Both Chrome and Firefox can be used on PC and Mac. The other browsers of relevance are: Safari (31%) and Firefox (14%). Now from a rationalization perspective, I view urls on the Internet as pieces of paper.Chrome is the most popular internet browser, with 44% of the market share (April ‘19). And so if I have a browser window open with 30 tabs, well, that's just 30 sheets of paper, right? And my computer can certainly handle 30 pieces of paper, right?īut if I have 10 browser windows open, each with 30 tabs, that's 300 pieces of paper. What about Safari, Chromium, FireFox, etc. The issue, as with a big fraction of most computer issues, is memory. From a technical perspective although the HTML that makes up a web page is generally tiny, web pages are frighteningly complex data representations and they are actually pretty damn big. I regularly see Chrome hitting 11 plus gigs of memory usage (on a 16 gig box).Īnd this brings us to, wait for it, The Great Suspender. The Great Suspender is a Chrome extension that automatically suspends tabs that haven't been active recently (yes this period is configurable). This essentially kills the memory footprint for tabs you have open but aren't using. It took my Chrome memory usage from 11 gigs down to a fraction of that. View The Great Suspender on the Chrome Extension Store I can't recommend The Great Suspender strongly enough. Kudos and thanks to my good buddy Sean Kennedy who clued me into this.So, if you’re a tab lover, then it’s time to take things into your own hands. You can easily optimize your 100-tab productivity by using browser extensions, and you can make the most of your PC (even if it’s a crappy PC) by upgrading a few pieces of hardware. ![]() RELATED: How to Not Have 100 Browser Tabs Open It’s Time to Wrangle Those Tabs Or, if those tabs get in your way and slow down your computer, there are some good ways to close tabs and save them for later. Whether you’re blessed with a 100-tab-capable computer or you’ve just ordered some new PC parts, you’re going to run into a fundamental 100-tab problem. The horizontal tab list on the top of your browser just isn’t made to handle a ton of tabbage. Sure, you can right-click a tab to pin it to your browser, dump your tabs into bookmarks, or open multiple browser windows to organize disparate clusters of tabs. But these primitive forms of tab organization are far from convenient or effective. If you want to wrangle 100 different tabs in one window, then you’re going to need some browser extensions. Vertical style tab extensions are essential for tab-junkies. Tabs are easier to read and organize while they’re vertical, and most vertical tab extensions have built-in grouping or “tree” features. Firefox popularized vertical tabs with its Tree Styled Tabs extension, but users of Chrome, Opera, and the Chromium-based Edge browser can use the Tabs Outliner extension. If you want an extension that automatically organizes tabs into groups, then you should check out OneTab. It’s available for both Chromium browsers like Chrome and Firefox, and it turns a mess of tabs into an organized tree-style list with a single click. Without good hardware, these extensions are basically worthless. Browsers are extremely resource-heavy, and a ton of tabs can turn a weak computer into a stuttering mess. ![]() RELATED: Tab Overload: 10 Tips For Working With Lots of Browser Tabs If You Want 100 Tabs, You Need Good Hardware First Thankfully, it’s easy to pinpoint hardware problems on a computer, and some extensions can reduce your need to perform expensive (or impossible) hardware upgrades. Generally speaking, your browser’s ability to handle tabs depends on your PC’s CPU and RAM. Those words can strike fear into the heart of any computer user, but they’re actually two of the most approachable ideas in computing.Ī CPU (central processing unit) is basically the brain of a computer. It’s continually crunching numbers and doling out commands to the other components in your PC. If a rogue surgeon decided to replace your brain with an old, bargain-bin brain, then your motor skills and multi-tasking abilities would take a hit. ![]() The same goes for your PC a crappy CPU slows everything down. Similarly, a PC’s RAM (random access memory) is like a brain’s short-term memory. It keeps track of what you’re doing in a given moment and makes sure that multi-tasking (running multiple tabs) goes without a hitch. RAM is measured in terms of bytes, and as it turns out, more bytes allow for more multitasking. If you’re a tab junky with a clunky computer, then it may be time to upgrade your CPU or invest in some additional RAM. On most desktop PCs (and some laptops), upgrading your RAM or CPU is quick and easy, especially if you’ve done it in the past. And while computer parts can be a little expensive, a simple hardware upgrade is always cheaper than buying a new PC.
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