← Back to context

Comment by kccqzy

20 hours ago

This is because people are so used to tabs that they forgot they can open new browser windows. For a long time I configured my browser not to use tabs, because most of the time when I open two or more pages I want to see them simultaneously.

Yes, this is sort of weird, but understandable. The thought of separating contexts this way for some reason takes a bit of conscious effort.

I have 7-8 Firefox windows across 3 virtual desktops, all named using the Window Titler extension [1]. Every name starts with an emoji to make it easy to tell them apart just by color.

Truth be told, many windows may be confusing to navigate via alt-tab-like interface; I additionally run rofi [2] for quick switching by name / title.

[1]: https://github.com/tpamula/webextension-window-titler

[2]: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi