Turn your new tab into a reading inbox

Use your new tab as a reading inbox

A reading inbox gives saved articles a place to wait until you have time for them. ZeroTabs is a free new tab extension for Chrome, and its reading queue brings saved KnowMan reading into the new tab.

The new tab can stay calm while still giving you a place to return to what you saved. ZeroTabs also has a daily photograph, greeting, time, weather, notes, to-dos and other widgets. You can turn off any widget.

Connect the reading habit to KnowMan

ZeroTabs requires a free KnowMan account. Once you use KnowMan to save reading, the new tab's reading queue gives you another place to return to it.

Think of the new tab as the waiting place and KnowMan as the library behind it. A personal knowledge base can help keep saved reading useful beyond the moment you capture it.

Save articles as you browse

The KnowMan browser extension works in Chrome and saves articles and links. Save a page when you find something you want to read later, then return to it from the reading queue on your new tab.

If you want a simple capture routine, see how to save articles. You can also read about saving bookmarks in Chrome when the item you want to keep is a link.

Open the queue when you are ready

When you have time to read, open your new tab and choose an item from the reading queue. On a Mac, Command 3 opens the queue in ZeroTabs.

After reading, decide whether to keep an item for later or organize the links you want to revisit. This guide to organizing Chrome bookmarks covers a related way to manage links.

Keep the new tab focused

A reading inbox works best when it feels easy to return to. Turn off any ZeroTabs widgets you do not want on the page and leave the reading queue as a clear path back to saved material.

Chrome bookmarks can appear in ZeroTabs.

Use saved reading when you need it

KnowMan reads and tags saved articles, answers questions about them with citations, and keeps memories such as claims, decisions and playbooks. The reading queue helps you return to an item; KnowMan can also help you find and use saved material later.

Start with one article you want to read. Save it to KnowMan, then return through the new tab's reading queue when you have time.

ZeroTabs describes the new-tab side in keep what you read from your new tab.