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?
I can multitask.
I know this is foreign to a lot of people but I actually have multiple applications and windows open in my os as well. Even multiple desktops.
Yeah, I have lots of stuff open on several desktops too. On my work computer, there are usually a few desktops for different topics. I don’t really call that multitasking, as I’m only focussing on one thing at a time, and usually at least 30 minutes each. I think of it more in the terms of keeping things organized. Back in the old days when Windows didn’t natively support virtual desktops, people had like 20 windows open in a single desktop, and that looked incredibly cluttered to me. Actually, some people still do that since they haven’t discovered virtual desktops yet.