Hello, I have discovered the problem. I opened this Chrome window yesterday morning fresh...one tab. This is what it looked like this morning. - ThreadSky

spin4srv.bsky.social•12 days ago

Someone needs a tab-budget plugin.

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thecatfreaky.bsky.social•12 days ago

Someone please invent a dewey decimal system for browser tabs!

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emmettbaber.itch.io•12 days ago

ooh nice! I should write a chrome extension to save on electricity and ram that prints and then closes inactive browser tabs.

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emmettbaber.itch.io•12 days ago

Then i'm gonna make a startup that burns your "watch later" youtube playlist to a bluray and mails it to you.

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zadow.bsky.social•12 days ago

Do you do the “oh that looks interesting” and open in a new tab to eventually watch?

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digitalramble.bsky.social•12 days ago

i've used the One Tab extension for years. move tabs to a linked list for safekeeping & out of your computer's memory and your visual clutter but still summonable...

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vaibhavguptawho.substack.com•12 days ago

There's a Firefox extension called Simple Tab Groups that I swear by. You can create containers of tabs that can be opened in a window in one click.

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kaylel.bsky.social•12 days ago

If you regularly have this many tabs, you probably should try the browser Arc. Or Arc inspired browsers like Zen Browser.

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derpyllama.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is basically my computer at work, so many JIRA tabs opened but I need them all 😅

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matthewgaydos.bsky.social•12 days ago

How many of those tabs are the same webpages opened multiple times?

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echosedai.bsky.social•10 days ago

that never happens 👀😬

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jeadly.bsky.social•12 days ago

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garrettleach.dev•12 days ago

I've found tab groups great because they love in the ether and don't "close", they are synced and you have to go out of your way to delete them

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ashwinmenon.com•12 days ago

Same but the UX is very clunky

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papajason.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's missing the 53 tabs of pornography, but otherwise seems normal...

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jdsmith.bsky.social•10 days ago

Dude. Use tab groups. That tab bar is chaos.

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minnesotanational.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm not in a place to judge tab management...

But I'm going to anyway

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komali100.bsky.social•12 days ago

Ever consider grouping tabs together?

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markovchains1729.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yup!

I used to think I did this because of my ADHD but, as it turns out, it's more due to having untreated OCD.

Ridiculous amounts of mostly pointless research, as it turns out, can itself be a compulsion based in an obsessive discomfort with uncertainty.

And, never closing tabs is basically 1/

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markovchains1729.bsky.social•12 days ago

Just the digital equivalent of hoarding.

I can't close anything because "maybe it'll be useful and I'll need to come back to it! Maybe if I close that tab, I'll forget about it when I need it most!!"

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misplacedglasses.bsky.social•11 days ago

God groups on Google has ruined me. This problem has got exponentially worse.

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cynthiaevemoon.bsky.social•11 days ago

I was trying to figure out what the issue was when I realized you’d emphasized that you’d previously had one tab 😅 *confused in ADHD*

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cynthiaevemoon.bsky.social•11 days ago

If you’re not living life in such a way that you’ve found the max number of tabs you can have open on your phone are you even truly living? 🤔

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oscardssmith.bsky.social•11 days ago

That's definitely a problem. This should be happening in Firedox

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garthvanbell.bsky.social•12 days ago

I do not understand how people live their lives like this.

Is this the digital equivalent of a messy room?

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ashwinmenon.com•12 days ago

Or hoarding

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dreyesbo.bsky.social•12 days ago

Timeline!

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underthepink7.com•12 days ago

oh this is me 🫣

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biblicalfurby.bsky.social•12 days ago

LastPass?! After everything they've been through? 😱

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cautious-optimism.bsky.social•12 days ago

The first step in healing is acknowledgment.

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forced2bthatmf.bsky.social•12 days ago

This screenshot belongs in a museum or something

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inahays.bsky.social•12 days ago

You'll get to all those tabs any second, they need to stay open.

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francesca-mouse.bsky.social•11 days ago

It just a reflection of how your brain works. You’ll be ok. Trust me 😎

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jechoe.bsky.social•11 days ago

You really need multiple virtual desktops, each with multiple windows and browser types. I bet I have 50-60 sites open at a time, but you'd never know it.

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terryenby.bsky.social•12 days ago

I too am tabbed to all hells. It’s not disruptive, so I just close and open a fresh window when I’m done with a set of tabs.

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ulidig.bsky.social•12 days ago

You finish using a set of tabs? How.

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terryenby.bsky.social•12 days ago

When I realise that none of them are currently relevant because AuDHD has moved on to another specialist subject 😅

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ulidig.bsky.social•12 days ago

I never have that realization. 😬

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resistingalison.bsky.social•9 days ago

It looks like you have the same curse that I do; finding far too many things interesting

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ghostly-pup.bsky.social•12 days ago

My chrome app has had a smiley face for the tab number on my phone for multiple years now. I can't stop myself.

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temperqnce.bsky.social•12 days ago

How many calendar tabs does one man need

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mallwitt.bsky.social•12 days ago

I recently managed to cause chrome to lock up for 5 minutes after opening just under 1000 tabs (powershell function gone wrong). Amazingly I was able to save all as bookmarks and shutdown chrome with no further ill effects.

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mfelps.bsky.social•12 days ago

Taskmaster!

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hafgufaschimeras.bsky.social•6 days ago

🎇 When we were a child we used to collect a ton of tabs as well. At some point one of us realized how much it clutters our brain and we just... restricted our usage of browsers to like... 6 tabs max.

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hafgufaschimeras.bsky.social•6 days ago

🎇 It's kind of like learning to put away toys. To clean up the mess after an art project. If this session is done, then everything has to be... «reset».

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pompeiinrdfghtr.dftba.social•11 days ago

I desperately want to come and give that poor computer a restart

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itchymeatball.bsky.social•12 days ago

Man needs a Dewey decimal system for tabs

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elkayix.bsky.social•12 days ago

@500opentabs.bsky.social one of us! one of us!

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david.dellsperger.family•12 days ago

are you blaming @alexhorne.bsky.social and @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social for your issues? That's what it looks like on this screenshot

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rbfchampion.bsky.social•12 days ago

Only 70?

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lisabloomfieldtax.bsky.social•12 days ago

They have medication for this Adderall, Riddilan, Vyvanse or like me I scratch the surface of the problem with Lions mane, 1200 mg

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entleininspace.bsky.social•12 days ago

Ooo, another tab to open while I research this…

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drjmiller.bsky.social•12 days ago

Please right click and open in a new tab the short with "Little Alex Horne" on the right side.

Thanks.

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forgedbygeeks.bsky.social•12 days ago

Left side tabs saved my life. Only reason I use the Chrome-based Edge now

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0-n-e.bsky.social•12 days ago

My guy..... how?

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guanolad.bsky.social•12 days ago

I never have more than ten tabs open at a time. Usually it's two.

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sanguinepatriot.bsky.social•12 days ago

Is it Chrome? I'm blaming Chrome

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bastlynn.bsky.social•12 days ago

Hank. Hank... you know what you need to do here.

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oron45.bsky.social•12 days ago

So... how many other windows do you have open like that? I'm up to 5.

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emilyantique.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes but I spy little Alex Horne so at least you’re a taskmaster fan. ✨

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iitscharli.bsky.social•12 days ago

How many instances of calendar do you need?? Lolol

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kierabrown.bsky.social•12 days ago

Popular people problems. 🤣

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keeyong-c.bsky.social•12 days ago

Also YouTube history is awesome so there's no need to leave any abandoned videos tabs opened

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venwyk.com•12 days ago

That's at least three too many

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brendoelfrendo.bsky.social•12 days ago

Consider using tab groups! You don't actually need to use them to organize, just take all of your crap and shove it under the bed to convince mom you cleaned your room.

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darth2024.bsky.social•12 days ago

Or make use of that handy feature called Bookmarks.

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stuff31.bsky.social•12 days ago

And I thought my compulsive tab-stashing was bad...

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cloneofme.bsky.social•12 days ago

I too have my emotional support tabs

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brpratt.bsky.social•12 days ago

Arc Browser Hank, Arc Browser!!!!

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belladonna7.bsky.social•12 days ago

That’s tab-tastic

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ae-to.bsky.social•12 days ago

"I need more RAM. 32 GB aren't enough anymore."
"What do you do? Like 3D modeling and stuff?"
"Yes?"

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iisawell.bsky.social•12 days ago

Relatable

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brioche74.bsky.social•12 days ago

You know you can group tabs... And label/color code them. Think about how much fun that would be!!

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brobinsnest.bsky.social•11 days ago

The most telling part:

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aquiet1.bsky.social•11 days ago

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bkosh84.bsky.social•12 days ago

Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?

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jackshawhan.bsky.social•12 days ago

Best to open up a few more tabs and read articles on how to manage your tabs.

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mantisteph.bsky.social•11 days ago

Not subscribed to Dropout smh

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spincreep.bsky.social•12 days ago

Opera GX is superior.

Just sayin'.

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nooneinpart.bsky.social•12 days ago

Chromium in a different skin and gamer branding

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spincreep.bsky.social•12 days ago

Far easier to arrange things (I...love...the sidebar) and nest tabs and whatnot. You can also control how much RAM the sucker uses at any given time, so...still superior.

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nooneinpart.bsky.social•12 days ago

The sidebar I can see some use for, though Desktop apps for messaging/music in the background work for me. The RAM limiter I’m not convinced is very necessary, modern browsers already offload tabs from RAM if you start hoarding them.

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spincreep.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's very important if you don't have a beefy computer. Which I don't.

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anunir.bsky.social•11 days ago

Chrome does group tabs now. You can do that.

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delphinedenton.bsky.social•12 days ago

Use OneTab. 🤷‍♀️

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voik.bsky.social•12 days ago

You should make a decimal system for tabs

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marvintandroid.bsky.social•12 days ago

Your computer is haunted.

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pj11111.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’ll need to use those old tabs…one day!

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patrick.doyle.lol•12 days ago

I never had this problem before I got a Mac. Now I have it all the time.

Hate to say it, folks, but Windows is just better at managing windows.

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goblin.living•12 days ago

That is just silly... I spread all my tabs out over several different browsers.

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sj3starz.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes. That way you can split screen and work 2 different tabs at the same time. Much more efficient than back and forth!

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sequeencing.bsky.social•12 days ago

The best is when you haven 3 monitors or more… 🤤

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kd94025.bsky.social•12 days ago

I feel seen.

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thesesmallhours.bsky.social•11 days ago

Nah I have about 10 windows open with that many tabes each 😂

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sambeawesome.bsky.social•12 days ago

Welcome to my every day lol

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katiehambor.com•12 days ago

But how many tabs are in the other Chrome windows
(I can no longer count how many tabs I have)

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elsecalling.bsky.social•12 days ago

That is a horrifying number of tabs. I can't decide if you need an intervention or an exorcist at this point.

(Go exorcism. Hella good Sci Show content on your experience!)

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mndrew.bsky.social•12 days ago

PEBKAC

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kenhatesladders.bsky.social•12 days ago

If you haven’t discovered the grouping feature in chrome yet, it’ll change your life.

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bartonski.bsky.social•11 days ago

May I introduce you to our lord and savior Shift-Click? It opens the link in a new window.

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cactusemoji.xyz•11 days ago

Or scroll-wheel click

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emmettbaber.itch.io•12 days ago

My dad asked me to diagnose why his computer was running slow. He was rockin 157 firefox tabs open on a dell laptop.
"Do you need all of this? You could probably close some of these." I pleaded. He turned to me and said:
"...noooo..." like the ghost of christmas past. 'These tabs I forged in life!'

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shadowdra126.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sir. That’s too many tabs

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sciencegun.bsky.social•12 days ago

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kynedove.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh man, that's an old one lmao

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kori-seawolf.bsky.social•12 days ago

You sir, i love your name

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shadowdra126.bsky.social•12 days ago

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modalware.org•12 days ago

@wukko.me hank uses cobalt ????

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wukko.me•11 days ago

WHATTTT

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grimrealist.bsky.social•10 days ago

Haha. Love it. Now grow my young Jedi. Open multiple windows with even greater tabs. And grow your power

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christiaan.bsky.social•12 days ago

You need Arc https://arc.net

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jake-mcgowan.co.uk•12 days ago

Do you people not turn your computers off over night. Or even worse. Do you have session restore on.

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landsil.net•12 days ago

Nope,
The work laptop gets turned off for the weekend and full restore. But also I have like 5 tabs when not actively doing stuff so 🤷‍♂️

I've accidentally enforced a full session restore to 600 people at work.
Only 1 person complained after a few weeks.

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nickwolfebrown1.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's a battle.
Here's one journo's attempt to win:
https://bsky.app/profile/jm-mcgrath.bsky.social/post/3lpjvpvzw422s
Good luck!

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jjsmalls5.bsky.social•11 days ago

Is there enough tabs open? Bc i think we can squeeze a few more in

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totallynotseth.dev•12 days ago

Just wait till you learn about the unbridled power of the bookmarks bar

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protoghostal.bsky.social•12 days ago

the short of little Alex Horne saying "so what went wrong" seems fitting lol

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paytmitch.bsky.social•12 days ago

nightmare scenario: audio is playing from hank’s computer in an unknown tab

good luck

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cellsareneat.bsky.social•12 days ago

Get ready for a Game Changer!

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shruggiexo.bsky.social•12 days ago

this button :)

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shifty-boi.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's the last one 😬

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resistingalison.bsky.social•9 days ago

It’s always the last one you look at because you stop looking once you found it…sorry 🙀

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yingofdarkness.bsky.social•11 days ago

Unless that is the first couple ones he checks. Then it is one of the ones in the middle

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oshimia.bsky.social•11 days ago

Oh that's easy, I just shut down the whole browser.

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kace7.bsky.social•12 days ago

truly iconic that 7 of them are google calendar

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sefinh.bsky.social•11 days ago

And 3 of them are the symbol that usually indicates a fresh tab without a search.

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jonmsparks77.bsky.social•12 days ago

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goronhead.bsky.social•12 days ago

As a certified Tab Hoarder; good god, man

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ferdizebua.bsky.social•12 days ago

If any of you reading this would like to find the Dropout Smartypants video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/RxMR1TMec04?si=movyVG8uoSDPU3ca

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robert-is-typing.bsky.social•12 days ago

I inadvertently solved a similar problem by accidentally opening a link in a new window instead of a new tab and when I went to close it, I closed the original window and lost all the open tabs.

I think I heard my computer audibly sigh at that moment :-/

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allychat.bsky.social•12 days ago

I feel like I don't even visit this many webpages in a week

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possessedmoss.bsky.social•12 days ago

SIR!

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soapysoaps.bsky.social•11 days ago

Relatable

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leehtml.bsky.social•12 days ago

have you considered closing literally any tab ever?

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evidences.bsky.social•11 days ago

You can close browser tabs?

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resistingalison.bsky.social•9 days ago

I cannot

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ashwinmenon.com•12 days ago

I have the same problem :(

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theonetruelou.bsky.social•12 days ago

Apparently, Microsoft Edge keeps telling me I have 653 tabs open. Pretty sure 128 of those are my email. 🫩🙄

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nicco.moe•12 days ago

Wild someone as intelligent as you still uses chrome

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gibson3.bsky.social•11 days ago

Easy fix, On windows it's Ctrl+n and I believe the mac one is Command+n, and there you are presented with a new canvas to work with! (Don't worry the last one will still be there so you can compare results)

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drewbeck.bsky.social•12 days ago

Hello have you tried Arc it makes having one million tabs so much nicer and easier.

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ashwinmenon.com•12 days ago

By auto archiving it?

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drewbeck.bsky.social•12 days ago

That’s part of it. But the sidebar tabs make management and knowing what you have way easier, which is most of it for me. And ofc the spaces means you can segment your tabs easily.

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bucker.bsky.social•11 days ago

How you using Chrome with this many tabs, it gotta be eating at least 99.9% of your memory

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allie-andrews.bsky.social•12 days ago

I feel less alone now. Thank you. #tabhoarders

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spoiledpink7.bsky.social•12 days ago

Mine is the same.

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punnyusername.bsky.social•12 days ago

Firefox has groups now. Use it, and them!

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thenerktwins.bsky.social•12 days ago

So does Chrome

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plugsbuttuglystuff.bsky.social•11 days ago

So does Safari

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sweetchuck.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is stifling, like walking into a hoarder's house.

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kacey.dev•12 days ago

Vertical tabs man

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ninjapup1.bsky.social•12 days ago

As someone with a similar problem, you need to use more windows, that way no single window looks too bad

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davidgenz.bsky.social•12 days ago

Hank, you can open links with a left click too.

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metafrantic.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah, that can happen when you’re researching dino penises.

…I’ve heard.

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willking.bsky.social•3 days ago

Check out the one-tab extension.

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beachy-cat.bsky.social•12 days ago

But how many windows are also open? This is amateur if there aren’t at least a dozen windows too. 😁

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mirrorpond.bsky.social•12 days ago

Tab was popular in the 70's.
You do you.

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beanthedeceiver.bsky.social•11 days ago

We have to know how many “tabs” are open on your phone!

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rewards.bsky.social•12 days ago

Dropout and Taskmaster, we do have similar tastes

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healslfw.bsky.social•12 days ago

Inspiring.

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skellefrog.bsky.social•12 days ago

Your RAM is screaming for help

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mindovermuses.bsky.social•12 days ago

Hank, there's a lovely browser add-on called "Auto Tab Discard" that you need to check out. It'll put the tabs you aren't actively using to sleep until you click on them again, freeing up resources.

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ashwinmenon.com•12 days ago

I thought chrome did this by default

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mindovermuses.bsky.social•12 days ago

Chrome has a setting for it but for those of us who prefer other browsers, like Firefox, the extension is really good. It's also available in the Chrome store, so I'm not sure if it has other features beyond what Google offers.

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profmiloarty.bsky.social•12 days ago

Clearly the problem is that you're not in Dark Mode.

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themossygreen.bsky.social•12 days ago

Container tab to the rescue 😏

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xacris.bsky.social•12 days ago

if I ever have more than like 6 tabs open, I close every tab other than the one I'm currently engaged in. If I ever can't read the name of a tab, all the tabs need to close

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