• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    Yeah me neither.

    ITT it kinda looks like people just leave tabs open as a way to remember where something is, or even as a way to remember that something needs their attention.

    There are much better ways, but everyone needs to do their own thing I guess.

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      8 months ago

      The thing about open tabs is that they are already open, I don’t need to do anything to put down the note. And I’d usually need to open the site again to continue working - and often other sites as well (that are now also already open in tabs nearby). So I use them even though I kinda hate them. I just wish I could organize them easier.

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        8 months ago

        A fair point.

        For me, I get frustrated with more than a few open.

        I work in a legal adjacent field. Lots of research, skipping down rabbit holes. For me personally I find it difficult to see why a tab was open because visually they’re all very similar. I need to read and remember the context, by which time I’ve lost the “working data” I had been juggling.

        My thoughts and opinions coalesce more quickly if I’m copying & pasting stuff into my notes as I go anyway.

        Everyone needs to do their own thing. Mine is not necessarily better.