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It's always so cute how everyone thinks the way they use a browser is the only way anyone uses a browser.

Like folk who think that having hundreds of tabs open at once is the norm! :)

I definitely know it's not the norm, and should not be the norm. It's a really bad habit I have. I run across something interesting and for some reason just hate to close it, and so I end up with tons of browser windows open.

Eventually Chrome freaks out and starts eating all my CPU time and I have to restart it and close a bunch of browser windows.

Bookmark it, tag it with your favorite keywords and then close the tab and hope that you will find it when you need it.

I don't believe it's the norm, but it is what I choose my browser for. I generally have about 4 windows running with anywhere from 5-30 tabs apiece, in some rare cases 50+. Chrome simply can't handle that gracefully. Firefox, meanwhile, has built-in tab grouping that deals with a hefty number of tabs with no issue.

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