My Name Is Sudy Nym and I Have a Problem

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:20 am

How many browser tabs do you have open right now? On your personal computer?

I have 243 in my primary Firefox session.
Another 9 up on my second monitor.
Then I have 10 in Chrome (not always open).

I try to purge often, but I never get very far. Using TabMix, a whole quarter of my browser window is just tabs. The problem increased exponentially when I discovered io9. They have a habit of posting headlines I find very interesting, but I often don't have or want to take the time to read the lengthier articles or watch the videos. Yet I can't bring myself to close them. There are also a lot of RPS articles.

The oldest not-always-open tab (e.g. Gmail) I have open right now is an io9 article from January 14th of this year. There would probably be even more tabs if Session Manager hadn't lost some up-to-date sessions after computer crashes. And don't get me started on bookmarks.

Help me. I'm drowning.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:22 am

You have 243 tabs open in Firefox? How the hell has Firefox not simply imploded? How much RAM is that thing eating up? Lord.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:24 am

I have 7 in Chrome and I try to keep it under 5.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:26 am

I have 2 open. I've gone up to 7 sometimes but not often.

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:26 am

Chaz wrote:You have 243 tabs open in Firefox? How the hell has Firefox not simply imploded? How much RAM is that thing eating up? Lord.

I don't think it can go over 2gb. Mine is hovering around 1.8 with 81 tabs open, 70 are work related. At home, I only have 3 tabs open since I'm usually gaming.

Sudy, you need to learn to let go. I'm not a shrink but this seems like some desire for knowledge that is overwhelming you. Talk to a pro?

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:35 am

... what? How is that even possible.
Why would you need so many tabs.

Use favorites maybe?
Even ibdoomed at 81 is completely insane.

RLMullen · Post by **RLMullen** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:35 am

Sudy Nym wrote:How many browser tabs do you have open right now? On your personal computer?

I have one tab open.

I close applications that I'm not currently using, and in applications with a tabbed interface, I close tabs that I'm not using.

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:53 am

Vorret wrote:... what? How is that even possible.
Why would you need so many tabs.

Use favorites maybe?
Even ibdoomed at 81 is completely insane.

That's at work doofuinator! I manage several websites not to mention almost everything these days has a web interface, like all the nas/san boxes and so forth... geez.

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:57 am

ibdoomed wrote:
Vorret wrote:... what? How is that even possible.
Why would you need so many tabs.

Use favorites maybe?
Even ibdoomed at 81 is completely insane.
That's at work doofuinator! I manage several websites not to mention almost everything these days has a web interface, like all the nas/san boxes and so forth... geez.

Still insane

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:58 am

...and porn. He needs a LOT of tabs for porn.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:03 pm

You two are blowing my mind. Could you take a screenshot of that and post it? I'd truly love to see that. It would be like the nerd version of hoarding.

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:10 pm

McNutt wrote:You two are blowing my mind. Could you take a screenshot of that and post it? I'd truly love to see that. It would be like the nerd version of hoarding.

Sorry I'm not comfortable doing that. If it _were_ porn, sure. But it's a lot of sensitive info.

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:11 pm

ibdoomed wrote:
McNutt wrote:You two are blowing my mind. Could you take a screenshot of that and post it? I'd truly love to see that. It would be like the nerd version of hoarding.
Sorry I'm not comfortable doing that. If it _were_ porn, sure. But it's a lot of sensitive info.

I should add that I use sidetabs so it shows actual info, not just some stupid icon along the top.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:14 pm

I mainly want to see 1/4 of a screen showing nothing but tabs. But I'm afraid that if this screenshot got loose it would find its way to reddit and would soon be the next meme rage. Maybe it's best not to post that beast. But damn, my curiosity is killing me.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:14 pm

ibdoomed wrote:
ibdoomed wrote:
McNutt wrote:You two are blowing my mind. Could you take a screenshot of that and post it? I'd truly love to see that. It would be like the nerd version of hoarding.
Sorry I'm not comfortable doing that. If it _were_ porn, sure. But it's a lot of sensitive info.
I should add that I use sidetabs so it shows actual info, not just some stupid icon along the top.

So you're saying that you work for the NSA? Is each tab a cell phone call that you are monitoring?

Also, I'm not clear how with 243 tabs there's enough room for each tab to display legible information.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:17 pm

ibdoomed wrote:
McNutt wrote:You two are blowing my mind. Could you take a screenshot of that and post it? I'd truly love to see that. It would be like the nerd version of hoarding.
Sorry I'm not comfortable doing that. If it _were_ porn, sure. But it's a lot of sensitive info.

Porn was my first thought for 236 tabs.

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:17 pm

You need Pocket (http://www.getpocket.com) - like bookmarking that lets you save content for easy reading later.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:18 pm

Sudy Nym has 243. ibdoomed only has 81.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:31 pm

hepcat wrote:...and porn. He needs a LOT of tabs for porn.

That is the reason, has to be.

I have one tab open. And she is hot.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:34 pm

It drives me bonkers when my wife leaves the computer with 25 tabs open and then gets mad when I close them. We ended up using two different browsers so she can leave her crap up and I just close it out. Firefox restores it when she opens it again. On my old computer it would make my games run like crap. DROVE ME INSANE.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:38 pm

Only 11 in Chrome and 2 in IE at the moment. But my system didn't come out of hibernation when I came in this morning, so its a fresh boot.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:38 pm

Does Scotty's voice come on at 244 tabs exclaiming I'm giving her all she's got captain!

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:38 pm

Scuzz wrote:
hepcat wrote:...and porn. He needs a LOT of tabs for porn.

That is the reason, has to be.

I have one tab open. And he is hot.

Hep is hot, I'll give you that but surely you must be scrolling past him reading this at some point?

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:40 pm

Octavious wrote:It drives me bonkers when my wife leaves the computer with 25 tabs open and then gets mad when I close them. We ended up using two different browsers so she can leave her crap up and I just close it out. Firefox restores it when she opens it again. On my old computer it would make my games run like crap. DROVE ME INSANE.

Eep, browsing on a gaming machine scares the heck out of me.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:41 pm

Ask and ye shall receive.

Of course, the tab bar scrolls. That's only displaying half of what I actually have open.

ibdoomed · Post by **ibdoomed** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:45 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:Ask and ye shall receive.

Of course, the tab bar scrolls. That's only displaying half of what I actually have open.

That's a lot of io9 and flash must hate you.

AND WE'RE LAST!?

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:48 pm

ibdoomed wrote:
Chaz wrote:You have 243 tabs open in Firefox? How the hell has Firefox not simply imploded? How much RAM is that thing eating up? Lord.
I don't think it can go over 2gb. Mine is hovering around 1.8 with 81 tabs open....

Doesn't surpass about 2.8. Hey, got to put that 8 gigs to work doing something....

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:54 pm

ibdoomed wrote:AND WE'RE LAST!?

We're first. I always open a gazillion tabs with control click and then the tabs from right to left. If they were from bottom to top, I would read them that way too. It's the LIFO way.

I suspect this is some sort or right handed conspiracy you're trying to pass off where we always have to go from left to right.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:56 pm

The tab in the upper left is entirely accurate..."Holy @#"

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:57 pm

Yeah, I definitely run into flash problems. I restart it via task manager whenever it gets slow. But mind you, most of these tabs aren't actually loaded; they're just in a saved state from my last reboot, ready to be loaded on demand. Most of the Youtube windows are like bookmarks for songs I want to download later that I heard on TV shows.

ibdoomed wrote:Sudy, you need to learn to let go. I'm not a shrink but this seems like some desire for knowledge that is overwhelming you.

But I need it! If I close those tabs, I might never run into that knowledge again! And I want to write books someday. Absorbing this stuff is important. Wouldn't you want scientific evidence you probably don't have free will? What about how much it would cost to building the Enterprise? Whether the Toronto Blue Jays have the most unruly drunken fans in baseball?!

Malificent wrote:You need Pocket (http://www.getpocket.com) - like bookmarking that lets you save content for easy reading later.

Cool, I opened the link in a tab. I'll look into it.

ibdoomed wrote:AND WE'RE LAST!?

Dude, third on the bookmarks toolbar. Please.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:07 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:But I need it! If I close those tabs, I might never run into that knowledge again!

I email myself hyperlinks all of the time. I have emailed hyperlinks with no context as to why I sent them to myself going back 2003 (the age of my personal email account) that I need to read or delete. I likely have more sitting in .pst format that I should go over or delete as well going back to 1995.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:17 pm

Yeah, I do that too. Don't get me started on my 7,398 e-mails in my inbox or my bookmarks folder.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:07 pm

Whew! Now I know I don't have a problem (I have about 25 open at once and it drives my son nuts).

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:11 pm

Once the browser has to start shrinking the width of the tabs I have too many and close a few.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:12 pm

Maybe an RSS reader would help a bit?

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:17 pm

RLMullen wrote:
Sudy Nym wrote:How many browser tabs do you have open right now? On your personal computer?
I have one tab open.

I close applications that I'm not currently using, and in applications with a tabbed interface, I close tabs that I'm not using.

This.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:21 pm

Kelric wrote:
RLMullen wrote:
Sudy Nym wrote:How many browser tabs do you have open right now? On your personal computer?
I have one tab open.

I close applications that I'm not currently using, and in applications with a tabbed interface, I close tabs that I'm not using.
This.

One... tab? Why don't you just go back to 1999? (You should have seen what my Windows taskbar looked like then.

)

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:34 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:
Kelric wrote:
RLMullen wrote:
Sudy Nym wrote:How many browser tabs do you have open right now? On your personal computer?
I have one tab open.

I close applications that I'm not currently using, and in applications with a tabbed interface, I close tabs that I'm not using.
This.
One... tab? Why don't you just go back to 1999? (You should have seen what my Windows taskbar looked like then. )

What I usually do is open up pages from my feeds that I want to read, have those 5 or 8 or 15, however many they are that day, and have all of those tabs sitting there. Then over the next few hours or days I work my way through them, eventually landing back with one tab. Right now I have 8 open out of the 12 I started this browsing session with.

RLMullen · Post by **RLMullen** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:08 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:
Kelric wrote:
RLMullen wrote:
Sudy Nym wrote:How many browser tabs do you have open right now? On your personal computer?
I have one tab open.

I close applications that I'm not currently using, and in applications with a tabbed interface, I close tabs that I'm not using.
This.
One... tab? Why don't you just go back to 1999? (You should have seen what my Windows taskbar looked like then. )

I didn't say that I don't open multiple tabs. I was answering your question literally. At that specific time I only had one tab in use. Right now I have one tab in use.

When I'm researching I'll open ten or twelve tabs, but once I'm finished I close them. Get ready for another shock... I have no bookmarks. I haven't used bookmarks on my personal browser in about ten years. (At work I'll use bookmarks for sites that have boneheaded names, cryptic server names, or stupidly long urls, but those are few.)

In honesty the way I used browsers and the internet in general is similar to the way my brain works. I seldom remember things by rote, instead I remember how I figured it out the first time. The same goes for crap on the internet... if I found it once I can find it again, and I found out long ago that I could locate a site quicker with Google than I could by searching a list of hundreds of bookmarks. In same vein, I'd spend more time searching through 243 freaking tabs than I would typing a few search terms into Google or Bing.

Hmmm... at this point I now have two tabs open. I opened a tab to Google so that I could check that I spelled "rote" correctly and that the spelling matched the definition that I had in mind. When I'm finished checking OO, I'll close the browser at which time I'll have no tabs open.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:17 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:
Malificent wrote:You need Pocket (http://www.getpocket.com) - like bookmarking that lets you save content for easy reading later.
Cool, I opened the link in a tab. I'll look into it.