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[Vertigon]

I feel like a topic whore, but this bothers me a lot.

I browse the internet starting with 3 tabs. 1 for music, 1 for this forum, 1 for facebook.

Then I think of the Minecraft Forum; +1
Blockland Forum? +1
Notch's blog? +1
DF wiki, wikipedia, etc. etc. etc.

When I'm modding, I can keep it to a minimum of 6 :/
1 for df wiki, 2 for wikipedia, 1 for music, 1 for this forum's modding section, 1 for the rest of the forum

Eventually the amount of tabs and not being able to find anything drives me crazy, and I close everything. Rinse and repeat.

Any solutions/help?

EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that I am lacking a point. I would like to keep down the number of tabs, but I can't control it. Any help, short of blocking my favorite sites?

[Duke 2.0]

Any solutions/help?

For what? Your topic is basically along the lines of "I ate cereal this morning. Any solutions/help?

[eerr]

Any solutions/help?

For what? Your topic is basically along the lines of "I ate cereal this morning. Any solutions/help?

He's got too many boxes of cereal to manage them all. Do you have cereal box management tips?

[Vector]

... Why do you want to keep down the number of tabs, anyway?  Why does this matter to you?

[Vertigon]

It gets to a point where I can't find anything, because the tabs are all squished together. Organization issues, you could say.

[Nolor]

If you're extremely OCD about this and don't want more than 10-15 tabs open at once, try using separate windows for sites that'll likely result in a tab explosion.

B12Games/Wikipedia/DFWiki gets its own window, music/facebook/TVTropes/whatever gets another.

I don't see an issue with having a bunch of tabs open, though. If you're running at a decent screen resolution, Firefox/Chrome does a good job of keeping them all visible. Chrome squishes them all together, but Firefox lets you scroll through.

[Vertigon]

There is no decent screen resolution on this laptop. I need a new one so bad.

Anyways: Excellent advice, something I had not thought of before. Thank you.

[zchris13]

What? Use firefox? You didn't think of that?

[psyn]

20 tabs? A lot of people I know deal with a hundred plus and leave their browser running for weeks.

- In Chrome, use the application shortcuts for 'web application' sites. Pandora, Facebook, Mail, Wikipedia, et cetera. It places a shortcut in the start menu, and that window behaves like a normal application would: unique window, no URL bar or tabs; only a title bar.
- Close tabs when you are done with them...
- Use separate windows as suggested, one for each purpose: casual, work, school, research, programming.
- As a superior option to the above, use a virtual desktop application or OS/WM. OSX is a popular choice for interface usability.

[Tarran]

You have a problem with tabs? Ha! You should see me sometimes.

[Vertigon]

20 tabs? A lot of people I know deal with a hundred plus and leave their browser running for weeks.

- In Chrome, use the application shortcuts for 'web application' sites. Pandora, Facebook, Mail, Wikipedia, et cetera. It places a shortcut in the start menu, and that window behaves like a normal application would: unique window, no URL bar or tabs; only a title bar.
- Close tabs when you are done with them...
- Use separate windows as suggested, one for each purpose: casual, work, school, research, programming.
- As a superior option to the above, use a virtual desktop application or OS/WM. OSX is a popular choice for interface usability.

I don't care if the morons you know can handle 1,000. I can't.

What? Use firefox? You didn't think of that?

I meant the having several windows open at a time.

[FreakyCheeseMan]

Tab explosions are a good thing. It's healthy to close everything once in a while, even when there's stuff you might like. It's a good way to come to grips with the ephemerality of mortal life.

[psyn]

20 tabs? A lot of people I know deal with a hundred plus and leave their browser running for weeks.

- In Chrome, use the application shortcuts for 'web application' sites. Pandora, Facebook, Mail, Wikipedia, et cetera. It places a shortcut in the start menu, and that window behaves like a normal application would: unique window, no URL bar or tabs; only a title bar.
- Close tabs when you are done with them...
- Use separate windows as suggested, one for each purpose: casual, work, school, research, programming.
- As a superior option to the above, use a virtual desktop application or OS/WM. OSX is a popular choice for interface usability.

I don't care if the morons you know can handle 1,000. I can't.

I was only exclaiming surprise. But good way to be a douche about it.

[Vertigon]

20 tabs? A lot of people I know deal with a hundred plus and leave their browser running for weeks.

- In Chrome, use the application shortcuts for 'web application' sites. Pandora, Facebook, Mail, Wikipedia, et cetera. It places a shortcut in the start menu, and that window behaves like a normal application would: unique window, no URL bar or tabs; only a title bar.
- Close tabs when you are done with them...
- Use separate windows as suggested, one for each purpose: casual, work, school, research, programming.
- As a superior option to the above, use a virtual desktop application or OS/WM. OSX is a popular choice for interface usability.

I don't care if the morons you know can handle 1,000. I can't.

I was only exclaiming surprise. But good way to be a douche about it.

Sorry. I didn't even notice that you were helping with the rest of the post. I am ridiculously tired, and I just had to put up with some idiots.

[Dragooble]

The topic title made me think of this.