How Arc Solves The Problem of Having Too Many Tabs Open
When researching, a common problem is never wanting to close your tabs.
The days go by, and the number of tabs in your browser only seems to increase. Unfortunately, laptops cannot cope with an infinite number of tabs. Enters ARC by The Browser Company.
Besides the brilliant UI, ARC takes care of your tabs for you; let me explain.
The art of managing space
Managing a limited amount of space is not a novel problem.
Computer scientists have been dealing with memory management for decades. Keeping some information readily available is one possible solution, but how to decide what to keep and what to get rid of? You might realise that choosing what tabs to keep open presents a similar problem.
Different strategies to deal with memory (and tabs)
Memory management uses three main approaches, and you can use them to manage tabs:
- Random Eviction: you could close a random tab when you reach a specified limit or after a certain amount of time.
- First-In, First-Out (FIFO): after a specific time, or when you reach a specified limit, you can close the first tab opened.
- Least Recently Used (LRU): closing the tab that’s gone the longest untouched or closing a tab after a specific time.
What if you automated one of the algorithms above?
ARC closes any tab that has been opened for longer than 24 hours. The browser avoids keeping too many tabs open by applying a variation of Least Recently Used (LRU). After a few weeks, you will get used to it.
If you want to try, you can start moving any tabs you use to the front and close the last at the end of the day. Let me know how it goes!
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