You are about to close 74 tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?

I admit it. I’m totally addicted to tabs in Firefox. Are you?

When I get up in the morning and start up Firefox it automatically opens my first tabs of the day: Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, weather, local news.

I read about 175 (give or take a few) RSS feeds so the first thing I do is start looking at the items my friends have shared in Google Reader. Anything that catches my eye for more than 10 seconds (anything I feel I actually want to read entirely and/or bookmark for later) I open in a new tab. And so it goes.

It’s a rare day that I make it to 4pm without 30+ tabs open. At this moment I have 74 open. I prefer to read blog posts, articles, etc. in their own tab, not in the reader. I like to see the various layouts, colour schemes, menus, etc. on each site. I like to grumble when certain blogs have their font set so small I have to hit ctrl++ just to read them (Mr. Brogan - you’re guilty of this one ). I like to be able to read comments (and in turn comment) easily.

Having 30+ tabs open can bit a bit overwhelming but I’ve found a terrific FireFox add-on called Vertigo that creates a sidebar along the left side of your browser that can be sized narrower or wider and gives you easy access to each of your tabs. If you’re a tab lover I suggest you give Vertigo a spin. It’s made the multi-tab lifestyle much easier to maintain.

Filed under: chatter, productivity, social media by Merlene

7 Responses to “You are about to close 74 tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?”

  1. Ian, on February 12th, 2008 at 4:20 pm Said:

    I also love Firefox and its tabs, Merlene. I’m using XP Pro with 1GB of RAM.

    Unfortunately, I’d be out of memory before I got anywhere near 30 tabs. You must have a lean, mean machine!

  2. John Piercy, on February 12th, 2008 at 4:24 pm Said:

    hey its SW , how are ya ?
    30 tabs … geeezzzz I wish
    My little 12inch Powerbook gets me a few tabs not many more
    I need some more real estate for my viewing pleasure …

    Anyways good article , love the layout of your blaugh ,,,

    well done

    JP ( SW )

  3. Merlene, on February 12th, 2008 at 4:26 pm Said:

    Ian, I’m using a dual boot linux/xp machine with 1GB of RAM. Usually I work in linux (Ubuntu) but actually today with the 74 tabs I’m running in XP.

    I also have Dreamweaver open and a couple of IM windows.

  4. Merlene, on February 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm Said:

    Thanks JP(SW hehe).
    Photo courtesy of my daughter, Madelin. Taken up at the Punchbowl in the fog. No effects that’s just how the photo turned out. Thanks for the comments on layout. I’m always fussing with it though ;)

  5. Chris Brogan..., on February 12th, 2008 at 5:52 pm Said:

    In my next design, you’ll be able to read my site. : )

  6. Cool New Add-ons for Firefox | Ritchie Media Marketing, on February 12th, 2008 at 7:42 pm Said:

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  7. Yuvi, on March 31st, 2008 at 7:58 am Said:

    Just like how XP needs a reinstall every year or so to keep it fresh, firefox needs a total “tabclose” after about 20 tabs, even with 1.5 gigs of RAM. Wonder how much it’ll take when I get my 4 Gig 1 TB QuadCore Workstation…

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