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Rafa
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September 3, 2026

"This or that?" (Chrome Edition)

  • September 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Hi folks, 

It’s time to settle the debate ⚖️ 

It’d be nice to gauge where this community stands on some of the most important (🤔) daily Chrome browser preferences and work-related debates.

Reply below with your answers:

  1. Dark Mode or Light Mode?
  2. Multi-screens or Split View?
  3. Group tabs or pin tabs?
  4. Inbox Zero or 10,000 Emails sitting there (some of them starred though)?
  5. Coffee or Tea?
  6. Milk in your coffee or tea or No milk?
  7. Music while working or Absolute silence?
  8. Regular desk or Standing desk?
     

Let's see which side wins!

    26 replies

    Kirk
    Community Manager
    September 3, 2026

    I’ll get the ball rolling shall I?

    1. Dark mode all day!
    2. Split View - I have an ultrawide monitor
    3. Absolute chaos! I keep meaning to organise group tabs….
    4. Inbox Zero
    5. Coffee for life
    6. No milk or sweetener, get’s in the way.
    7. Music - I have too many albums to listen to
    8. Regular desk although I’m thinking of investing in a standing one.
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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
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    September 4, 2026

    On number 7 I’m with you - my list of albums to listen to is far too long 🎧

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    robthenry
    Level 1.6: Donut
    September 4, 2026
    1. Dark mode

    2. Split View

    3. Group tabs

    4. Inbox Zero

    5. Coffee

    6. No milk

    7. Music while working

    8. Regular desk — for now!

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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026

    Hi ​@robthenry, welcome to the community and thanks for sharing it!

    Are you planning on getting a flexible desk soon? I have to admit, I do enjoy mine. Being able to alternate between standing up and sitting down whilst working does make a difference.

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    Moombas
    Level 4.4: KitKat
    September 4, 2026
    1. definitely Dark mode - ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE 😁
    2. I prefer split view (curved UWQHD-Monitor ) but at work we sadly have multi-screen setups
    3. pin tabs for all i need every day, everything else stays unpinned
    4. Inbox zero
    5. Neither! Hot chocolate
    6. Neither! Hot chocolate with milk (those water things are...ugh)
    7. Depends on the tasks but most likely Music on at home but in the office only the collegues ;)
    8. Flexible desk at work but i prefer to sit
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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
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    September 4, 2026

    Hey ​@Moombas, thanks for sharing and for being a hot chocolate champion here (I did take those votes into account). 

    I’m very much the same with pin tabs. My day-to-day ones are always there pinned and everything else rotates unpinned. However, as I’ve mentioned, if I’m working on an specific project I do like using group tabs. 

    Also, as I use dual monitors I always have two Chrome windows open - one for each screen -  and a different group of pinned tabs in each of them.

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    Lynda
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026
    1. Controversially…. Light Mode
    2. Multi-screens - please. But thank goodness for Split View when on the go.
    3. Group tabs for sanity
    4. Of course I strive for Inbox Zero… but my daily average is Inbox <20
    5. Tea or Hot Chocolate… sadly I get the shakes on too much coffee
    6. Milk for sure
    7. Mostly absolute silence these days!
    8. Regular desk

     

    These questions have made me think - I think I need a dark mode, split view, coffee fuelled, music filled and standing desk day to shake things up! 😂

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    Moombas
    Level 4.4: KitKat
    September 4, 2026

    Light mode can also make sense, depends very on your environement around the screen.

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    Emiliano
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026

    Hold my thousands of tabs I got this

    1. Dark mode but funky Chrome theme
    2. Multi-screens… with split view!
    3. Group tabs are the best 👏🏻
    4. Inbox zero
    5. I’m italian ☕
    6. Cappuccino
    7. Background music, nothing too groovy or I can’t focus 
    8. Standing desk!
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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
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    September 4, 2026

    Massive cappuccino fan here ​@Emiliano. It’s my go-to when I want some coffee.

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    JordanOC
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026
    1. Dark mode. But I am converting text dense sites/apps into Light mode
    2. Multi-screens with situational split view. 
    3. Neither, a messy pile of bookmark folders for me. I dream of the discipline to be able to use group tabs
    4. Inbox zero all the way! Although coming back from leave this can take a while to get back into the groove of
    5. Coffee, but always espresso based. I’d never say no to a cuppa though!
    6. Oat milk
    7. Music
    8. Why not both? 🤷 I try do to at least 3 hours standing a day
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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
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    September 4, 2026

    Oat milk entry duly noted ​@JordanOC ✍️
    Any specific genres of music you like to listen to whilst working?

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    Lizzie
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026

    I love a Friday quiz 😎

     

    Here I go! 

    1. Dark mode 
    2. Multi-screen (I actually use mainly my small laptop screen most of the time - I would be keen to try AndroidXR for traveling though)
    3. Pinned tabs (but I have to say I’m really enjoying vertical tabs in Chrome right now - game charger)
    4. Zero inbox (I wish), but not 10K either 
    5. It depends on the time of day, but I’m a big fan of both tea and coffee (I always have a cup of tea before bed)
    6. Definitely with milk. I do like oat milk with coffee though (if available)
    7. Music, all day, every day (I actually don’t like silence very much - but the mood of the music is very important)
    8. Regular desk

     

    (​@Batlac, ​@Flo, ​@Vin2K after your amazing nano banana sharing the other day, fancy a quiz? 😀)

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    Welcome to the Community everyone!
    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026

     Vertical tabs are great indeed ​@Lizzie, good shout!
    Are you able to handle caffeine before bed or do you take the last cuppa of the day decaf?

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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026

    I knew that many of these points would generate rather interesting comments (and laughs 😂) 

    Here are mine:

    1. Light Mode during the day, Dark Mode in the evening
    2. Multi-screens
    3. Pin tabs (although I use Group tabs for specific projects)
    4. Inbox Zero
    5. Tea (I’ve recently started enjoying coffee more though)
    6. Milk
    7. Music (I’ve mentioned this in our community before actually)
    8. Standing desk
    (Not very straightforward answers when you consider that I was the one who proposed such a binary quiz 😅)

    And with that, so far we’ve got:

    Dark mode 7 Light Mode 2
    Multi-screens 5 Split View 4
    Group Tabs 5 Pin tabs 3
    Inbox Zero 5 Full inbox 0
    Coffee 5 Tea 3
    Milk 6 No Milk 2
    Music 7 Silence 1
    Regular desk 5 Standing desk 4


    Noteworthy mentions: 

    Hot chocolate 2
    Oat Milk 2
    Vertical tabs 1



    Keep’em coming, there are no clear winners to some of these so far 😄

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    lawrencep
    Level 1.5: Cupcake
    September 4, 2026
    1. Dark Mode
    2. Multi-screens 
    3. Pin Tabs
    4. Inbox is just a mess
    5. Coffee and Tea
    6. Milk in coffee and tea unless drinking herbal twa
    7. Absolute silence (Never Listen to music)
    8. Regular desk (Permanently Work from Home)
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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
    Community Manager
    September 4, 2026

    Thanks for sharing it ​@lawrencep! 

    I love some herbal tea too (without milk of course) - which one is your favourite?
    I usually go for peppermint tea in the evening. 

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    lawrencep
    Level 1.5: Cupcake
    September 4, 2026

    Peppermint & Liquorice or Ginger & Lemongrass.  Sometimes just have lemon juice in hot water with a spoon of honey.

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    alessandro_gala
    New Member
    September 4, 2026
    1. Light Mode
    2. Multi-screens
    3. pin tabs
    4. Inbox Zero
    5. Coffee 🇮🇹
    6. No milk
    7. Absolute silence
    8. Regular desk
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    Rafa
    RafaCommunity ManagerAuthor
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    September 4, 2026

    Thanks for sharing it ​@alessandro_gala!
    Have you tried pinning tabs vertically yet?

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