Recent Tabs

Cycle through your most recently used tabs (MRU) like Alt+Tab, but, with the shortcut keys Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+`(~) or assign your own!

Total ratings

3.52 (Rating count: 345)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Effective at managing multiple tabs
  • Reduces cognitive load when switching tabs
  • Simplicity and ease of use
  • Responsive developer support
  • Ideal for developers with specific usage requirements
Cons
  • Intermittent functionality and reliability
  • Keyboard shortcuts often do not work as intended
  • Limited support for certain websites (e.g., bing.com, Google Sheets)
  • Issues with specific platforms like Ubuntu
  • Permissions requirements can be confusing
Most mentioned
  • Intermittent working status
  • Keybindings not functioning correctly
  • Developer responsiveness and support
  • Does not work on specific websites/platforms
  • Permissions needed for usage
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.90
All time rating average: 3.52
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5 star
42% (112)
4 star
8% (22)
3 star
11% (29)
2 star
12% (32)
1 star
27% (73)
Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2025-01-16
Andy
en super cool!
2025-01-04
Fabio Furia
en It works! However, it is really hard to make CTRL+TAB to work. Take a look at Jasons Blog
2025-01-03
Jean Hsu
en I luv it, solved the cycling around 1000 tabs problem.
2024-11-08
Bulat Salmanov
en Works perfect for me. I'm using only switch between previous tab feature with hotkey(ctrl+space in my case). But it's saves for me a bunch of cognitive load! So simple, so easy! Jason, thank you a lot for idea and implementation. I’m saying this as a developer to a developer. P.S. It doesn't switch from "special pages" like chrome settings, chrome extension store - but it's expected behavior for security reason.
2024-07-03
Daniel Masters
en It only works periodically, as the reviewer above me has pointed out. More frustrating than not having the extension at all, to be honest.
2024-06-18
Thiago Silva
2024-06-15
B Holmes
en Works intermittently. Haven't figured a pattern to when it functions and does not yet. Looking for alternatives.
2024-06-14
Enes Erdil
2024-05-24
阿林方斯
zh 简单好用~
2024-05-20
Pippin Wallace
en Jason, would you please explain why this extension requires the following permissions? "Read and change all your data on all websites" Updated review: bumped this from 1 to 5 stars as Jason got back to me, same day via email, with the following answer. " If you use the default usage #1 method than you will only need the "Read your browsing history" permission. Usage #1: Ideal for developers (recommended) If you use "Usage #2: For basic users" it will require all the permissions to "Read and Change ALL you data on ALL websites" Go with Usage #1 if you'd like to limit the permissions for this extension. Thanks Jason!
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