Manage Your Tabs and Windows

Once upon a time mainstream browsers only had windows. Initially, it didn’t matter much because internet connections were so slow and you really couldn’t open more than a few windows at a time. But by the time tabbed browsing arrived in the early 2000s, it was a revelation. Rather than having multiple windows open all over the place, I could keep multiple windows within a single window! My loyalty to Safari probably dates back to the advent of this wonderful innovation.

Much like the division between dog people and cat people, people seem to sort out between tab people and window people. I myself like dogs and cats, although I lean more to the dog side of the spectrum—and I’m the same way with tabs and windows. I ...

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