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?

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I am 33 years old (so not a new internet user) and I somehow feel bookmarks need a redesign... Not exactly sure how I'd improve it (tags, AI grouping? Daily bookmark to see section? I don't really know) but if the site I have saved doesn't show up in the FF search bar... It might as well be lost forever (and that feature is case sensitive).

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