Browser tabs are probably the wrong metaphor

Re:Browser tabs are probably the wrong metaphor by ximm on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:09AM (#20181996)

I used to have many tabs open myself. Not so much for different tasks, but more for "i don't have time for that now, I will read it later".

Now I use a firefox extension called "Bookmark Stack" for that. I can easily add the current page to a stack and later restore it. Since it is a stack, the most recent entries are always displayed first. Since these are bookmarks, syncinc is also easy.

I wrote that extensions myself, but there are others like it. Since using it, I rarely have more than 10 open tabs. That may not suite every workflow, but it definitely helped me.

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Re:Browser tabs are probably the wrong metaphor by alanbernstein on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:48AM (#20182180)

This sounds like a good idea, I'll give it a try. Do you find your stack growing consistently? That's what I'd expect for myself.

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Re:Browser tabs are probably the wrong metaphor by ximm on Saturday June 15, 2019 @02:19AM (#20188645)

Yes, the stack is growing (currently somewhere around 200). However, I think in terms of resources it's better to have a lot of bookmarks than to have a lot of open tabs. Also there is almost some kind of gamification to try to reduce the number.

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Re:Browser tabs are probably the wrong metaphor by Shorel on Friday June 14, 2019 @04:01PM (#20186211)

I just send every long article to Pocket.

Then I read it in my Kobo.

Total win/win in my book.

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