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Firefox Finally Did It (Tab Groups) (linuxiac.com)
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Thousands of users wanted it, so Firefox delivered it. Tab Groups are now live to help you declutter and stay organized while browsing.

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[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The way they did it though.. the tab group name cant be collapsed so it takes a lot of room. I find I'm still using task oriented groups from the Simple Tab Groups extension, and then using the new core groups feature as a way to group subtopics for that task.

And before you say "you must have a million tabs".. I used to have millions of tabs, but now i average less than 100 when I have a lot of tasks I need to balance, and I know what all of them are open for. So when I complete a task I delete the Simple Tab Group and say by Felicia to all those tabs.

[-] jhonmu648@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 12 hours ago

Why people like 50 tabs at once. I can't understand.

[-] OpFARv30@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 hours ago

Neither can we.

[-] kazaika@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Heres a neat easter egg: If you open enough tabs on firefox mobile the number in the tab icon changes to an infinity icon

[-] jawsua@lemmy.one 2 points 1 hour ago

I'm constantly trying to keep under that number, lol. It's a shame Easter egg

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Agile and task reprioritization at work.

To many projects to work on at home.

Games.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago

agile

Lol sure thing.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

You gotta be nimble to navigate through 50+ tabs to find what you are looking for

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Hence the groups having the ticket name related to the task I am working on. When the task closes I delete that group once I've ensured anything important for future context is documented and then I say goodbye with confidence.

I don't bookmark things for work tasks, I log them in tickets or commit it to readme/code comments/team docs somewhere.

Edit: I should also note that my workflow uses Simple Tab Groups and not much of this new core feature.

Simple tab groups hides all other tabs and you switch groups via a dropdown. I usually only have 10-12 tabs open at once.

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

At work I’ll have like 20+ tabs open and I eventually am like F it, close everything and start over. Usually feels good.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 3 points 7 hours ago

They don't know how bookmarks work.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Bookmarks are great if I remember what I want is there. Usually bookmarking is like putting a piece of paper in cabinet that I will never open.. A tab is leaving the paper on my desk for me that I will rediscover.

[-] umfk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Use the bookmarks toolbar then.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

This is what I do. You can even create folders with no name that take up very little space on the bookmarks toolbar, and fill them with links. You can have sub-folders within those folders... I truly just do not understand the tab hoarding mentality.

You can also just start typing and set up your search bar to automatically search bookmarks (and history too if you're afraid of losing something)

[-] Sibyls@lemmy.ml 16 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I used to feel the same way. But recently, I just don't have time to 'finish' each tab/section. When I was younger with more time, I could.

For example, the first section of my browser is several self hosted apps I'm currently implementing. So, I don't want to lose the relevant forum posts/documentation.

The second section is some articles I couldn't finish reading.

The third section is something I'm researching for my work.

Fourth are media tabs, some YouTube videos I haven't finished, a music tab, etc etc

So basically, if I had time to read the articles, one section closed. Or finished my implementation, etc.

The hard part this is this is every week. Always new projects, work or personal. Always new studies to read. Always new vids. You get the point.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

It's akin to when everything is urgent, nothing is.

At one point, you gotta accept that you can't do everything and move on. You can always re-find the information if it comes down to it in the future. Or you can use bookmark folders to be able to eventually go back to what you think is important.

If I have more than 6-7 tabs open, I check what I need to absolutely save and add that to a bookmark folder, then I close my browser and start fresh.

[-] fishy@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

Yup, that's how operate. I went to help a colleague with some stuff and dude had so many tabs and windows open it took him more time to find the tab he wanted me to see than it wouldn't taken me to search for it. Annoying

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