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On 4/13/2025 11:32 AM, The Real Bev wrote:

> Just curious about your dislike. I have a 27" monitor, hate horizontal 
> tabs and love vertical tabs.  I switch constantly among 20 or 30 
> websites (as well as switching among browsers based on capability) and 
> can't understand how people can NOT live like that.

   I also have a 27" monitor, though I maintain browser
windows at maybe 1000px wide. I access the Desktop a lot
and usually have multiple windows arranged on it, but not
covering it.

   In general I only keep browser windows open as needed.
I like to have them lined up along the taskbar where I can
see what's what. In rare cases I might have 20 total windows
open, of different types, but typically it's 1-3 windows.

    Having tabs confuses things because then I have two
ways to enumerate, open and close browser windows. If
I'm not  careful I might close 3 windows when I meant to
only close one.

    I use Notepad in the same way. Each Notepad window
open is a separate file or text blurb, which I close when I'm
done with it. I wouldn't want tabs for Notepad.

   For me it's similar to the problem of pinning. Once a "badge"
or icon on the taskbar represents both the program and open
instances, things get confused.

    The only case where an MDI (multiple doc. interface)
UI is appropriate is where all open files are related, such as
a coding or graphic editor. Even then it's best if an MDI window
works both ways. For instance, each project I work on in
Visual Studio or Paint Shop Pro has multiple files, but if I start
a second project, that has its own parent window.

   I've seen people here describe having a browser open with
50-100 tabs and never closing them, implying that their computer
activity is comprised of pretty much a set, repetitive routine.
That's a very different way of using a computer. As I write this,
the only program I have open is TBird. If I decide to visit a website,
I'll close TBird. If I then decide to work on editing an image I'll
probably close the browser windows, unless I'm doing something
online related to the editing, such as looking for usable images.

(There's also a privacy/security angle. Keeping browser windows
open keeps session variables, such as script that I'm allowing
only temporarily on one site. It can also lead to periodic reloading
if people don't block that. I don't want to maintain connections
with websites. I certainly don't want to stay logged into a site
that I'm done with.)

   Maybe a workshop would also be a serviceable analogy. I keep
all my tools and materials where I can find them. I know the rivet
gun is here, drywall screws there, wirenuts in the other place. I have
fir plywood separate from MDF, which is separate from hardwood
plywood for finish work.
   When I get working I may end up with buckets of things that I need
for the task at hand, and cluttler on the workbench. But then I clean
that up when I'm done. The only scenario where it would make
sense to leave it all out would be where I always use the shop
for the same task. For instance, if I worked on a furniture assembly
line then probably I'd want the exact same tools and supplies ready
to go every time I went to work. Similarly, that's the only way that
I can see the sense of keeping windows open: people who always
do the exact same activities on their computer, and especially people
who do it for work. For those people, opening a browser might actually
get to seem tedious. I never find it tedious to click the Firefox icon.
And I don't use any software that takes time to open. Even the
crazy-bloated FF opens pretty much instantly on my current computer.

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