[angersock]

I don't understand people with a bajillion tabs open. If you're referencing a bunch of man pages, sure, but generally it just seems like people load up with the intention of reading later, and never do.

Just read the damn page, close it, and move on.

[dmschulman]

Well bookmarks never quite worked for me, they're more clutter than they're worth and tend to get lost in the pile.

I've organized my web browsing into a few different Chrome windows based on tasks, one window for personal browsing (articles, a forum post I'm monitoring, a tutorial I'm following, etc), web development projects (self explanatory), job hunting (can't apply to every listing at once but I also don't want to misplace these), DIY electronics projects I'm working on (schematics, build manuals, references), and items to read later/long form stories I can't finish in one sitting.

If I end up putting some of these topic areas on the backburner I'll close out an entire window and uses Session Buddy to save those links. I'll have to check out OneTab as suggested, looks somewhat similar.

It's not perfect but it works. I use one desktop as my personal and work computer so I need to organize myself around those divergent areas or else I really get lost. When I want a mental break from work I'll go browse HN and open the stories that interest me in new tabs but I'm aware that I don't have the time to read all these items (hence the need to keep an active tab on a background window). Mental break #2 comes along and I already have a few articles ready to digest.

[dntrkv]

Agreed. I used to be one of those people with 10 windows open with 20 tabs each thinking that it's an efficient way to work. Nowadays I never keep tabs around, if I really will need to reference it later I drop it into the bookmarks bar, otherwise I close it and find it again when I need it some other time. If it's an article, I use Instapaper. That, combined with Inbox Zero, has really helped declutter my brain of unnecessary digital hoarding.