My daughter never closes tabs. It's infuriating. I'm doing online school with her and I have to constantly tell her to close tabs. "You don't need to keep that O. Henry story tab open anymore. You didn't even like it."
I have that issue myself but I just use an add on or extension that unloads the tab when I'm not using it, or something like one tab where I can store tabs indefinitely "just in case" and ease my tab hoarding mind. Cause I don't wanna bookmark the tabs, I prefer to use bookmarks for important links or ones I revisit regularly, I just often don't know if I might need a tab one more time again in the future, or might plan to go back to it eventually, so I need a different method to manage it.
I downloaded Firefox on my dad's computer and made it the main browser, then added an add on that unloads tabs that haven't been used after a certain amount of time, specifically to avoid this lol.
I just recently closed about 2,000 tabs across 3 Firefox windows. Takes about 29GB of my 32GB RAM and a couple minutes to close any of the larger windows.
25 Comments
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
My daughter never closes tabs. It's infuriating. I'm doing online school with her and I have to constantly tell her to close tabs. "You don't need to keep that O. Henry story tab open anymore. You didn't even like it."
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Stop me if you've heard this before: "But if I need it again later it'll be goooooone...!"
Today we're going to teach you all about bookmarks.
Laticauda@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
I have that issue myself but I just use an add on or extension that unloads the tab when I'm not using it, or something like one tab where I can store tabs indefinitely "just in case" and ease my tab hoarding mind. Cause I don't wanna bookmark the tabs, I prefer to use bookmarks for important links or ones I revisit regularly, I just often don't know if I might need a tab one more time again in the future, or might plan to go back to it eventually, so I need a different method to manage it.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Not even that. She just doesn't care.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Kids! Amiright?!
69420@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
How many of those tabs are a Google search for "Google"?
0x2d@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
I can't access Google Bing!
Laticauda@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 2y
I downloaded Firefox on my dad's computer and made it the main browser, then added an add on that unloads tabs that haven't been used after a certain amount of time, specifically to avoid this lol.
Pazuzu@midwest.social · 13 pts · 2y
Easier to add more ram than it is to change my tab hoarding habits
aeronmelon@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
"Why do you always have a 2TB SSD attached to your computer?"
"Oh, that's my external RAM drive."
Smokeydope@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
The extensions that let you save your tabs to a big list is a godsend for my poor computer.
reev@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
I just recently closed about 2,000 tabs across 3 Firefox windows. Takes about 29GB of my 32GB RAM and a couple minutes to close any of the larger windows.
tiles@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
For me, Having 7 desktops open all with different programs and Firefox windows also makes 32 gigs if ram seem small lol
nexussapphire@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Or just set expiration time for old tabs for people that don't bother with closing manually. 1 week should be totally more than enough.
speaker_hat@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 2y
And remove fishy add-ons installed without her knowing
saltesc@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Ctrl+W
Works for closing many things, not just in browsers.
Or middle mouse click.
Closing tabs would be a chore and remain open if all you knew was hitting the little X
PoolloverNathan@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Or Ctrl+F4 (usually a more universal "close tab"). If you want to close more tabs, press Alt instead of Ctrl.
JoYo@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
it’s been a decade since this was an issue.
nerdschleife@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
It's been 2 decades since grandma bought a pc
JoYo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
it’s the browser. if they haven’t updated their browser in 10 years then closing the tabs will do nothing.
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
When you google en passant each time someone tells you to do it. Don't do it, worst mistake of my life
0x2d@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
what is it
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
Holy hell, you really don't know?? Don't google it! It will change your life and not necessarily for the better!
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Install Google Ultron