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My Tabs are out of control…

November 2nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized

Seriously, I need help. You know when you find something you like, and you use/consume/buy it until you’re just simply overwhelmed? Like when you say "I’ll get started with photography", and before you know it you have a pile of lenses, more books than you’ll ever read, and 7 different types of camera bags.

Now that tabs are standard on programs like Firefox, NetNewsWire, and Flock I’ve created a hole I’m having trouble getting out of – tab abuse.

Despite my diligent efforts to put any cool Web finds into my delicious stream, I still find myself with no less than 64 open tabs across the three applications listed above. These aren’t just pages I want to keep for future reference, or things I want to save to pass on to a specific person. No no, my friend – these are active content that will soon be blogged, quoted, or referenced for one project or another. Try as I might to clear at least some of these out tabs, more appear to replace them. That damn ctrl-click function to open links into new tabs is far to easy. I call it the "Enabler Key Combo".

It’s official: there’s simply too much great content on the Web.


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  • Wow and I thought my 20-30 open tabs at any time were too much ;)
  • Information overload is right. I feel overwhelmed not just by content but by the assortment of tools. The packrat mentality isn't a good thing while surfing. Also, it's frustrating when I realize I can't recall the great site I found a few days ago, but the lyrics to Funky Town are always accessible. I wish I could defrag the hard drive between my ears. Sometimes I wonder if eventually culture itself will need some defragging.



  • Ajoy, you sir are a bastard. Thanks so much for your "help"!


    :)



    Dave, I've downloaded soho to check out.
  • ctrl + click? naa, click using the mousewheel (firefox), there you go, even more convenient tabs for you.
  • I hear ya. I started using soho notes to corral all of my stuff. Also it has a neat web archive feature that will save the web page locally very easily. http://www.chronosnet.com/Products/sohonotes.ht... me next time I see you and I'll show it to you.
  • Your tab issue is only an indicator of the bigger problem at hand: Information Overload. How does one go about finding the time to keep with all the great content? Just keeping up with the 30 or so blogs in my rss reader is time consuming enough. Then there's the 10 or so email lists; news websites, yadda yadda.


    We need a Matrix like solution: "Tank, I need an upload of the November 1 news."



    Or perhaps someone will start a Reader's Digest of the web. Give them 2 - 5 topics, they consolidate the news for you in some easy to read and access format, with links for more if needed.
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