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[+] 92 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 53 points 10 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Ctrl + shift + n brings back the whole window instead of just one tab (tested in Firefox)

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  • [–] 39 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    What browser doesn't have restore previous session? I'd like to avoid that one.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe they were looking at some cultural content in incognito mode

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    What, and risk not having it in your history 4 months later when you think "oh man that one video was super educational and would be very enlightening right now"?

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    [–] 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)
    1. Bookmark anything important
    2. Delete history and other browser data on close

    I can't be the only one?

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago* (2 children)
    1. Bookmark anything really important

    2. Hoard stuff that's really interesting that I'll get to eventually probably.

    3. Occasionally sift through the tabs to discard outdated stuff.

    4. (optional) Actually get to some of those things I'd get to eventually.

    4 has happened too often for me to discard the system. Tabs are temporary bookmarks so my real bookmark folder doesn't get swamped with every interesting thing I see.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Add a step in between where you don't remember why you decided to left it open, and a final step where you're sure you had an open tab but you can't find it.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    This is me.

    I have Firefox delete everything besides container URLs, because I don’t want cookie and site data living on my computer. It would be a nice feature, but I’m not going to make a container for every website so they don’t sniff each others cookies like dogs sniff each others asses.

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    [–] 21 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    This guy is going to be so surprised when he hears about the browser history.

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    [–] 16 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    20? Is that a significant number? I feel like I could memorize 20 urls. 400-500 would be a realistic number. What is this, the 90s?

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    [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)
    1. It’s 2025, is there even a browser that doesn’t reopen your tabs by default? Who are the criminals building those?
    2. Keeping a zillion tabs open is a resource strain on classic computers. If people are up for it, they could explore saving tabs to stuff like task apps or bookmark services.
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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I remember double digits fondly.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    My daughter has the same mental problem. You should hear her when I recommend closing a few tabs when she calls me for "my computer is so slow!".

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    In firefox there's an extension that suspends tabs that haven't been active for a while. I guess that chrome has something similar.

    In firefox as well, the vertical tab organizer is very helpful for people that use tabs as informal bookmarks.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Those are rookie numbers

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    i got 64gb ram so that i never had to close a tab again

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Ctrl + shift + n is your friend!

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly the Edge collections feature is fantastic for this, but it's hidden in a sub menu so it feels like they don't want people to use it.

    They're like a hybrid bookmark and note taking feature, add a group, name it, add tabs to it, add notes to it, reorder it all, etc. Only thing it's missing is a way to turn a tab group or window into a collection and back again, it's a manual process currently (add/remote a tab at a time)

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    Let It Burn!

    [Verse 1] Oh, the scrolls inside were brighter, Than a thousand suns together, But the torches came to turn, Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

    [Verse 2] The scholars cried in sorrow, “There’ll be no notes tomorrow!” But knowledge had no concern, Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

    [Chorus] It doesn’t show signs of stopping, The papyrus ash is dropping, And since wisdom won’t return, Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

    [Bridge] When we finally say goodbye, How we’ll miss all that Plato and Pi! But if history’s meant to die, Then we’ll watch the embers fly.

    [Verse 3] All the scrolls are now a-cinder, The air’s a smoky tinder, But oh, how the flames still churn — Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

    [Outro] No Aristotle’s learning, Just the glow of pages burning, And as the ages turn, Let it burn… let it burn… let it burn.

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