Why people like 50 tabs at once. I can't understand.
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I used to feel the same way. But recently, I just don't have time to 'finish' each tab/section. When I was younger with more time, I could.
For example, the first section of my browser is several self hosted apps I'm currently implementing. So, I don't want to lose the relevant forum posts/documentation.
The second section is some articles I couldn't finish reading.
The third section is something I'm researching for my work.
Fourth are media tabs, some YouTube videos I haven't finished, a music tab, etc etc
So basically, if I had time to read the articles, one section closed. Or finished my implementation, etc.
The hard part this is this is every week. Always new projects, work or personal. Always new studies to read. Always new vids. You get the point.
I storing YouTube links that I would watch next time
Text document
"Save to watch later"
Bookmark
There are options
Text document - very lack of quality features Others - just place where I would forget them forever
So youll just leave them where you would forget them forever instead?
What's the functional difference between a tab bar and bookmark bar for this specific purpose other than the former taking more resources?
Genuine question because I cannot comprehend
whoa. mozilla doing something the people want?? WHAT PARALLEL WORLD IS THIS?
So now when I open my mom's computer, she see 20 tab groups, I'll know it's even worse than it looks...
I'll never understand you people that need like 50 tabs open at once.
I have a few use cases:
- Many youtube videos that are like 30+ minutes long saved for later
- Documentation on some stuff that I need to go back and forth
- Movies or games that I found, but don't want to write down and forget
- Going down rabbit holes on wikipedia and saving it for another day
- Everything else that catches my attention and deserves a honorable spot in the tab bar
Basically, I use my browser as a notebook. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
So a shit ton of tabs that never get looked at again? I swear all of you secretly want your tabs to disappear so you have something to complain about.
Yeah those all seem like great uses of bookmarks and save functions.
RIGHT
So why’s it hard to explain why they’re not the same… 🤔
I will do my good deed of the month. You seem like a prime candidate for Tab Stash. Does the same but better than Tab Groups. Check it out. You might like it.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stash/
Let me know, love it or hate it. Cheers.
Is there some way this could work on android?
Tab Stash is great, yes. That's the answer.
Nah, just 200 or more
Sometimes I ended up with +50 tabs because I just don't close them. But when the computer restart and Firefox ask me to restore them or start a new session, I always go for a new session. And I never felt that I lost something.
I closed my tabs with the window automatically
I used to never close tabs and they would accumulate as I kept doing more web searches and other activities. Now when I need to do stuff I usually open a new window instead for different tasks and if I need to free up RAM then I start closing other windows for tasks I'm not doing anymore so it closes all of the related tabs at the same time
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A second browser window is the real solution. Or simply accept the chaos.
No chaos. Only Sidebery.
They added sidebar tabs with this stuff too, doesn’t do a full tree structure and it needs some other work though.
As if I wasn't already doing that lol I have 64 gigs of ram and I will use 64 gigs of ram!
Oh man, thats even more chaos having a new window for a group of tabs.
(Source: thats my daily experience)
finally firefox re-added tab groups, after removing them once already in the past >_>
https://venturebeat.com/mobile/mozilla-is-removing-tab-groups-and-complete-themes-from-firefox/
Now do it on mobile and I'll happily switch
live to help you declutter
Me ready to clutter even more 😈
Hi sorry to bother, how come your name is red in voyager? Tyvm
Hey no bother at all, I think it's just because I'm an admin in my instance
Ahh makes sense, thank you!
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Ever since i switched to zen browser i hace not thought of coming back for a second.
I tried it -> couldn't figure out how to get rid off vertical tabs -> uninstalled -> installed Librewolf
Yea Zen is amazing, especially the neat Workspaces feature.
I'm still going back to Firefox because of tab groups.
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