This seems to be all about tabs
or windows.
Am I the only one who uses tabs and windows?
I have one browser window always open with all my everyday communications: Gmail, Google Voice, Calendar, a corporate Outlook webmail account, a Discord team, etc.
Then if I do something different I open a new window for it. If it's an HN break, I open a new window for the HN home page and start middle-clicking (or Ctrl/Cmd clicking) each of the discussion and site links that look interesting. Now I have a window loaded up with those tabs that I can either look at or come back to later.
Time to do a Google search on a particular topic? New window for the search, then middle-click the most promising results. Now I have a window grouping the research on that topic.
So I end up with a number of windows for different activities or topics. Each of those windows has several tabs that relate to that specific interest.
I have one friend who opens everything in a single window with dozens of tabs and no organization to them. I tried to demonstrate this system of a window per topic with fewer tabs in each window, but it just didn't register.
It seems so easy though: New topic? Ctrl+N for a new window about that topic. Then open tabs within that window just for that topic.
And when I'm done with a topic, I can close all the tabs related to that topic in one fell swoop.
I admit this is a very naive question, but it seems like such a practical and obvious approach - so why doesn't everyone do this?
Am I the only one who uses tabs and windows?
I have one browser window always open with all my everyday communications: Gmail, Google Voice, Calendar, a corporate Outlook webmail account, a Discord team, etc.
Then if I do something different I open a new window for it. If it's an HN break, I open a new window for the HN home page and start middle-clicking (or Ctrl/Cmd clicking) each of the discussion and site links that look interesting. Now I have a window loaded up with those tabs that I can either look at or come back to later.
Time to do a Google search on a particular topic? New window for the search, then middle-click the most promising results. Now I have a window grouping the research on that topic.
So I end up with a number of windows for different activities or topics. Each of those windows has several tabs that relate to that specific interest.
I have one friend who opens everything in a single window with dozens of tabs and no organization to them. I tried to demonstrate this system of a window per topic with fewer tabs in each window, but it just didn't register.
It seems so easy though: New topic? Ctrl+N for a new window about that topic. Then open tabs within that window just for that topic.
And when I'm done with a topic, I can close all the tabs related to that topic in one fell swoop.
I admit this is a very naive question, but it seems like such a practical and obvious approach - so why doesn't everyone do this?