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[–] ignism@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I really don’t understand people who don’t close tabs. I start with a fresh browser window multiple times per day.

[–] Lag@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We start with a fresh browser window multiple times per day too. Except we also have multiple other windows of tabs minimized already.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

This reminds me that I once "accidentally" closed about half of those windows - each ~200 tabs - of my then GF. Took her over a month to notice. Tells you all about how useful tab hoarding actually is.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

This guy gets it.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You might still need those tabs though. You probably don't, but you might.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You're right, I don't. And since browsers come with this really neat feature called "history", it's not like I couldn't trivially re-open them again as needed.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's far easier to have your history cluttered than you might think, and then finding the sites that you need or might need becomes harder.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Whereas my 1000+ semi-ordered tabs are way less cluttered.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but you might forget that you need those tabs. Maaaybe they weren't that important then, but maybe they are.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I think that "weren't that important" indeed hints at how I keep/toss stuff IRL, too.

I toss a lot of shit. I don't keep stuff around for that one hypothetical use case that might crop up in 5 years. Most stuff sells surprisingly well second-hand, and this frees up a lot of money I had otherwise lying around doing fuck all for me.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I don't have enough time in the day or week or month or year to do everything I want to, so I keep my tabs open until I chip away at them one at a time. It takes a long time, but it doesn't mean that the tabs aren't useful to me and won't remain useful months later.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's me with YouTube videos, sometimes I would see a video on recommended that interests me but don't have time to watch it immediately, I have to open it on a new tab otherwise I would never find it again. Sometimes it takes me days to find the time to watch it.

[–] Waffelson@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You can add interested videos to playlist "Watch later" and it will available on all devices with your account

[–] Hanrahan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I don't log in to YT to watch any videos, I alao use Newpipe and Stube sans account. Grouping them in Tabs to get to is great for me.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

I very rarely visit that page. I actually have videos there saved from years ago.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

I only have this behavior on mobile. Idk why

[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why not just bookmark the tabs? Put them in a folder in your bookmark bar called "To Do" or something and they'd all be right there.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

Cuz then I'll have thousands of bookmarks like I already have now

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Here's the fun part - I already do that. Bookmarks are for ultra-long-term links (1-2+ years minimum), tabs are for short-to-long term links (1 day to 1 year).

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago

A handy to when it comes to closing tabs: mouse wheel down anywhere on the tab label closed the tab, no need to find the little 'x'.

Related: mouse wheel down on a link opens that link in a new tab.

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

I have one tab per email account. A few for github issues I’m waiting to be fixed. One which is some random search I just use as reminder. None of which I have closed in months. I literally have a script to boot them up on my second monitor everytime I boot my pc.