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?
Yeah, it’s true that many sites don’t really use them URL for much. It’s really annoying trying to bookmark a site like that. Sure the URL says it ThatReallyCoolSite.com/whatever. Once you click that, it just takes you to the main page, which is not at all where you thought you were going. However, if you leave sites open tabs, can the browser really restore that location after you update and restart? If it can, tabs really are more useful than bookmarks in that case.