So, I've got like 50 tabs open in 4 windows in Chrome. It's become a standard thing for me. How do I manage this better? I'm going down the path to the dark side here. Kinda sucks. First world problems at their pinnacle!
Get OneTab
<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...</a><p>You click a button and it saves a list of your open tabs. You can sort and organize your tab list(s) and even prevent it from storing dupes.<p>It is basically a glorified bookmarking solution.<p>Just try it for a few days. When things get out of hand, click the button. Boom, no more tabs. You will be surprised how often you go back to read those tabs you <i>needed</i> (for me, almost never). You can go and search when you remember a month later about that one site about that thing (via ctrl-f broswer search on the onetab tab).<p>Some have complained that no "tab history" is stored, but for me, I don't need any of that. I just need to know that my tabs are saved so I can feel safe closing them. I have a problem...<p>OneTab gives me one button to click that gives me peace of mind, and more memory. I even use it for most of my bookmarking needs, since it is so flexible.
A co-worker of mine has the same issue, I pointed them towards this article: <a href="http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2013/08/13/7-handy-chrome-extensions-to-save-you-when-you-have-too-many-tabs-open/" rel="nofollow">http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2013/08/13/7-handy-chrome-ex...</a><p>There are plenty of extension options for dealing with tabs, and consolidating them to a meta-list like that is a lot better than having them open as running processes the whole time if you're not using them.
If you're not doing it get in the habit of using kbd shortcuts for tab navigation. Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab.
Makes navigating a window with a lot of tabs much easier.
Close tabs with Ctrl-W. I never really touch the tab bar with my mouse, so it's not a huge issue.
Chrome also has Ctrl-1,2,3,4,5,6 etc for quick jumps.
And just press Ctrl-Shift-W once in a while (-;
I use tab groups for arranging my tabs in groups, the shortcut Ctrl+` can be used for cycling through tab groups. This along with the other shortcuts mentioned make dealing with lots of tabs a lot less painful.
Firefox user here : I use the in-built (as in no add-on needed) Tab Groups, and cut down on tabs by revisiting groups and using an approximate LRU algorithm : if you don't use it, lose it.
You're in luck; this is the emerging age of ultra wide screen monitors. Today there's 21:9, with two or three of those you should be fine for the next few weeks.