Re:The New Firefox and Ridiculous Numbers of Tabs
by jgtrosh on Saturday July 22, 2017 @07:54AM
(#14826715)
Hello, you mention it as a serious problem.
I agree and I think it's good to be aware of it.
I don't believe it should be up to the browser to deal with tabs.
I don't actually believe tabs are a particularly good representation of browsing.
Using extremely light browsers such as surf (http://surf.suckless.org)
in a good window manager such as i3 (https://i3wm.org)
makes each page a first class window, without any browser clutter.
You soon learn to browse with as few pages open as possible.
Opening new tabs is a promise to spend time in the future.
Using simpler linear navigation helps keeping focus.
I want to know why I'm browsing, not hoping that I go through every tab
that I lazily felt I might need to see in some open-ended future.
The web is broken but with some effort
you can alienate most of the cruft from your usage.
I don't believe it should be up to the browser to deal with tabs. I don't actually believe tabs are a particularly good representation of browsing.
Using extremely light browsers such as surf (http://surf.suckless.org) in a good window manager such as i3 (https://i3wm.org) makes each page a first class window, without any browser clutter.
You soon learn to browse with as few pages open as possible. Opening new tabs is a promise to spend time in the future. Using simpler linear navigation helps keeping focus. I want to know why I'm browsing, not hoping that I go through every tab that I lazily felt I might need to see in some open-ended future. The web is broken but with some effort you can alienate most of the cruft from your usage.