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?
That sounds like all of them are actually more or less active. It’s not like vast majority of them are neglected and forgotten.
Maybe you’re some sort of a power user who just needs a lot of tabs to get stuff done. I don’t see any problem with that. Since you also use bookmarks, you’re effectively controlling the chaos. That doesn’t look anything like the chaotic mess I’ve seen with some other people.
“power user” is such a kind way to describe that, thank you!
😄 You’re welcome!