the.com/tab
the brilliant idea that one keystroke could leap forward or quietly run up your debt
keyboard veteranPredates computers, born on typewriters in the 1900s
hidden characterEncoded as ASCII 9, an invisible whitespace ghost
holy warTabs versus spaces splits programmers into rival tribes
bar slangRunning a tab means trusting drinkers to pay later
browser plagueAverage user juggles dozens of open, forgotten tabs