If you can't do that, I recommend using some extension to limit the open tabs.
For my tabs before that, I'd usually go around the 500 or more.
On my phone thought I still see a smiley on the tabs since I've reached 100+. 😎
Other than that, I have a bookmarks file with stuff I’m regularly visiting.
And that’s it.
Which brings me to the important question: What *are* those 153 tabs of yours? 😅
Other than that, I have a bookmarks file with stuff I’m regularly visiting.
And that’s it.
Which brings me to the important question: What *are* those 153 tabs of yours? 😅
Other than that, I have a bookmarks file with stuff I’m regularly visiting.
And that’s it.
Which brings me to the important question: What *are* those 153 tabs of yours? 😅
So far, the best way I've found to get rid of all these stray tabs is to get pissed off at whatever browser I'm currently used to using and switch to another one. Then my natural laziness kicks in and I only transfer the tabs I absolutely need.
I have a bunch of tabs about Combinatory Categorial Grammar, ray tracing, Answer Set Programming, and reservoir computing that could probably go. Some of those have sat open for at least a year. But I might want to read more about those some day!!!
So far, the best way I've found to get rid of all these stray tabs is to get pissed off at whatever browser I'm currently used to using and switch to another one. Then my natural laziness kicks in and I only transfer the tabs I absolutely need.
If you don’t read it now (or at least this evening), then you probably never will.
If you don’t read it now (or at least this evening), then you probably never will.
If you don’t read it now (or at least this evening), then you probably never will.
Naturally I could spend a bit of time thinking about how to categorize the information and then file it appropriately, or decide I don't need it. Maybe I'm just an undisciplined information hoarder and should work on that. But I don't think that's quite it. I adopted a few strategies in 2022 that were designed to help with that particular issue, but they didn't work for me. No matter what happens I accumulate stuff faster than I categorize and file it, and with some things I just can't bring myself to delete it.
What I've actually always wanted, and want to experiment with, is a nearly-frictionless way of automatically categorized/tagging/whatever-ing a piece of information in such a way that it has some hope of being found again. The startup I co-founded years ago was working on this exact kind of thing but for research scientists. Unfortunately, it suffered the same fate as 90% of startups. But I keep thinking it might be time to revisit some of those ideas.
I'm trying to live a digital minimalism (whatever that means, I've had long conversations about the definition), and having at most 5 tabs open has been challenging to me, but I try.
I'm looking forward to a soft limit of, let's say, 7-10 tabs. If you get your screen full, you should receive a warning... More than 15-25 would be simply not allowed. It's against the interest of browsers designers (use it more), but I think there should be some extension for it.
Now I have those endless text files with hundreds of links, more like a black hole than a Reading list. I say also, the habit of cleaning your lists is as good as making it bigger.
Other useful habits are, trying to write more than reading, avoid looking for new links until you read or delete previous ones, and not subscribing to a new mailing list until I unsuscribe another. It has been a similar pain than to buy new clothes.
> Now I have those endless text files with hundreds of links, more like a black hole than a Reading list.
Yes, me too. Well, I did have several, but I eventually got rid of them and switched back to keeping a lot of tabs open 😕
I'm wondering about a browser extension that randomly closes a tab each time you open one, once you've accumulated more than some upper limit you can set, and randomly closes two tabs if you're over some other, higher limit, to get you back down to your upper limit if you go too far over it. Right now, with 153 tabs open, I wouldn't even notice if a bunch were randomly closed.
> I say also, the habit of cleaning your lists is as good as making it bigger.
Oof, an excellent point. Easier said than done!
You've also reminded me I need to buy some clothes in 2023 😨
I think killing the older tabs could be good enough, or randomly between tabs older than X days. Perhaps with the last 10 tabs, you would notice. IDK
What browser do you use? (Over here, Edge, Firefox, and Kiwi)
It's true, deleting the newest tabs would probably be noticeable and annoying, so preferentially deleting older tabs would be better. I don't know if the browser keeps stats about "last tab visited" or "number of times tab was visited", but closing tabs that haven't been visited often, or haven't been visited in a long time, would probably also be good heuristics. Hmmm 🤔
chrome web store - xTab
So far it's looking good:
Screenshot of xTab UI