People have all sorts of preferences, and that’s ok. The way I do things obviously doesn’t work for everyone, but I’m really curious to find out why people do things the way they do.

Like, what makes the browser history unusable? Maybe there’s a better way to use a browser, but that way just never occurred to me.

Yeah, I’ve seen that too. They also tend to have a thousand notifications waiting for them. They are basically ignoring the notification system entirely. Pointless spam pops up all the time and the one time they actually receive a message from someone, it’s impossible to know because they never look at the notifications. I guess the red dots are the only way these people know someone has sent them anything.

People like that would hate using SailfishOS, because it’s not holding your hand at all. If you leave everything open, it’s going to suck the RAM and battery in no time, and it’s all your fault. That’s one of the few mobile OSs that made me feel like I had an actual computer in my pocket.

The good thing about tabs on mobile is the fact that the system manages RAM very efficiently. You never actually need to close anything, because the system takes care of kicking things out of RAM all the time. That’s both good and bad, but in your case it’s totally worth it.

Any ideas why though? Is it just because it’s easier, it’s a visible reminder or something like that?

Hmm… The “lemmy get back to that” feeling is familiar, especially the second part where you never actually do.

Back when I had a hundred neatly organized bookmarks, there were several links like that. Some site seemed like a neat tool or an interesting article, but I never actually ended up revisiting that site. Fast forward 10 years, and I start going through all of those bookmarks to see which ones are actually worth keeping. That’s when I find out that more than half of those sites don’t even exist any more.

Nowadays, I’m better at letting go of digital things and discarding useless junk. My current bookmark list consists of sites I actually use frequently enough to appreciate the shortcut.

Today I tried a few tab management extensions, and I found OneTab.

You might want to look into that one. It just saves all the tabs into a list that looks and feels a bit like a vertical tab bar. Since none of the tabs are actually loaded, they don’t really take any more RAM than a line of text. This way, you never have to close any tabs again. Just condense all of with OneTab and you’ll always be able to find them later. The only downside is that they aren’t quite as visible as normal tabs.

Only for an hour or two when the situation calls for it. When I’m done researching that topic, I close the tabs and windows. During normal days, I have 3-10 tabs and only one window. Usually, all of those tabs can be closed and forgotten.

Just tried a cool extension called OneTab. It condenses all of your tabs into a neat list of links. That way, each site doesn’t take any more RAM than line of text. The tab is technically closed, but you can easily access it from the OneTab menu. Looks and feels more like a vertical tab bar really. Might want to try it out. That way, you never have to let go any tabs ever again.

Maybe they have a superpower for staying calm even though everything around them is a total mess. I know I don’t have that power.

I have that sort of desire for order too. Seems to come with anxiety when seeing a pile of tabs spiraling out of control. So far, that set of traits have served me well, but some people are clearly built different. Maybe they’re immune to chaos.

Oh it died already? Haven’t been following the news on that. I just couldn’t figure out what it’s good for, so I simply ignored it.

Sounds like “when I’m done with them” comes with a caveat, right?

You’ll close them eventually, but let’s not worry about it this week. Next month could be too early, but within the next 6 months should be doable.

Just tried that extension, and it’s pretty cool. Might actually keep it.

Also tried OneTab which condenses open tabs into a single list of links. Could be ideal for people who always need more RAM.

Ok, so is it just the feeling of keeping something that might be useful? Isn’t that what hoarding really is? I guess it’s better to hoard tabs than photos, let alone physical papers.

I guess these people just can’t be bothered to organize stuff. I find a bit puzzling that they prefer to live with chaos like that. I would feel very anxious and frustrated if I had to deal with a hundred tabs in a single window all the time.

Yeah, but keeping them organized in sensible folders takes effort. If you just throw bookmarks into an enormous trash pile, it gets hard to find stuff. Some sites just have weird names and you can’t find them unless they’re sorted into reasonable folders.

If you’re looking for color themes, you won’t find Paletton. If you’re looking for synonyms, you won’t find Visuwords. The list goes on and on.

Surprisingly many people have brought that up. Probably not a coincidence. Maybe that’s the thing I didn’t think of.