Re: Feeling lost without tabs

[Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm>]

On 03/11/2015 06:07 -0800, swe20144@gmail.com wrote:

> It's been almost 1.5 years, After trying various alternatives like tabbar mode,
> I've finally gotten used to C-x b

When I started using Emacs I didn't know that I can use isearch in
minibuffer.  When I found that possibility, things became simpler.  I
frequently think that things like that probably should be mentioned in
manual / tutorial somewhere near the beginning...

> Surprisingly, I like it.  Now I'm trying to bring this to the other application I spend a lot of time on: my web browser.
>
> I usually have about 20 web browser tabs open at any given time, and using the mouse
> to go to a specific tab just breaks my flow. I'm sure it's the same for other people.
> How do you guys overcome this? Is there a chrome extension I haven't learnt about
> yet?

Maybe there's a chance to change your workflow?  I wonder what may
require more than 5 tabs at the same moment.

I remember trying Conkeror browser (http://conkeror.org) and Firefox
plugins for Emacs keys, it seemed unnatural for me.  So I switched to
emacs-w3m for all text pages (manuals, references - work materials
mostly).  I even switched off tabs in emacs-w3m for the browser
"windows" to act like normal Emacs buffers, which they are (but I use
`w3m-select-buffer' a lot).

Filipp