days... But in the end it ended up being another tab hoarding container for me lol.

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