Hit 147 tabs open across two monitors yesterday. That's when I knew I had a problem.

I was working on a landscape design for a client's backyard last week and somehow ended up with 147 tabs spread across both screens. Chrome was asking me if I was still there, which felt like a personal attack. Half of them were for different flagstone suppliers, the other half was me getting distracted by random DIY patio videos. I finally broke down and installed a tab manager tool that auto-suspends inactive tabs. Now I'm down to a manageable 30 or so. Anyone else hit a triple-digit tab count before realizing you need to change something?

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martin.jamie19d ago

And then Chrome starts asking if you're "still there" and you're like, "Yeah, I'm still here, I'm just in way too deep with these flagstone options!" The auto-suspend tool is a lifesaver, I totally get that. I actually do the same thing with my Youtube tabs now, but I also started grouping them by project in different windows. It's still a mess, but at least I can find the DIY patio video I was looking at last week without scrolling through 50 tabs about paver sealing.

henry_webb6819d ago

Yeah the grouping thing helps but honestly I just close them all and lose the info forever. I tell myself I'll remember the search terms but I never do. Then I'm back on the same websites looking up the same stuff a month later.