I think the issue is that the computer does not have infinite resources. Even with tabs where they are hidden most of the time it's a big engineering challenge. If you can zoom out and expect all activities to continue in the iframes.. it can work but there is just a limit.
But besides the infinite thing, I had kind of the same idea last week when I was looking for a mind mapping tool that I could just embed web pages in.
Re infinite,
Kinopio also uses tricks like this where the <canvas> you paint on is only viewport sized but moves when you scroll to give the illusion that it covers the page.
That said, as cool as infinite sounds, you might not even want that irl.
Truely infinite space, like in real life, is harder to find things in, and the content is likely less focused on a single topic, and therefore harder for a human to parse.
(That said, I’m the kind of browser tab user to starts closing things after I get to like 10)
that's actually pretty cool! I often find myself researching a topic and then reluctantly having to close a ton of tabs when I have to do something else. This is a great solution - installing this, thanks.
I wouldn’t focus that much on the word “infinite.” It’s more like “unbounded” or even just “big enough that you’re exceedingly unlikely to run out of space.”
But besides the infinite thing, I had kind of the same idea last week when I was looking for a mind mapping tool that I could just embed web pages in.