Editing Tab (interface) (section)

==Tab hoarding==
[[File:Tab Hoarder Bar.png|thumb|The tab bar on Chromium of a browser tab hoarder.]]
''Tab hoarding'' is [[digital hoarding]] of web browser tabs. Users may accumulate tabs as reminders of tasks to research or complete<ref name="y641">{{cite web | last=Ramis | first=Ali Jaffe | title=Stop, Before You Close This Tab (or Any Others) … | website=The New York Times | date=October 24, 2023 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/magazine/browser-tabs-forever.html | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> (rather than using dedicated [[reminder software]]). They may use multiple browser windows to organize tabs or direct [[Attention|focus]];<ref name="y641" /> however, leaving multiple windows open can exacerbate tab clutter.<ref name="m342">{{cite conference | last=Ma | first=Rongjun | last2=Lassila | first2=Henrik | last3=Nurgalieva | first3=Leysan | last4=Lindqvist | first4=Janne | title=When Browsing Gets Cluttered: Exploring and Modeling Interactions of Browsing Clutter, Browsing Habits, and Coping | publisher=ACM | date=April 19, 2023 | isbn=978-1-4503-9421-5 | doi=10.1145/3544548.3580690 | page=1–29}}</ref>

Tab hoarding can lead to [[Psychological stress|stress]] and [[information overload]],<ref name="m342" /> [[distraction]], and reduced computer performance. It can develop into emotional attachment to the set of open tabs,<ref name="overcoming">{{cite news |title=Overcoming tab overload: Researchers develop tool to better manage browser tabs |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-tab-overload-tool-browser-tabs.html |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=techxplore.com |language=en}}</ref> including fear of losing them upon a [[Crash (computing)|crash]] or other [[reboot]],<ref name="y641" /> and conversely, [[Relief (emotion)|relief]] when tabs are properly restored.<ref name="n053">{{cite web | last=Ahmed | first=Zo | title=Zero regrets: Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two years | website=TechSpot | date=May 5, 2024 | url=https://www.techspot.com/news/102871-zero-regrets-firefox-power-user-kept-7500-tabs.html | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> Tab hoarders have attributed the behavior to [[anxiety]],<ref name="o577">{{cite web | last=Koebler | first=Jason | title=I Live in a Digital Dumpster Fire | website=VICE | date=April 3, 2015 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-live-in-a-digital-dumpster-fire/ | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> [[fear of missing out]],<ref name="j521">{{cite web | last=Cassella | first=Carly | title=We're Getting Buried in Browser Tabs And Scientists Want to Fix It | website=ScienceAlert | date=May 9, 2021 | url=https://www.sciencealert.com/tab-overload-is-a-common-problem-for-people-browsing-the-internet-survey-finds | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> [[procrastination]],<ref name="h106">{{cite web | last=Kehayias | first=John | title=Death by 1,000 Tabs: Confessions of a Tab Hoarder | website=VICE | date=January 21, 2021 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/death-by-1000-tabs-confessions-of-a-tab-hoarder/ | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> and poor [[personal information management]] practices.<ref name="m036">{{cite web | last=Samuel | first=Alexandra | title=Browser Tab Clutter Is The New Hoarding | website=JSTOR Daily | date=July 11, 2017 | url=https://daily.jstor.org/browser-tab-clutter-is-the-new-hoarding/ | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name="overcoming">{{cite news |title=Overcoming tab overload: Researchers develop tool to better manage browser tabs |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-tab-overload-tool-browser-tabs.html |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=techxplore.com |language=en}}</ref>

The prevalence of tab hoarding is acknowledged by browser vendors such as [[Mozilla]], and has inspired [[Memory management|memory]] and tab management features in browsers and [[Browser extension|extensions]].<ref name="n053" /> Such features include tab grouping, which allows related tabs to be visually organized<ref name="t503">{{cite web | last=Navigation | first=Social Links | title=Google is giving Chrome users a way out of tab overload hell | website=TechRadar | date=May 13, 2020 | url=https://www.techradar.com/news/google-is-giving-chrome-users-a-way-out-of-tab-overload-hell | access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> and collapsed; conversion of tabs into a list of [[hyperlink]]s;<ref name="m036" /> and alternative [[User interface|interface]] paradigms, such as framing high-level [[Task (project management)|tasks]] as first-class objects instead of tabs.<ref name="j998">{{cite conference | last=Kulkarni | first=Minchu | last2=Kapoor | first2=Kshitij | last3=Madala | first3=Deva Surya Vivek | last4=Bansal | first4=Sanchit | last5=Hangal | first5=Sudheendra | title=Compartmentalizing web browsing with Sailboat | publisher=ACM | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-4503-7716-4 | doi=10.1145/3364183.3364187 | page=1–8}}</ref><ref name="overcoming">{{cite news |title=Overcoming tab overload: Researchers develop tool to better manage browser tabs |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-tab-overload-tool-browser-tabs.html |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=techxplore.com |language=en}}</ref> A 2021 study developed [[User interface design|UI design]] considerations which could enable better tools and changes to the code of web browsers that allow [[knowledge worker]]s and other users to better manage and utilize their browser tabs.<ref name="overcoming" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Joseph Chee |title=Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |last2=Hahn |first2=Nathan |last3=Kim |first3=Yongsung |last4=Coupland |first4=Julina |last5=Breneisen |first5=Bradley |last6=Kim |first6=Hannah S |last7=Hwong |first7=John |last8=Kittur |first8=Aniket |date=2021-05-06 |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |isbn=9781450380966 |pages=1–15 |chapter=When the Tab Comes Due:Challenges in the Cost Structure of Browser Tab Usage |doi=10.1145/3411764.3445585 |doi-access=free |s2cid=233987809}} [[File:CC-BY_icon.svg|50x50px]] Available under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/]</ref>{{explain|date=September 2024}}