1. A computer-implemented method for task-based web page tab management, comprising: detecting one or more actions on a computing device; determining a current task period based on a comparison of the one or more detected actions to one or more trigger actions, wherein the current task period is defined by a start time and an end time; selecting tabs of a plurality of displayed tabs to adjust based on the current task period and a task profile retrieved from a task database, the task profile corresponding to the current task period, wherein the task profile includes one or more previously determined task periods, the previously determined task periods each associated with one or more candidate tabs, each candidate tab associated with application launch information, wherein the selected tabs are associated with application launch information that corresponds to the application launch information of the candidate tabs in the task profile; adjusting the display of the selected tabs to emphasize at least one of the selected tabs during the current task period and to hide at least one of the selected tabs during the current task period; and adjusting, subsequent to the end time of the current task period, the display of the selected tabs to make visible the at least one of the selected tabs that is hidden during the current task period.