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?
Because I’m going to need those! Not this second / day / week / month, but I’m going to need those and I have way too many bookmarks!
Speaking of bookmarks, some people have recommended using Raindrop for managing that mess. I’m still testing it, so I don’t really know if it ends up being useful for me. Might wanna take a look anyway.
The need to store things for later is very real, and I totally understand that. I prefer to think of tabs as a very transient storage place, but apparently there are lots of people who treat them as something far more permanent.