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?
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.