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So genuine question, what are the benefits or reasons for having multiple tables open rather than saving as bookmarks or links? It just doesn't make any sense to me but seems to be pretty common for people to do any more and I want to understand
Sub-optimal ADHD coping strategy (kind of a joke). Some people just... don't have object permanence? Like if they don't have visual reminders it falls completely out of their brain. I don't get it because I have a terrible memory but I deal with that by organizing and developing habits like always putting things down in the same spot. I hate sifting through clutter.
I have three categories of tabs:
- web apps I want to keep open all the time for notifications that I don't want to install (Discord, calendar, email)
- tabs I'm currently switching back and forth between or plan to soon
- tabs from the second category that I forgot to close or left open because I never got around to the task I planned to use them for
The last one is the largest by several orders of magnitude.
So I understand the first one, if you don't want an app open handling them. I still usually just open email or calendars when I want to check them, and close the tab again after, but also don't have a job that requires me to constantly monitor them.
The second point I guess I do as well in short term, but more whatever I am actively, currently try working on. I've never needed a long term organization for that, though, since it was always more like having several loose leaf papers spread on my desk and less like putting multiple bookmarks in a book and coming back to it over several hours or days. If there's no need to use it in the next 20 minutes or so, I just bookmark and close it.
The third I just really don't grok. Maybe I just really need a tidy browser workspace, but I usually have one, maybe two tabs open at a time when I'm not actively using them and referencing between them. I dont have any tabs that can be forgotten, because I close them immediately after I use them and no longer need them right now.
I guess it is no different than having bookmarks for everything, except I can hide those. I just hate the "look" of a bunch of tabs open (as a personal preference).
I don't like the look of it either, when it gets too bad I'll usually go through and close a bunch but I can't for the life of me manage to close them when I'm finished with them for the time being.
If I bookmark a link then close out of it I'm far more likely to forget about it. Vs just opening a tab and getting to it when I get to it, or just mass closing tabs every once in a while.