Fleur ,

Impressive dedication! Managing over 7,400 tabs for two years is remarkable. It's a testament to Firefox's capabilities and the user's organizational skills. Stay in the loop by visiting my site https://sfrmoncompte.com/

RandomVideos ,
RandomOxen ,
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@RandomVideos @yoasif

I back up my precious tabs to mag tape.

Desistance ,
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Sounds like nephew. I don't know how he keeps track of 50+ opened tabs.

ted_duffield ,
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@Desistance @firefox I have about 30 pinned tabs between Firefox and 2 other browsers.

noodlejetski , (edited )

Internet Website Calls A Person Who Doesn't Know How To Manage Bookmarks A "Power User"

K_REY_C ,
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@yoasif

Jokes aside, are you using Firefox? Any updated organizational strategies? @mmasnick

blargerer ,

Sometimes I see people complaining about firefox crashing or being low performance, and I'm always like, I've been using firefox for 20 years its always been fine. Then I see this and I'm like okay, I guess me topping out at 20-30 tabs when researching something new isn't enough for some people? Use book marks.

larouxn ,
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As interesting as this is, the thought that one wouldn't patch and restart their system for two years is a bit terrifying from a security perspective.

brettvitaz ,

Is this an onion article because when I have 10 tabs open my processor tries to cook itself.

blindsight ,

Maybe it's just my ADHD, but I can't even imagine managing that many tabs.

In my workflow, I start a project, then keep opening new tabs as I need to look things up, frequently moving tabs between multiple browsers spanning my 32" monitor. So long as I'm working on that problem, I just keep opening new tabs.

Then, when I've finally squared away the section of the project I was working on, I usually just close the browser entirely and start fresh.

Needing to manually sift through the 80+ tabs I chaotically opened in the last hour or so to figure out what's worth keeping? Hell no. That's what browser history is for. It's Etch-a-Sketch time! Shake it clean and start fresh.

lvxferre ,
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I follow a "rule of seven" with tabs: once I open the 8th tab, I check the other 7 to see if

  • I don't need it any more - close it down
  • I'll need it in a near future - keep it open
  • I'll need it in a far future - bookmark it, close it down

Seven is small enough to keep track of them, but large enough to be flexible.

Tower ,

Whereas my ADHD has me keeping huge numbers of tabs open (although my record is only ~350) because once it's closed, it's completely gone from my mind. Bookmarks are a burial ground, and history has all the other stuff that I don't need to reference anymore. With tabs, I can go through them and remember why I kept it around, and close it once I've actually done something with it.

douglasg14b ,
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Pretty sure it's me ADHD that causes me to accumulate tabs like this...

I'll have dozens and dozens of windows full of tabs.

I recently did a tab clean out before moving. And had tabs up from ideas or to do's or items that interested me from 4+ years ago.

Every time I restart my computer or close Firefox I always restore my previous session and get all those tabs back.

Bonesince1997 ,

All these haters up in here. Here's to opening another tab brah! Digital power ✊

dukethorion ,
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Firefox user with 2TB of RAM forgets what the X button does.

over_clox ,

If one needs 7400+ tabs open, they shouldn't be allowed access to the internet.

largess ,
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@over_clox
Exactly, what insanity sees you needing more then 7000 tabs open?
@yoasif @firefox

NegativeLookBehind ,
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TIL doing pointless shit makes you a power user

Carighan ,
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Power User is if you don't actually know how to close tabs, aye.

m750 ,
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@Carighan @NegativeLookBehind I know I can reopen closed tabs... What does that make me?

NegativeLookBehind ,
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