[jollojou]

I have always wondered why people keep so many browser tabs open. From my point of view, open tabs represent unfinished tasks or web pages I should go back to as soon as possible.

At work, I have four browser instances open: three Chromes and one Firefox. I have placed two of them on the same virtual desktop, and the remaining two browser instances are on separate virtual desktops. On the first virtual desktop I manage my work-related tasks, such as company email, Hudson and VersionOne, a project management tool for agile software. The browser on the second virtual desktop is for developing software: the web application I develop is on it. The third virtual desktop is for fun and free time use. Altogether I have about ten browser tabs open; even that is too much. I feel that the more tabs I have open the more fragmented my attention is.