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Windows 11 Chrome Version 124.0.6367.202 (Official Build) (64-bit) Onetab Version 1.84 Currently at 9471 tabs

What determines the upper limit of tabs that Onetab supports before creating problems (with exporting, crashes, etc)? The system has ample CPU power and RAM.

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    This sounds like something that would be trivial to actually test and find out.
    – Mokubai ♦
    Commented May 11 at 22:53
  • Why would it need memory at all? It basically turns tabs into (proprietary) bookmarks.
    – Daniel B
    Commented May 11 at 23:26
  • 1. Any proprietary product may change, e.g., replacing an INT with LONGINT internally. 2. What might work on one PC might not on another.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Commented May 12 at 1:43

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The primary factors for how much data a program can handle are appropriate data structures and algorithms. When it comes to presenting this data on-screen, that’s a concern, too. A too-simplistic GUI could choke on a surprisingly small amount of data.

Data structures are stuff like lists, hashmaps and eventually even databases.

Algorithms are what processes this data. A super common use case is text search.

A GUI must not create GUI elements for too much data at the same time, but ideally just enough for what’s currently visible, plus some other concerns.

If software uses inadequate data structures and algorithms, it cannot optimally utilize the computing power or memory available. One striking example is the ZIP archive support in Windows Explorer. It used to read archives one byte at a time, resulting in ridiculous performance even on the fastest of computers.

OneTab is proprietary software. You’d need to reverse-engineer it to get answers.

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  • Thank you for the comprehensive helpful answer!
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    Commented May 12 at 12:21

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