Sad but true. Often, I find that it helps to open a new window for things that I need to read, fill out, etc., because 1), it makes it harder to be distracted by the “fun” tabs I also have open, and 2), Firefox (at least) can’t save all of your tabs when you have two windows open, so you have to close one of them, and the “serious” window is a way to force yourself to finish everything in that window before you close your browser and do something else.
Having said that, LW usually takes up most of my saved “fun” tabs...
Probably. In firefox 3 (windows version), if you have two windows open, close one, and then close the other, only the second window’s tabs will appear on the window that’s created when you re-open firefox if you have it set to re-open your last group of tabs when you start it. (You can probably re-open the other window via ‘history > recently closed windows’, but this would be a separate step.)
Ending the firefox process from the task manager will save all sufficiently-recent tabs in all open windows, but is not at all elegant.
I haven’t messed with this in firefox 4 yet, but expect that it works similarly.
Looks like File > Exit works. Still, though, having to go to the File menu can work as a minor barrier to impulsiveness.
Also, AD, the saved session feature in Firefox 4 is kind of the opposite of Firefox 3--it asks you if you want to open your last session when you start, instead of asking if you want to save when you quit, in case you were wondering.
I’ve had this page in a tab in my browser for days intending to read it, and still haven’t. Seriously.
It’s nice to know my acrasia has a sense of humour.
Sad but true. Often, I find that it helps to open a new window for things that I need to read, fill out, etc., because 1), it makes it harder to be distracted by the “fun” tabs I also have open, and 2), Firefox (at least) can’t save all of your tabs when you have two windows open, so you have to close one of them, and the “serious” window is a way to force yourself to finish everything in that window before you close your browser and do something else.
Having said that, LW usually takes up most of my saved “fun” tabs...
I think it does save them all if you quit by hitting “quit” rather than closing all windows.
Does that mean I’ve been discarding tabs without realizing it every time I’ve closed the browser with more than one multiple-tab window open?
Probably. In firefox 3 (windows version), if you have two windows open, close one, and then close the other, only the second window’s tabs will appear on the window that’s created when you re-open firefox if you have it set to re-open your last group of tabs when you start it. (You can probably re-open the other window via ‘history > recently closed windows’, but this would be a separate step.)
Ending the firefox process from the task manager will save all sufficiently-recent tabs in all open windows, but is not at all elegant.
I haven’t messed with this in firefox 4 yet, but expect that it works similarly.
File → Exit
File → Quit, at least on Linux
Looks like File > Exit works. Still, though, having to go to the File menu can work as a minor barrier to impulsiveness.
Also, AD, the saved session feature in Firefox 4 is kind of the opposite of Firefox 3--it asks you if you want to open your last session when you start, instead of asking if you want to save when you quit, in case you were wondering.
Ctrl+Q.
Doesn’t seem to work for me.
Alt, F, X. (I apparently value my pedantic satisfaction more than your productivity right now, but you were likely to find out eventually.)
Sheesh, who knew even productivity could be destroyed by the truth?
Hee hee. I’ve been doing similar… but have been incrementally reading through it, and now have finished it.
Just finished it… while avoiding doing something else probably more urgent and important.