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Alt+Tab is broken (when you have 20 windows open)

Productivity · 8/7/2026

Alt+Tab worked fine when we opened three programs. Today, between a browser with fifteen tabs, email, two spreadsheets, an editor and messaging apps, switching windows became a visual lottery: you press Alt+Tab, scan the row of thumbnails, and with luck you hit the right one.

Paradoxon Alternate proposes a different logic: instead of navigating through all windows, you switch within groups you define. Ctrl+Alt+1 jumps between the apps in your "Office" group; Ctrl+Alt+2 between your "Design" apps. Each press goes to the group's next app — in under 30 milliseconds.

Main window
The main window with your groups and hotkeys.
Detected apps
Automatic detection of open apps.
Office group
An "Office" group in action.

The mental shift is subtle but profound: you stop thinking "where is that window?" and start thinking "go to my work context". Groups mirror your real tasks — invoicing, communication, development — and the keyboard takes you there without looking.

Try it for a week: set up two groups with your everyday apps. The day you go back to Alt+Tab you'll understand how much time you were losing.