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Like I said earlier: It is with great grievance that I had to put an end to this and install a plugin that closes the oldest one when I get over 15 (Limit Tabs). (Actually, that is only great, unless I’m in a shopping decision frenzy and actually need this.)
Firefox Mobile has a setting to close unopened tabs after a specific amount of days, it’s been super helpful
A mix of the two would be useful: Close the oldest (by last visit) tab when there are more than 12, but only when it is at least 2 hours hold. That way, it doesn’t interrupt a research frenzy, such as when I make a major shopping decision. That’s the only time I ever regret my # tab limit.
The Tab counter of my browser
:D
When mine goes over 99 it just rounds up,
In Firefox ctrl + tab will do that, but even better you can search through your tabs by starting your search with %
Only if you have the setting enabled to cycle in recently used order, otherwise it’s just in tab order. I don’t know why it isn’t on by default, it should be. Defaulting to a different behavior than Alt + Tab is not user-friendly IMO.
How do ya’ll live like this? If I have more than four or five tabs I get crushing anxiety.
Just, uh, don’t ask how many bookmarks I have that I’ve never revisited.
Back from the days when people switched browsers several times in 5 years, I still use a .txt file. Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox … there was a time of rapid improvement by switching about 27 - 20 years ago.
I remember! Except mine was a static .htm file with enough scaffolding that I could open it with the browser and click the link instead of copy-and-paste-ing.
That same person: “Why is my computer so slow? Why does chrome require 3gb of RAM?”
Sidestepped that completely. Got 64GB when I built my desktop because RAM prices were low.
20GB used up by whatever other shit I have open? No problem, still enough left for whatever I’m actively working on.
Suffice to say this has not actually helped with the issue.
I do the same - except I upgraded to 64 GB at a point in my life when I was doing Haskell programming on a largish project, and I learned that 32 GB is not sufficient to run the LSP and the compiler at the same time.
There used to be a Firefox extension called FLST (Focus Last Selected Tab) that solved this problem, but that was years ago and I’ve yet to find a suitable replacement, ever since Mozilla rolled out web extensions and severely limited how much they could modify the browser.
I miss the early days of Firefox. It was a lot more fun.
BTW: Use the new Tab Groups feature if you haven’t already. That way you can still have 100 tabs open while still keeping your browser neat and organized.
Ctrl+shift+tab - goes to the prior tab Ctrl+tab - goes forward to the next tab.
If you have multiple browsers open…
Alt+tab to go to the prior app then try above.
For the accidentally closed tab - Ctrl+shift+t to open the most recently closed tab
If flailing through these doesn’t get you there, you’re boned.
Not quite true… by default it goes to the previous/next tab in the list, but if you accidentally clicked somewhere else entirely in the list then going back/forward from that point does not get you to the tab you previously had selected.
Afaik there is a setting for it, but you have to have it enabled beforehand so it builds the history.
I do wish I could have my tabs ordered by how recently I accessed them, instead of just opening them in the “next” tab, without an add-on.
These “automated ordering” things of any kind are usually annoying for most people so it wouldn’t be a good default.
At least in Firefox, when it comes to ordering in terms of ctrl+tab cycle order, it’s just a setting now; used to need an add-on.
Unless I’m researching something, I don’t leave tabs open. I have my quick dial tab, and whatever tab I’m in, that’s it. I also close the tabs before I close the browser, so it opens to my quick dial tab. I really hate leaving tabs open. It’s like leaving apps running.
In what situation would one not be researching somethingS?
I think this is just how many people have learned to browse the web even if they don’t have ADHD.
Isn’t it just ctrl + tab
Depends on your settings. It can also just take you to the next tab.
Absolutely; setting tab cycle by most recent is essential when you go > 100.
I think is Ctrl+shift+tab
Isn’t that “next tab” not previous 🤔
And how can I go to the one that’s playing the audio
Would have killed for this feature, not so long ago. Still think it would be more useful than just CTRL-Shift-T
