that's the difference. closing all tabs once a month prevents tabs from accumulating. either that or having the discipline to close tabs as soon as i know i that i don't need them.

when i search for something, i easily open more than a dozen tabs at once. if i do that multiple times a day, then i get into the hundreds quickly. each collection of tabs is an issue i work on. at some point i have to decide if i want to keep those tabs or if i want to restart the search when i get back to that issue.