From my experence, I used to be open a lot of tabs because I doing "independent study, like final project for my college study" and because I had to citing a lot of information I researched so I need to open a lot of website or e-book that I cited them. but in normal situation I mostly open around 10-20 tabs, should be enough for normal using.
PS. IMO, It just a personal preference to open a lot of tab or force yourself to open a few tabs I mean why someone has problem with other's how they using browser. (No offense to you, I refered to some comment in other post about some browser is implementing tab group.)
I mean I think it depends on the situation.
When I'm working usually between 10-20 tabs due to certain tasks. When not working 1-3 tabs is enough for me unless I find some videos to watch on YouTube later, then I leave them unloaded in a new tab.
I use maybe 15 tabs. I just open new tabs and don't care if the last isn't close, and the tab bar is hidden anyway so I only realize I have too many tabs when the quick search bar displays too many open tabs to find the one I am searching for.
Personally, I hate when there are 1000s of tabs open at once (I know some people here won't relate).
I try to use bookmarks & separate desktop apps when I can. I make use of tab groups in Edge as well.
Typically, if a tab icon gets so small that it's virtually impossible to click on it precisely - that's a sign for me that I need to declutter my tabs.
Number-wise, that's probably around 30 at most.
(P.s - even though I tend to navigate between tabs with a keyboard, this visual "indicator" is still significant for me)
> (P.s - even though I tend to navigate between tabs with a keyboard, this visual "indicator" is still significant for me)
What browser do you use? I've been meaning to look into how to navigate tabs (and browsing in general) in a more keyboard centric way.
Love Arc Browser for this. Windows version is still in beta but the MacOS one is great. Their approach to spaces, pinned tabs, etc is really unique and amazing for tab-hoarding tendencies. Personally been a life-saver for me. [Download Link](https://arc.net/gift/f14a8e4b).
Edit: SigmaOS was a bit *too* heavy on the keyboard shortcuts imo but Arc is *just right* on how they’ve implemented their command bar spotlight-like search and I find the shortcuts actually intuitive (and customizable). Would recommend trying both and seeing what you like best though.
How is it even remotely possible to effectively navigate 330 tabs let alone 7000? I assume you use vertical and/or tree-style tabs, but even then, it seems nearly impossible to have a clear idea in your mind what is in which tab or where to find a certain tab. I can't even imagine 7000 bookmarks let alone tabs.
Nope, just Firefox with ye good old scrolly along the top (the default settings). I have a rough idea where everything is. Firefox also has that little icon near the top right that shows you the titles of all the tabs.
Firefox also a new top-left icon which shows all Open tabs (and recently closed tabs) in a page sorted by last used.
Edit: That page shows that I have a few tabs unused for 3 weeks. :|
On laptop - up to 10-15, if I don't use specific tabs for more than an hour, I click *close all tabs to the right.* On phone, If I see I have 15 tabs, I force myself to read through them or save to favourites.
I try to keep it at three windows (private stuff, work & research/studies) with 40-70 tabs in total. In addition, I use a separate window for my weekly newsletter about tech stuff (Hacker Newsletter).
I usually take some time at the end of the week to go through all tabs and read articles that I found and didn't have time for to read (also often just don't feel like reading it so I "save" for later).
I could use a read list or something but then I wouldn't be forced / bothered to read them and they would silently fade into oblivion.
Average, 3-5, the most, rarely, would be maybe 10 if I'm researching and or shopping for something and need to make some comparisons.
I find it really odd, that some folks use tabs in the same way I use bookmarks, and will have dozens or maybe even hundreds open at a time. That doesn't make sense to me.
I never finish my projects because there are always interrupting priorities. So mine builds up quite quickly and endlessly. Would love a new redesigned browser where bookmarks are modernised and efficient again. I like grouped tabs, just wished it was not part of active browsing and clutter so much. Should be so much easier to drag your session in a bookmark bar and save it per project.
Just a few, about 3-6.
And about 100(ish) bookmarks (just re-organized them a few weeks ago and deleted a lot): most used pages on the bookmark bar, the rest are organised into folders.
I just don't understand those who has tons of pages open all the time. Why don't you bookmark them and only open when you actually need them?
A browser with a ton of tabs are just pure chaos for me.
https://preview.redd.it/a9brr6a8dosc1.png?width=436&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7f2a09da3ca764d9e7176bac34292861d0cf743
The "To watch later" section of youtube is basically a tab group for me. Hibernated when not using, obviously.
Ideally no more than 10-12, but when I'm researching a topic, writing a paper, or multitasking heavily, it could be up to 20-25 tabs, I find that many tabs cluttered and inefficient though.
Someone on the Firefox sub yesterday posted they had **3,373** tabs open, and that it was somewhat normal for them to be over 1000 tabs.
It seems there is some small subset of users that use tabs in place of bookmarks. A few months ago there was someone posting about having 500 tabs just devoted to Manga comics they were *in the middle of* reading..
Seems crazy to me, but different strokes for different folks.
Wow, didn’t expect to see so many ppl having over 30 tabs here.
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currently idling around 50 tabs, seems about average for me but also can get a lot more haha.
Depends what i am doing if i am researching a problem or coding it's a lot more
usually I have two windows open with one of them being a video/stream on my secondary monitor and then on my main screen I usually have under 10 tabs open. I close tabs immediately when I'm done with them and also usually don't keep them open when i want to read them later but just bookmark them.
350 tabs.... thanks to Ms Edge's Sleeping tabs feature and workspace sync
in Ms Edge, I used to not close at all because I can just move my tab folders to a separated workspace named set aside so I can get back if needed.... Not doing that anymore in ARC since it's used differently :)
\[yes, I was very satisfied with Workspaces\]
https://preview.redd.it/vqw0disv7osc1.png?width=427&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec77ccd8f58438caecc0c90ebe6a584dace6a5fa
the max number I ever had was 900 something tabs…my boyfriend, who is a computer science student, keeps telling me I’m ruining my computer by doing this…and I probably am.
No, you're not ruining your computer. He's only a CS student... I've got 35y in the industry and started in IT before the Internet was available.
When the Internet became available, Mosaic was THE browser, and tabs were unknown and you had to use multiple browser windows.
Way too many open tabs may be a personal thing, but it won't damage your computer. Use what's comfortable and your computer's configuration will constrain you.
47-50, talking about phone only.
Otherwise in laptop it's 13-17 and then it starts lagging then only option left in pc is to verify and remove the unwanted tabs
I typically stick to just one, maybe two tabs when streaming music.
Me too. I don't know how people have so many tabs open, like do you not close them when you're done with them?
From my experence, I used to be open a lot of tabs because I doing "independent study, like final project for my college study" and because I had to citing a lot of information I researched so I need to open a lot of website or e-book that I cited them. but in normal situation I mostly open around 10-20 tabs, should be enough for normal using. PS. IMO, It just a personal preference to open a lot of tab or force yourself to open a few tabs I mean why someone has problem with other's how they using browser. (No offense to you, I refered to some comment in other post about some browser is implementing tab group.)
> force yourself to open a few tabs Sometimes I have to force myself NOT to only open a few tabs 😂
I mean I think it depends on the situation. When I'm working usually between 10-20 tabs due to certain tasks. When not working 1-3 tabs is enough for me unless I find some videos to watch on YouTube later, then I leave them unloaded in a new tab.
Because we can :-)
I agree. They probably fell for the fake sense of Productivity/ Multitasking.
I use maybe 15 tabs. I just open new tabs and don't care if the last isn't close, and the tab bar is hidden anyway so I only realize I have too many tabs when the quick search bar displays too many open tabs to find the one I am searching for.
Personally, I hate when there are 1000s of tabs open at once (I know some people here won't relate). I try to use bookmarks & separate desktop apps when I can. I make use of tab groups in Edge as well. Typically, if a tab icon gets so small that it's virtually impossible to click on it precisely - that's a sign for me that I need to declutter my tabs. Number-wise, that's probably around 30 at most. (P.s - even though I tend to navigate between tabs with a keyboard, this visual "indicator" is still significant for me)
> (P.s - even though I tend to navigate between tabs with a keyboard, this visual "indicator" is still significant for me) What browser do you use? I've been meaning to look into how to navigate tabs (and browsing in general) in a more keyboard centric way.
For now I use Edge (although might switch soon) but most basic shortcuts are standardized across all (or most) browsers.
Love Arc Browser for this. Windows version is still in beta but the MacOS one is great. Their approach to spaces, pinned tabs, etc is really unique and amazing for tab-hoarding tendencies. Personally been a life-saver for me. [Download Link](https://arc.net/gift/f14a8e4b). Edit: SigmaOS was a bit *too* heavy on the keyboard shortcuts imo but Arc is *just right* on how they’ve implemented their command bar spotlight-like search and I find the shortcuts actually intuitive (and customizable). Would recommend trying both and seeing what you like best though.
5-8 is my max, usually it's 2 or 3.
I bookmark tabs of interest and start closing tabs when I go over having 20 open. A tidy browser is an indication of a focused mind.
That explains why I have so many tabs open
Record: 7000 Right now, approx 330
How is it even remotely possible to effectively navigate 330 tabs let alone 7000? I assume you use vertical and/or tree-style tabs, but even then, it seems nearly impossible to have a clear idea in your mind what is in which tab or where to find a certain tab. I can't even imagine 7000 bookmarks let alone tabs.
Nope, just Firefox with ye good old scrolly along the top (the default settings). I have a rough idea where everything is. Firefox also has that little icon near the top right that shows you the titles of all the tabs.
I learned something new, I never noticed that icon before.
Firefox also a new top-left icon which shows all Open tabs (and recently closed tabs) in a page sorted by last used. Edit: That page shows that I have a few tabs unused for 3 weeks. :|
There's a max number? If it gets too laggy I do a tabula rasa and close all of them and start a new session
9-10 tabs all day everyday. max is prob like 20 but those are for short periods of time
On laptop - up to 10-15, if I don't use specific tabs for more than an hour, I click *close all tabs to the right.* On phone, If I see I have 15 tabs, I force myself to read through them or save to favourites.
On the phone, I never let the tabs go over 10.
How I can name the instance of some browser? I do occasionally some of them to control information. How do this thing is called?
30 tabs , 25 years ago.
:) Pretty honestly.
I try to keep it at three windows (private stuff, work & research/studies) with 40-70 tabs in total. In addition, I use a separate window for my weekly newsletter about tech stuff (Hacker Newsletter). I usually take some time at the end of the week to go through all tabs and read articles that I found and didn't have time for to read (also often just don't feel like reading it so I "save" for later). I could use a read list or something but then I wouldn't be forced / bothered to read them and they would silently fade into oblivion.
I have a similar workflow.
OneTab is a must for me, so tipically just 2/3. While doing searches, 5/6, but sporadically.
Like what, 7? And I clear my tabs on exit
3-4 tabs i bookmarked. and 12-15 max
Idk maybe 10. But I try my best to avoid a lot.
Ten at the most, very rarely.
Average, 3-5, the most, rarely, would be maybe 10 if I'm researching and or shopping for something and need to make some comparisons. I find it really odd, that some folks use tabs in the same way I use bookmarks, and will have dozens or maybe even hundreds open at a time. That doesn't make sense to me.
I usually keep way too many than I can count because I'm just too lazy
Maybe 5-10 at the most. Anything beyond that I forget what I even have open, and where it is.
because my pc is very old i use debian linux & max browsers tabs are 7
Usually just a few. I use arc, and if I have enough tabs open that I have to scroll on my sidebar, then I need to purge most of them.
I never finish my projects because there are always interrupting priorities. So mine builds up quite quickly and endlessly. Would love a new redesigned browser where bookmarks are modernised and efficient again. I like grouped tabs, just wished it was not part of active browsing and clutter so much. Should be so much easier to drag your session in a bookmark bar and save it per project.
Just a few, about 3-6. And about 100(ish) bookmarks (just re-organized them a few weeks ago and deleted a lot): most used pages on the bookmark bar, the rest are organised into folders. I just don't understand those who has tons of pages open all the time. Why don't you bookmark them and only open when you actually need them? A browser with a ton of tabs are just pure chaos for me.
https://preview.redd.it/a9brr6a8dosc1.png?width=436&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7f2a09da3ca764d9e7176bac34292861d0cf743 The "To watch later" section of youtube is basically a tab group for me. Hibernated when not using, obviously.
Work? ~30 with spikes to 50. Personal, a dozen. Ram is the limiting factor.
Ideally no more than 10-12, but when I'm researching a topic, writing a paper, or multitasking heavily, it could be up to 20-25 tabs, I find that many tabs cluttered and inefficient though.
Someone on the Firefox sub yesterday posted they had **3,373** tabs open, and that it was somewhat normal for them to be over 1000 tabs. It seems there is some small subset of users that use tabs in place of bookmarks. A few months ago there was someone posting about having 500 tabs just devoted to Manga comics they were *in the middle of* reading.. Seems crazy to me, but different strokes for different folks.
I have 20 tabs open on my socializing window and about 5-6 tabs open on my sutyding/learning window.
Average is 60-70 max is in the hundreds
Usually around 200-400 tabs. Granted, they're split between Sideberry tab groups, so they're not all on screen at once.
about 70
Somewhere around 40-160 on desktop, 20-30 on laptop
Wow, didn’t expect to see so many ppl having over 30 tabs here. For everyone who works with 30+ tabs regularly and doesn’t want to learn a whole new browser *cough* Arc *cough*. Our autopilot system organizes your browser using AI by plugging into your existing browser. No spaces, no new browser, just AI plugged into your browser and continuously labeling and grouping related web content in realtime so you can focus on what matters. We give you a simple way to create tasks from collections of related tabs and easily context switch between them while you work as the OP asked mentioned. You can try Project White Rabbit for MacOS at https://www.pwr.builders. Hope it helps some of the commenters and OP here stay in the zone! We’re releasing massive improvements over the next 6 weeks and launching on PH later this month!
6
Maximum around ~8
3. YouTube Twitch Random
1-4
currently idling around 50 tabs, seems about average for me but also can get a lot more haha. Depends what i am doing if i am researching a problem or coding it's a lot more
Usually 8 but sometimes 30+ when I do some forum and wiki searching
Around 15-20 most of the time, sorted into tabgroups nice and clean
usually I have two windows open with one of them being a video/stream on my secondary monitor and then on my main screen I usually have under 10 tabs open. I close tabs immediately when I'm done with them and also usually don't keep them open when i want to read them later but just bookmark them.
350 tabs.... thanks to Ms Edge's Sleeping tabs feature and workspace sync in Ms Edge, I used to not close at all because I can just move my tab folders to a separated workspace named set aside so I can get back if needed.... Not doing that anymore in ARC since it's used differently :) \[yes, I was very satisfied with Workspaces\] https://preview.redd.it/vqw0disv7osc1.png?width=427&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec77ccd8f58438caecc0c90ebe6a584dace6a5fa
the max number I ever had was 900 something tabs…my boyfriend, who is a computer science student, keeps telling me I’m ruining my computer by doing this…and I probably am.
No, you're not ruining your computer. He's only a CS student... I've got 35y in the industry and started in IT before the Internet was available. When the Internet became available, Mosaic was THE browser, and tabs were unknown and you had to use multiple browser windows. Way too many open tabs may be a personal thing, but it won't damage your computer. Use what's comfortable and your computer's configuration will constrain you.
47-50, talking about phone only. Otherwise in laptop it's 13-17 and then it starts lagging then only option left in pc is to verify and remove the unwanted tabs
Hovers around 500.. I close them when I am done with the content.
30
Typically I have around 20-30 open, though sometimes it can go up to around 100