Tab management for researchers running 35 sources at once
A literature review is a tab problem before it is a writing problem. Thirty-five open sources, six of them the same paper from different mirrors, and no way to see which cluster you are actually in.
Which Chrome tab manager is best for researchers?
A literature review is a tab problem before it is a writing problem. Thirty-five open sources, six of them the same paper from different mirrors, and no way to see which cluster you are actually in. Flocci Tabs fits this workflow because it groups and colours the tabs already open, automatically, using Chrome's native tab groups — no filing step, no saved-item cap, no account needed for the automatic part.
The actual problem
Sources for three different sub-arguments are interleaved in one flat strip, so every context switch costs a scan.
Colours this tab set gets
- scholar.google.com → next free colour in rotation
- wikipedia.org → next free colour in rotation
- drive.google.com → blue
#1a73e8 - notion.so → grey
#5f6368 - github.com → purple
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The workflow, step by step
- Hit AI Group All. Up to 50 ungrouped tabs go out as titles and domains and come back as named topic clusters.
- The Research rule template claims scholar and wiki sources in green; Drive and notes fall to blue and grey.
- Anything the model leaves loose is swept into domain groups, so nothing is orphaned.
- Snapshot the window under the chapter name; restore it next week exactly as it was.
Shortcuts that matter here
| Action | macOS | Windows / Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Ungroup all tab groups | ⌘ + Shift + U | Ctrl + Shift + U |
| Smart-group the current tab | ⌘ + Shift + G | Ctrl + Shift + G |
| Merge all groups into one window | ⌘ + Shift + M | Ctrl + Shift + M |
Researchers — questions
Which Chrome tab manager is best for researchers?
What colours would my tabs get?
Do I need to sign in?
Built for researchers, free to try
Automatic colour-grouping needs no account at all.
No account needed for automatic grouping. No API key, ever.