48 BC

Ctrl+Shift+T

I tried this and now there is a fucking ancient library in my room. Thanks for that.
- Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Shift+n for entire Windows, not just tabs.
- Ummm... Isn't that the batin hotkey?
came to post this, beat me to it

ctrl + shift + t

Ctrl + shift + n brings back the whole window instead of just one tab (tested in Firefox)
- If you close a whole window at once, Ctrl+shift+T brings back all at the same time
  On chrome, Ctrl+shift+N opens an incognito window
- There are also recently closed tabs and recently closed windows in history
- or tap repeatedly
- Ctrl + t will do one tab at a time, but adding shift into the mix brings them all back.

What browser doesn't have restore previous session? I'd like to avoid that one.

Maybe they were looking at some cultural content in incognito mode
- What, and risk not having it in your history 4 months later when you think "oh man that one video was super educational and would be very enlightening right now"?
Tweet is from 2020.
- Session restore has been reliable since like 2010 or longer

Bookmark anything important
Delete history and other browser data on close

I can't be the only one?

Bookmark anything really important
Hoard stuff that's really interesting that I'll get to eventually probably.
Occasionally sift through the tabs to discard outdated stuff.
(optional) Actually get to some of those things I'd get to eventually.
4 has happened too often for me to discard the system. Tabs are temporary bookmarks so my real bookmark folder doesn't get swamped with every interesting thing I see.
- Add a step in between where you don't remember why you decided to left it open, and a final step where you're sure you had an open tab but you can't find it.
- bookmark folders
This is me.
I have Firefox delete everything besides container URLs, because I don’t want cookie and site data living on my computer. It would be a nice feature, but I’m not going to make a container for every website so they don’t sniff each others cookies like dogs sniff each others asses.
Bookmark wayyy to much
DDG it anyways
Delete on close
Wipe thousands of bookmarks every couple of years
It depends on what you're doing. If I'm researching my family tree, I can easily have over a dozen temporary tabs open while I check if someone is actually related to me.
My family is awkward though, they've got names like Thomas Thomas, and named their kids after their siblings >.<
Im the same

This guy is going to be so surprised when he hears about the browser history.

Or bookmarks
- Or the "restore session" option.
yeah but those tabs have been open for months, they're so far back in my history and I don't even know what was in there
- There are extensions to save the current session as bookmarks.
  Personally, I find that too many tabs ooen for a long time makes me feel uneasy and gives me some anxiety.
I have my browsers set up to wipe themselves clean on exit.

Laughs nervously

You're like my grandma but instead of wrapping paper, you're hoarding anxiety.

20? Is that a significant number? I feel like I could memorize 20 urls. 400-500 would be a realistic number. What is this, the 90s?

It’s not, any developer has 10-20 tabs open at all times, it’s nothing.
- Per jira ticket
I too am a tab hoarder

It’s 2025, is there even a browser that doesn’t reopen your tabs by default? Who are the criminals building those?
Keeping a zillion tabs open is a resource strain on classic computers. If people are up for it, they could explore saving tabs to stuff like task apps or bookmark services.

Every modern browser will snooze your tabs automatically, making them take practically no resources.

i got 64gb ram so that i never had to close a tab again

I got 4 monitors so that I'd never have to stop having a tab on top again. 64 gb to keep them running.
Should've done that, I foolishly though 32 GB would be 'enough'.

Those are rookie numbers

I remember double digits fondly.

Grouped tabs restore the illusion.

My daughter has the same mental problem. You should hear her when I recommend closing a few tabs when she calls me for "my computer is so slow!".

In firefox there's an extension that suspends tabs that haven't been active for a while. I guess that chrome has something similar.
In firefox as well, the vertical tab organizer is very helpful for people that use tabs as informal bookmarks.
- In firefox there’s an extension that suspends tabs that haven’t been active for a while. I guess that chrome has something similar.
  Firefox does that natively now, AFAIK. Also, a popular Chrome extension that did the same changed hands and turned to malware a while back, just FYI.

Ctrl + shift + n is your friend!

Honestly the Edge collections feature is fantastic for this, but it's hidden in a sub menu so it feels like they don't want people to use it.

They're like a hybrid bookmark and note taking feature, add a group, name it, add tabs to it, add notes to it, reorder it all, etc. Only thing it's missing is a way to turn a tab group or window into a collection and back again, it's a manual process currently (add/remote a tab at a time)

I use edge for work, and collections are sooo handy for keeping certain projects straight.

Let It Burn!

[Verse 1] Oh, the scrolls inside were brighter, Than a thousand suns together, But the torches came to turn, Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

[Verse 2] The scholars cried in sorrow, “There’ll be no notes tomorrow!” But knowledge had no concern, Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

[Chorus] It doesn’t show signs of stopping, The papyrus ash is dropping, And since wisdom won’t return, Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

[Bridge] When we finally say goodbye, How we’ll miss all that Plato and Pi! But if history’s meant to die, Then we’ll watch the embers fly.

[Verse 3] All the scrolls are now a-cinder, The air’s a smoky tinder, But oh, how the flames still churn — Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn.

[Outro] No Aristotle’s learning, Just the glow of pages burning, And as the ages turn, Let it burn… let it burn… let it burn.