A browser can become a collection of unfinished intentions. Some tabs belong to a task in progress; others are references or things you hoped to read.
Separate those purposes in a way that fits your browser. Save a useful reference with a descriptive name, and keep active work grouped clearly enough to return to.
Close what no longer has a job. The aim is not a particular tab count, but a workspace in which finding the next step takes less effort.
A few starting points
- Distinguish active work from saved references.
- Use descriptive bookmark names.
- Close a tab whose purpose has ended.
A small working example.
A project may need only one current reference page. Moving the remaining possibilities to a note can make the next action easier to see.
A note to keep beside it.
A tool can be pleasant and still create a costly dependency. Consider what you would keep if you moved the work somewhere else.
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