Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?
MuttMutt@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I keep tabs open so I can refer back to them when working on stuff or when I am planning things.
Right now I’m in the middle of house repairs on a former slumlord property. Will be installing 7.2KW of solar panels in a system that can island without causing issues. Need to rip and replace the back porch because the roof was rotten already and the floor is not much better. Trying to run and build a YouTube channel in the SCUBA diving niche. Planning for a dive trip to Cozumel in April so I can get more footage for said channel. And trying to start a non-profit that will support SCUBA training for teens and young adults who survived childhood abuse. While also running a website for the YouTube channel and the non-profit. All while dealing with life, family, a dog, and two vehicles. I do EVERYTHING with my own hands because I don’t have cash to pay others to do it for me.
When I am preparing to make a purchase I also tend to have even more tabs open as I compare prices and costs for shipping among other things. The replacement materials for our roof was about 5K total for just under 3000sq ft of roof and I had to install venting that previously didn’t exist. Just made the next to last purchase for solar and have 6500 invested and about 1000 left to go for the racking and a few miscellaneous things.
It takes a lot to remember everything so keeping tabs open is a huge stress reliever.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I can see you have a lot of stuff going on, which naturally results in lots of tabs. That’s basically like using the web for professional purposes.
Comparing prices is one of those cases where I can easily have 20-30 tabs open, sometimes even more. However, once I’ve figured out what I’m going to order, I just close all of them to keep my sanity.
Many other people here have said that tabs act like reminders, and that’s a new approach to me. When I have lots of stuff going on at work, I put them on a long list in OneNote. It’s basically a sortable table that allows me to prioritize things, add additional information and mark tasks as complete. If I didn’t do that, life would feel very overwhelming. I think having lots of tabs could also result in similar discomfort, but obviously many people don’t feel that way.
MuttMutt@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Everyone has their own way of dealing with things. I do a lot more research on my tablet as it’s almost always with me. My desktop is used for video editing, some gaming, dealing with SBC (small board computing) devices, managing the homelab, and is also acting as my camera DVR.
Since most everything is already in the browser for me using something else to save the links is a slowdown outside of emailing something to myself for use on my desktop. It’s also the reason why I don’t use apps for many things, apps are linear and really don’t allow you to explore tangents like a browser with a new tab opening a link.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Forking the path is the real killer feature of websites. You can open the main page, click 4 subpages open, navigate each of them a little bit, compare different parts of the site and so on. It’s not uncommon, that I need to look up some information from one part of the same site when typing information inton some text box. Try that with an app!