FLST Chrome

Name: FLST Chrome
Rating: 4.045454545454546 (44 reviews)
Author: Gary7

Focus Last Selected Tab :: Provides natural / MRU tab ordering + Options for Tab Flipping, New Tab Select, and New Tab Location

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FLST Chrome is a powerful extension designed to enhance your tab management in Google Chrome. It provides a natural Most Recently Used (MRU) style tab ordering, ensuring that when you close the current tab, the most recently accessed tab gains focus automatically. This feature supports multiple windows, maintaining tab order individually, and smoothly handles tab migration across windows.

Additional options include tab flipping to toggle between the current and previous tab easily, customizable behavior for opening new tabs, and the ability to position new tabs on the far right instead of immediately next to the current tab. The extension operates without requiring special permissions or triggering security warnings, prioritizing user privacy by only reading numeric window and tab IDs. FLST Chrome is updated to stay compatible with modern Chrome versions and offers handy customization options through an intuitive options page and configurable keyboard shortcuts.

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By:

Gary7

Users:

1,000

Rating:

4.05

(44)

Version:

2.1 Last updated: 2024-07-15

Creation date:

2013-06-27

Risk:

Permissions:

contextMenus

Size:

107.00KB

Email:

ex*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

14 hours ago

Ranking

# 22,798 ▲ 330

Other rankings

#11910 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 34 #31 in instruction keyword 4 ▼ 1 #272 in icon keyword 16 ▼ 10 #292 in section keyword 1 ▲ 2

Publisher Change History

2024-07-13: Email was changed from ex*****@sertechlabs.com to su*****@yahoo.com

2024-07-15: Email was changed from su*****@yahoo.com to ex*****@gmail.com

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User reviews

FLST Chrome is praised for enhancing tab management beyond Chrome's defaults, offering features like opening new tabs to the right and focusing last used tabs, improving user navigation. Users value its background operation and potential for keyboard shortcuts, often wishing such features were native to Chrome. However, common issues include concerns about its update to Manifest V3, inconsistent behavior in focusing last tabs automatically, awkward default keyboard shortcuts, and an annoying popup warning sound. Despite these, many users find it indispensable for improving browsing efficiency.

Pros

Effectively manages tab behavior, such as opening new tabs to the right and maintaining last selected tab focus.
Provides functionality that improves user navigation and productivity, appreciated for mimicking features from other browsers like Firefox and Opera.
Easy to install and use, working well in the background without much user intervention.
Allows some keyboard shortcuts and has potential for customizable shortcuts, enhancing efficiency.
Highly valued by users wanting better tab management than Chrome's default behavior.

Cons

Lack of Manifest V3 update causing concerns about future compatibility.
The default behavior of focusing the last selected tab when closing a tab is jarring or undesired by some users.
Some issues with the extension not working consistently, such as only focusing last tab after clicking the extension icon rather than automatically.
Default keyboard shortcuts (like CTRL+X) conflict with standard shortcuts, causing frustration.
The intrusive or annoying warning scream/sound when closing popup windows is disliked by users.

Recent reviews

PLEASE update to Manifest V3 so we can continue using this great extension!

Ar*****, 2025-03-06

Отличное расширение, спасибо автору. Странно что у него так мало пользователей, ведь на мой взгляд, такая функция - это просто маст-хэв.

Се*****, 2025-02-14

Is there a plan to migrate to Manifest V3?

Ju*****, 2025-01-02

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FLST Chrome does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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FLST Chrome is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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