Browser tab management

[manly]

Used to drive me nuts but once I went to 32GB RAM, not nuts. Occasionally I do need to restart Chrome, only once in a long while. Doesn't take me long to get tons of pages and megatons of tabs open. Bad habits, mostly. I have a lot of interests, can get off on tangents. I usually have Brave open as well as Chrome for those sites that bug the Bejesus out of you one way or another.

Every time I reboot, I'm asked to upgrade to Windows 11 from 10. I decline every time. Don't know what I'll do when support disappears. I do need to reinstall Windows. Don't know which version I ought to go with. Both my Windows 10 laptops have issues I figure will probably clear with a fresh install, different issues which developed way after I bought them, almost identical laptops.

Yeah this is just how some of us have chosen to use our web browsers. It may not be optimal or entirely logical, but it's very convenient. Also, part of what a browser tab preserves is state, not just location (URL). If it was just location, then that's what bookmarks are for. For example, let's say I'm reading a long PDF in a browser tab. I want it to stay at my last reading location so I can continue at a later date.

Unless I'm looking at the wrong thing, Chromium's "history by group" is entirely different. Attached a screenshot of what it looks like in desktop browser: totally useless for me.

Check & delete your Chrome browsing history - Computer - Google Chrome Help

You can check your browsing history in Chrome. You can also continue browsing what you’ve already started on a desktop or laptop computer, and find related searches. If you don’t want a record of pag

support.google.com

As for Windows 11, I don't think you really have a choice. It's a "bad idea" to use an unsupported OS so after Win10 is EOL, you'll need to switch to something else. You will be able to pay for 1-3 years extended support, but this should be viewed as a temporary reprieve at best (the first year might be cheap, but then the cost goes up). They haven't announced consumer prices yet, so this is somewhat speculative.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Every time I reboot, I'm asked to upgrade to Windows 11 from 10. I decline every time. Don't know what I'll do when support disappears.

Don't think it matters. I'm typing this on a Thinkpad with Windows 8.1 and I have no complaints (well, mostly). I guess some or all online game store launchers like Steam, Origin, Ubisoft etc. may refuse to run. But most other software doesn't have a problem.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Well, there's also 0patch: https://0patch.com/pricing.html

They offer Win7 patches in the paid tier but not Win8.1???

Well I NEVER!!!!!

 

[igor_kavinski]

You haven't done much with Grouped History then.

There's a special browser dedicated to researching stuff and it helps with tab management. Never tried to use it and can't remember the name off the top of my head.

https://browser.horse/ <<<< Not the one I was talking about but it calls itself the browser for research.

 

[VirtualLarry]

https://browser.horse/ <<<< Not the one I was talking about but it calls itself the browser for research.

$99/yr to use a browser? Ouch, no thanks.

Edit: My bad, it's $99 / "lifetime". Whoa, they have 300 whole paid customers. Looks like they're beating WinRAR, LOL.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Looks like they're beating WinRAR, LOL.

Well, if WinRAR starts using Intel/AMD/Nvidia AI accelerators, I'll pay for it!