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Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs saved over two years after they can’t restore browsing session
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Do people not know about browsing history?
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2024
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Did you know that Firefox has this cool new option (spoiler: it's not new), that lets you bookmark websites into folders and when you click on that folder from your toolbar it says "Open All in Tabs" at the bottom of the list. BAM! Tabs restored.
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I don’t understand people who use a million tabs. Most I’ll have is like ten. And that’s if I’m deep in a problem in a project. I hate clutter
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How do you even navigate that many tabs?
People can keep 5-10 things in their short term memory. Anything beyond that you can't feasibly multitask with so it should be a bookmark instead of a tab.
Maybe browsers should merge the two functions. (We already have pinned tabs too)
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I seem to remember a post on Lemmy from a user asking about how to keep a browser responsive with about 10,000 tabs open so it's certainly a usage pattern for some.
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I usually save neither the browsing history neither the opened tabs. I add interesting pages in bookmarks, but rarely check them again.
AKA User was so stupid, he or she should better not use a computer in the first place.
Frankly I think even the people with 25+ tabs open have a problem.
And that problem is called "ADHD"
Work in IT and have many different tickets and projects. 25 is nothing.
It's really not a big deal if you use tab groups or similar. Not all are loaded at all times but ephemeral enough that i wouldn't want to save down to bookmarks.
It's amazing how many people think having tons of tabs is insane. How about all browsers start limiting how many tabs can be opened at a time (to accommodate proper, sane usage rules)?
Firefox Focus on Android is there and it doesn't have a button to add a new tab. You can only create one by clicking a link from those already existing. Also, just four shortcuts for some reason and no bookmarks.
It's a great default browser to open random links from your apps: no cookies, no logins, always a private tab experience. But when you need a bit more (like translating a word in an article you are reading) it's restricted. Because Moz decided that's the way it should be.
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I'll say it again - anyone who needs (or let's be honest, thinks they need) hundreds of thousands of open tabs has something wrong with their brain and should probably see a professional about it.
Isn't it just hoarding but in digital space?
if you want to keep something forever, you gotta make backups
Just screenshot your tabs. 😇
Commas, like tabs, are free and convenient.
Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs, saved over two years, after they can’t restore browsing session
Tab session manager that difficult to install? 😮💨
Should make that a feature
Is this a new mental illness I haven't heard of?
In an interview with PCMag, Hazel said she keeps all those tabs open because she likes “to scroll back and see clusters of tabs from months ago — it’s like a trip down memory lane on whatever I was doing/learning about/thinking about.” So, when she recovered her 7,000+ tab browsing session, she said, “I feel like a part of me is restored.”
Actually that's kinda cool. I shouldn't be a hater.
But... Firefox has a history feature that would serve her purpose much better?
Good.