[Ghoyome]

Windows > Tabs every single time. What helped me most was a good window manager:

• A single floating window acting as an opener*

• windows are always arranged in the case of tiling wms.

• In the case of Firefox user.css can help u remove the tab bar entirely. And opening in windows rather than tabs can be configured.

• I built my own window fuzzy searcher for finding windows.

The effect is compulsory need to close windows asap but keep a couple of windows forever that are actually for doing work. In my case :

• newsboat > firefox. • Cmus > firefox. • Aerc > firefox. • Irssi > firefox.

The list goes on and on.

The benefit is this: every job has it’s own window.

Note that still it is 100% the case that when not in “production/building” mode the default is consuming. This setup merely helps heighten awareness to the fact.

Hope it helps!

* lf, ranger, nnn are all good choices.

[Havelock]

I do the same, but right now I just keep tabmanager.io on my right screen to show a grid of all my windows. Some which I save for later, e.g. switching between projects.