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At 30+ tabs it is unmanageable as you spend more time tab cycling trying to figure out which one is where etc.

That's a matter of using the right interface -- I use Vimperator, and (with its keyboardable, search-centric interface) don't have trouble juggling 150+ tabs. The "where" of them -- in terms of ordering the list -- is completely irrelevant; if I want a page about foo, I type bFoo<tab> and get a compact list of which pages regarding Foo I have open, and can select them by typing the number for the appropriate one, further narrowing my search terms and pressing tab again (as with shell filename completion), etc.

Then this sounds like the browser plug-in for you!

If you are using Firefox, try the Pentadactyl nightly or Vimperator.

Oh there's an URL bar all right, it's right above the text input bar. See the URL?

Most everyone who uses vimperator has their browser configured to not use an URL bar. I personally don't miss it at all.

* Vim,
* Vimperator and
* ViEmu

There are similar add-ons for Chrome, but Vimperator on Firefox is fabulous for my needs. Everything else looks a cluttered, redundant mess. I am despise the URL bar.

And for some reason they always put find at the bottom of the page ...

I always looked at that as a nod to vi. In addition to putting the "search this page" on the
bottom you can activate it by hitting the / key, just like doing a find in a vi buffer. As a
long time vi user I actually appreciate this and find myself missing it now that I use Chrome
more often.

For really hard core vi users their is also this for FireFox: Vimperator.
For me it was a little too hard core and I never got used to it but never the less I
appreciate the effort put into it!

Can I configure Opera to act like Vimperator?

"Clunky interface"? Really? The browser is completely configurable. You can make it look like Chrome, IE, etc. Mine just has the tab bar, a black status bar and a white "command bar", skinned by Vimperator.

Clunky default interface, possibly, but who cares?

You take your hands off the keyboard to surf? What a workaholic.

Find project you like or use and start contributing. Or ask them if they need any help.

Most of the big ones do have "help us here" pages, such as KDE:
http://techbase.kde.org/Contribute

And another KDE page for those just starting out:
http://techbase.kde.org/Contribute/Junior_Jobs

So either the OP needs those links, or he is looking for smaller projects to help with. Here, let me suggest some small-project tools that I use that could use the help:
Anki, flash card application: http://ichi2.net/anki/index.html
Zim, desktop wiki: http://zim-wiki.org/
Gmail Conversation View for Thunderbird: http://github.com/protz/GMail-Conversation-View/issues
Vimperator/Muttator: http://vimperator.org/
Redshift, change screen colour per time of day: http://jonls.dk/redshift/

Reject your pointing sticks, meeses, trackballs, clits, whatever!

Unless you're doing layout or graphics, you don't need a mouse. Just shortcuts. The mouse is a very inefficient interface, IMO.

And before you say web browser, let me say: vimperator.

And if you think that's convenient, you really need to check out the Vimperator firefox plugin.

There already exists one: http://vimperator.org/trac/wiki/Vimperator

No vigor extension ??

I'll pass then.

There already exists one: http://vimperator.org/trac/wiki/Vimperator

I've also customized Firefox to avoid wasted space.

And by that, I assume you mean you installed Vimperator?

I've never actually seen the whole Fx 3.5 UI since I use Vimperator, so I'm not sure what exactly you all are talking about. With Vimperator, all the GUI mess at the top is gone: it's just a row tabs, then the page. I think this is perfect, and it sounds a bit like what you are describing.

If you were a vi/Vim user, then Vimperator. It's Firefox with the totally rational key-bindings Vim users like me expect.

Emacs users can use Conkeror instead. This blog post is a pretty neat intro to Conkeror.

Looks like Conkeror has what Vimperator calls hinting - in Vimperator you hit f or F (for new tab hinting) and it labels all the links on the screen with a number. You type in the number you want and it opens it. M-l does the same in Conkeror.

One of the nice things I like in Vimperator is that you can write (in JavaScript, thankfully, not VimL) really simple plugins and remaps. There's a plugin you can get which makes it so you can use the :shorten command and it takes the URL of the current page, shortens it through $URL_SHORTENER_OF_YOUR_CHOICE and then yanks (that is, copies to the system pasteboard) the result. Or if you want to yank just the current URL, you can tap "y".

Firefox extensions that make Firefox like editors almost makes the GUI usable. Vimperator is certainly very cool on a small netbook as it really helps getting all the GUI clutter out of the way.

I think you're referring to Vimperator.

I'll do you one better. How 'bout no top bar at all? My entire browser consists of a tab strip, a thin status line, and a thin input line. Lean and mean. :)

Firemacs
Vimperator

or if you want to go the full monty: Conkeror
(unrelated to a famous red squirrel)

Input bar on the bottom? You mean vimperator?

And I don't think the commands are going to be like "search-amazon", more like "search for X in amazon". Something more resembling human language. I prefer to type abbreviations, though.

Have a look at Vimperator. It's slow to get started (much like vim itself), but very efficient once you get it. Make sure you read the help/manual so you realize all the commands possible.

This is my favorite vim trick: install vimperator into firefox. It brings vim to your browsing experience. Throw your mouse away! I *LOVE* vimperator!!! Get it at ..

http://vimperator.org/trac/wiki/Vimperator

(beware: my only gripe with vimperator is it, by default, completely hides firefox's menus (!). There is a simple way to bring them back. Look for this info in the docs before you install it)

I've been using vimperator for a little while. It takes a lot of getting used to, but I think it's a revelation in web browsing.

http://vimperator.org/trac/wiki/Vimperator

I wish I could edit in text areas like this one using vim, but it doesn't seem to do that - perhaps there's an option I haven't found yet.

I take it you don't have vimperator installed.