Aaron Aupperlee
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The HCII's Joseph Chee Chang and Aniket Kittur are part of a team that investigated the effectiveness of tabs in web browsers. They'll present their findings next week at CHI2021.
If you are reading this, chances are you have several other tabs open in your browser that you mean to get to eventually.
Internet browser tabs are a major source of friction on the internet. People love them. People hate them. For some users, tabs bring order and efficiency to their web browsing. For others, they spiral out of control, shrinking at the top of the screen as their numbers expand.