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by johnea11 hours ago |
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upvoteby zetanor11 hours ago|
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If you have tabs sitting there unused for days, isn't that just a bookmark?
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upvoteby terribleperson10 hours ago|
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Bookmarks are so badly neglected tabs might be preferable. Firefox mobile doesn't even allow you to tag new bookmarks.
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upvoteby opan6 hours ago|
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Been years since I used tags in bookmarks, but on FF mobile I do often miss qutebrowser's quickmarks. I have a lot of stuff like "malw" to get to my MAL Watching list on my PC. My compromise on mobile is to use the bookmark titles kinda like a search or a description with keyboard stuffing, so maybe the default name of the bookmark is something generic like "MyAnimeList.net", I'll put "malw - " at the start of it, then next time I hit new tab and type malw out of habit it should come up. Not as good or reliable as a quickmark, but you could probably do something similar for a tag replacement. Bookmark some blog post about the Amiga, edit the title, throw in "retrocomputing diy technology blogpost hacking" or similar on either end, then when you type in "retrocomputing" later it should show up along your other stuff with that in the title. Might be more primitive but should do the trick.
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upvoteby notpushkin3 hours ago|
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> Bookmarks are so badly neglected tabs might be preferable.

Okay, okay, but what if! https://files.catbox.moe/4m6c5x.png

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upvoteby ninkendo10 hours ago|
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Or a history item!

People forget about browser history. It’s super useful.

My technique: I open tabs just like anyone else, and when I feel like “that’s too many tabs”, I just close them all. Every one of them.

If I need them again? Open up the browser history. It’s searchable. It has everything. Use it!

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upvoteby kccqzy10 hours ago|
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At work I’m basically required to use Chrome and Chrome does not keep browser history beyond 90 days. That is useless. An open tab can easily last more than 90 days and survive restarts.
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upvoteby nor-and-or-not5 hours ago|
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You might like Tab Session Manager, which also lets you tag and search your saved window/tab sessions and annotates them with a date.

https://tab-session-manager.sienori.com/

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upvoteby tcfhgj10 hours ago|
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> It’s searchable.

not very well, except you add a lot keywords to website title manually via bookmaeks

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upvoteby dylan6049 hours ago|
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Browser history is nothing but self incriminating evidence. Why would you keep it around?
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upvoteby Melonai7 hours ago|
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Why? I don't really have anything that dangerous, illegal, or weird open... And the browser history on my local machine is at most exposed to me and my fiancé, who I don't really care to hide it away from.
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upvoteby dylan6047 hours ago|
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You do you, I'll do me. I know I'm not the only one, otherwise, the option wouldn't even be available as a preference. Just because you can't think of a reason someone might want to use that option does not mean everyone else is the same level of unimaginative.

As for specifics of why, that's something I've chosen to do and that's all that matters.

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upvoteby lazyasciiart6 hours ago|
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Damn, that’s a very defensive take for someone who started by asking why anyone would behave differently to them.
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upvoteby Barbing6 hours ago|
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> As for specifics of why, that's something I've chosen to do and that's all that matters.

No obligation to share, certainly.

Curiosity is there in part because we may learn a valuable lesson - something those “with nothing to hide” [I know] might not’ve considered. (not a request, we can learn from others)

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upvoteby done_lurking7 hours ago|
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If authorities already have the means to access your browser history then deleting it won't accomplish anything. They can just install malware and see what you're browsing anyway.
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upvoteby taneq4 hours ago|
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In a remote hack or an evil maid attack, sure. If you get targeted for something, and your computer is confiscated and searched, the less ammunition stored there the better. With a large enough dataset (emails, web history, etc.) it’s pretty easy to cherry pick data points to build a narrative.

I don’t bother with this level of defensiveness but I can follow the reasoning.

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upvoteby skinfaxi7 hours ago|
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Are you against journaling for self-reflection?
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upvoteby dylan6047 hours ago|
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I don't keep a diary if that's what you're asking, but it doesn't mean that I can't look back on things to help make decisions for future growth.

Not really sure how any of that has anything to do with leaving a browser history

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upvoteby Barbing6 hours ago|
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Perhaps curious if the thinking extends to:

“[Any/most documentation of activity and behavior] is nothing but self incriminating evidence.”

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upvoteby dylan6046 hours ago|
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We've all see the stories about people being forced to grant access at border crossings. This is a specific type of information they would love to see. Being in the habit of not storing it means you don't have to forget to do it at the random time you need to have it deleted. So when you do a full shut down before going through the airport, which you obviously do, your browser has already cleaned up for you.

I don't care if I think I've done nothing wrong. The jackbooted thugs at the border might have a different say so, and now you're screwed because you felt like your history was necessary. I trust no one, and I'm not even a freedom fighter.

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upvoteby NetMageSCW5 hours ago|
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Some times it really is paranoia.
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upvoteby fwip7 hours ago|
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Sometimes you want to go to a website a second time.
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upvoteby dylan6047 hours ago|
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I do it all the time
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upvoteby girvo10 hours ago|
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I use tabs as ephemeral bookmarks, yeah

Maybe there’s a better way

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upvoteby mstr321 hours ago|
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I had the same habit, so I built an extension for it: tabs you haven't touched in a while get auto-archived after a certain period of time, and you can search the archive later.

There's a free tier, and a paid plan for heavier use. You can try it out here: https://tabsprompt.com

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upvoteby iugtmkbdfil83411 hours ago|
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Resource conservation ( memory ), attention conservation ( focus, change for additional distractions ) come to mind.
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