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?

  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    That sounds awesome!

    Can you give some examples where that browser has made a big difference? What are the kinds of situations where it really shines?

    • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      20 hours ago

      In terms of unique features there’s a few places where it shines.

      Glance: You know how you open a link in the background to not lose the tab you’re currently on? Well in Zen you just click it with Alt+click and it pops open in an overlay which you can easily click away when you’re done with it (or open it to a ‘full’ tab if you need it)

      Split view: exactly what it sounds like, have multiple tabs open side-by-side or above each other in the same window

      Side tabs: exactly what sideberry does except the browser is fully designed around it with features like workspaces (with per workspace themes), essential tabs (are shown on top in each workspace) and pinned tabs (per workspace) all just being great.