Organize your tabs and workspaces in Floutwork

Learn how to stop using tabs as a to-do list and use Floutwork’s automatic tab grouping, workspaces, and Launchpad to stay focused.

Most people end up with dozens of open tabs because their browser has no concept of work context. Tabs become a makeshift memory system — a mix of half-read articles, open tickets, and things you meant to do later. Floutwork solves this by grouping tabs automatically by app, giving you dedicated workspaces for each project or role, and making it easy to capture unfinished work as a task or note so you can close the tab with confidence.

1. Open Floutwork and let tab grouping do its job

   When you open Floutwork, your tabs are automatically grouped by app — all your Gmail tabs together, all your Slack tabs together, and so on. You don’t have to drag or sort anything. Switch between apps using the sidebar rather than scanning a row of favicons.

2. Create workspaces for different projects or roles

   Workspaces let you separate your work into distinct contexts — for example, one workspace for your main product, another for a side project, and another for admin tasks.

   To create a workspace:

   1. Click the Workspaces icon in the left sidebar.
   2. Select New workspace.
   3. Give it a name and choose which apps belong to it.

   Switch between workspaces in one click. Only the apps and tabs for that context are in view, so your focus stays sharp.

   Name workspaces after roles or outcomes (e.g., “Engineering”, “Client work”, “Weekly planning”) rather than vague project codes. You’ll switch between them faster.

3. Add your most-used apps to the Launchpad

   The Launchpad gives you instant access to the apps you open every day without hunting through tabs.

   1. Open Launchpad from the sidebar.
   2. Select Edit Launchpad.
   3. Pin the apps you use most — email, your project tracker, your docs tool, and so on.

   Apps in the Launchpad open immediately and stay within the same Floutwork window, so you never leave your work context.

4. Use the Command Bar to navigate without clicking through tabs

   The Command Bar lets you jump to any open app, workspace, or recent page by typing its name. Press the keyboard shortcut to open it, type a few characters, and go.

   This replaces the habit of scanning through a row of tabs to find what you need.

5. Capture unfinished work as a task or note, then close the tab

   The most important shift is stopping yourself from leaving a tab open as a reminder. Instead:

   1. When you find something you need to act on later, use the one-click capture to turn it into a task in the Tasks panel.
   2. If it’s reference material you’ll want again, save it as a note.
   3. Close the tab.

   This is the core of the Explore → Capture → Commit workflow: explore freely, capture what matters, commit to acting on it at the right time, and close everything else.

   The goal is bounded exploration. Give yourself permission to open tabs while researching, but set a clear endpoint: once you’ve found what you need, capture it and close what you opened.

The “tabs as tasks” trap: If you’re keeping a tab open because you don’t want to forget something, that tab is doing the job a task should be doing. Capture it in Tasks instead. Tabs used as reminders pile up fast and erode your ability to focus on what’s in front of you.

What’s next

Workspaces

Set up and customize workspaces for each of your projects and roles.

Launchpad

Pin your most-used apps for instant access from anywhere in Floutwork.

Tasks

Capture to-dos from any web page and manage them alongside your browser.