I just saw a coworker with something like 30 tabs open in Chrome. I also know someone who regularly hits the 500-tab limit on their phone, though I suspect that’s more about being messy than anything else.
When I’m researching something, I might have 10-50 tabs open for a while, but once I’m done, I close them all. If I need them again, browser history is there.
Why do people keep so many tabs open? Is there a workflow or habit I’m missing? Do they just never clean up, or is there a real benefit to tab hoarding? I’m genuinely curious. Why do people do that?
Most of my projects require like 2-4 web apps so i constantly have two browser windows open side by side, with a bunch tabs on each
That’s a familiar feeling. However, some people have an absurd number of tabs open all the time. Makes me wonder if they actually use them for something.