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Re:Multiprocess Firefox by mohanr on Thursday December 05, 2013 @01:51PM (#6856288)
I tried solving this problem a while back - using a task based approach - where you create a meta-tab for a logical task and organize tabs under it. You can close, open, suspend, archive tasks. History, bookmarks and other browsing artifacts are associated with tasks. Sadly I couldn't take it beyond prototyping. I have made multiple attempts to - but failed.

* [A task based web browser - Conquering information overload](http://www.slideshare.net/mohanrajrm/a-taskfocused-approach-...)

* [A task-focused approach to support sharing and interruption recovery in web browsers](http://vimeo.com/9088447)

I am still waiting for a plugin which allows me to impose a efficient low-cost organisation layer over tabs (have made multiple feeble attempts to do a plugin which helps organize tabs using mind-maps, a org structure that is my personal favorite). I have tried almost all plugins over the years which could potentially solve this for me - but have not been successful in finding one that fits my needs.

Re:Multiprocess Firefox by diydsp on Thursday December 05, 2013 @03:43PM (#6857083)
interesting! I wonder if perhaps a logical way to combine "pages" is into a "book" or a "codex".

It would kewl if this vein of technology grows. Perhaps cached tabs could store a snapshot for offline-browsing and recall after the page is down, too...

...or if multiple web pages could be combined into a single browser page.

Yes, some kind of meta-layer would be neat.

Maybe even combine a "multipath" "narrative" "storyline" into a navigable structure for communicating ideas from multiple perspectives, like news stories or technical manuals or software/hardware/testing/docs of the same product..

sorry for all the quotes and sky-high speculation - i'm buzzing on caffeine, and very excited to chat with other people about the possibilities of extra-tabular information navigation!