The people I know do nothing of the sort and dodge the question when I ask what they NEED so many tabs for. Some people just think its easier to just have tabs sitting around rather than use bookmarks or accept that they aren't going to read that article they set aside weeks ago.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

people just think its easier to just have tabs sitting around rather than use bookmark

Mentally, I find that leaving a tab open says "I'll get to that soon", where a bookmark says "maybe I'll need that someday". "Soon" might still be two weeks from now, but "someday" might as well be never.

Bookmarks just aren't as visible. Think of it like having things that you need to do laid out on a countertop vs having them in a drawer. If you walk by the counter and have a minute to spare, you can see what you might be able to accomplish in that time and check something off. It feels like you need a lot more free time to even want to open the drawer.

Also, managing bookmarks just looks daunting, and the more you have, the worse it gets. When I'm done with a tab, I just close it.

Sometimes, I'll use the bookmark toolbar, but I don't see how that's better than tabs, visually. It just has better persistence.

Lastly, leaving a tab open can also be used like a post-it note to remind me to do something by a certain date. Every time I see it, it acts as a little reminder so that the thing doesn't fall off my radar. That one gets a little tricky if you have so many tabs open that you have to scroll. I try not to let it get that bad, though.

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[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Just browsing documentation can have me hitting that number of tabs easy. I tend to open stuff in new tabs so I can flip back and forth. Also if I'm searching for error messages I like to open in new tabs so I don't have to continuously go back and forth. I won't kill a tab until I know I'm done with it, I have a tab sleep extension to save resources for long idle tabs. Tab groups are a nice feature that I would love in Firefox to help clean things up, I tend to use new windows and virtual desktops to compartmentalise tasks.