If you are like me and have a grossly shortened attention span, browser tabs have proven to be a really great thing.

The clickpath just as often leads you astray as it does to your destination. Of that there is no doubt. Having a web browser open is a recipe for a nearly infinite depth of field when it comes to mental focus. I catch myself so far afield sometimes I am shocked.

However, by opening new browser windows in tabs, I find myself closing one tab to reveal another that was related to something else I was doing, at which point there is a couple seconds of embarassment, but then I get back to the task at hand.

Use your tabs.